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Author : Edward F. Stanton
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Spain written by Edward F. Stanton and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Spanish traditions, culture, religion, media, literature, and arts.
Author : Edward F. Stanton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313077290
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Spain written by Edward F. Stanton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Spain is a revelation in this up-to-date overview. Stanton vibrantly describes the startling variety of landscape, people, and culture that make up Spain today. Included are a context chapter and others on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts. Students of Spanish and a general audience will be rewarded with engrossing insights into what writer Ernest Hemingway called the very best country of all. Spain is a modern European nation, yet Spaniards are fiercely tied to their individual towns and regions—with their distinct social customs, dialects or languages, foods, landscape, and lifestyles—more than to a united country. Culture and Customs of Spain conveys the extremes, such as the hard-working Catalan contrasted to the leisurely paced Castilian, coexisting in first and third world conditions, and the love/hate relationship with the Catholic Church. Spain's institutions are described, and its contributions to the world—from unparalleled literature and cuisine to flamenco and filmmaker Pedro Almodovar—are celebrated. A chronology and glossary complement the text.
Author : Culture Smart!
Publisher : Kuperard
ISBN 13 : 1787028658
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Spain - Culture Smart! written by Culture Smart! and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. In the popular imagination Spain conjures up a picture of rapacious conquistadores, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough but how closely does everyday life in modern Spain conform to these dramatic stereotypes? Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of contemporary Spanish life. It describes how Spain s history and geography have created both strongly felt regional differences and shared values and attitudes. It reveals what the Spaniards are like at home, and in business, how they socialize, and how to build lasting relationships with them. The better you understand the Spanish people, the more you will be enriched by your experience of this vital, warm, and varied country where the individual is important, and the enjoyment of life is paramount. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.
Author : Bélen Aguado Viguer
Publisher : Culture Smart! The Essential G
ISBN 13 : 9781787028647
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Spain - Culture Smart! written by Bélen Aguado Viguer and published by Culture Smart! The Essential G. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spain often conjures up a picture of rapacious conquistadores, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. How closely does everyday life in modern Spain conform to these dramatic stereotypes? Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of contemporary Spanish life. It describes how Spain's history and geography have created regional differences, shared values, and attitudes, and reveals what the Spaniards are like at home and in business, how they socialize, and how to build lasting relationships with them.
Author : Andrew Whittaker
Publisher : Thorogood Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1854184938
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (541 download)
Download or read book France written by Andrew Whittaker and published by Thorogood Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrase-book what to say when you get there. Only Speak the Culture: France will lead you to the nation's soul. This easy-to-use cultural companion reflects what it means to have grown up with Camus, Cézanne, De Gaulle and Bardot; it captures the spirit of France and delves deep into the Gallic psyche. Through exploring the people, the movements and the lifestyles that have shaped the French experience, you will come to an intimate understanding of France and the French. There are many travel guides and manuals on living in France. Speak the Culture: France is different: a superbly designed, informed and entertaining insight into French life and culture and who the French really are. Recommended by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Official French Government Centre of Language and Culture in the UK For new residents, business travellers, holidaymakers, students and lovers of France everywhere, Speak the Culture: France is an engaging companion and guide to an enviably rich civilization at the heart of Europe. Excerpt "It would be wrong to imagine that your average Frenchwoman just pops into Chanel on the Rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré whenever she needs a new bag, cardy or fragrance. While a significant minority do indulge in ready-to-wear lines produced by designer labels, most are happy with less brand-conscious garments. Small boutiques and historic department stores like Le Bon Marché and Les Galeries Lafayette sell the big brands, but many French are happy to buy anonymous clothes at knockdown prices in chain stores like Tati, or even in the hypermarket."
Author : Bélen Aguado Viguer
Publisher : Bravo Limited
ISBN 13 : 1857338383
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (573 download)
Download or read book Spain - Culture Smart! written by Bélen Aguado Viguer and published by Bravo Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, Spain conjures up images of rapacious conquistadors, the unworldly Don Quixote, brave bullfighters, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough--but how does the reality conform to these stereotypes? The Spanish people are certainly distinctive. Visitors are often astounded by their vitality, entranced by their friendliness, and driven mad by their frequent indulgence of their friends and relatives. They tend to be proud, passionate, spontaneous, generous, and loyal; they can also be procrastinators, individualistic to a fault, suspicious, and, not least, very noisy! Spain has had a major impact on European and world history. This is the nation that enjoyed a golden age of enlightenment, that discovered America and gathered in its riches, and that left the great legacy of its culture and its language, today spoken by over four hundred million people. In the early twentieth century, Spain suffered a bitter civil war and a stultifying dictatorship, from which it emerged in the late seventies to become again an integral part of Europe and the international arena. Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of modern Spanish life. It describes how history and geography have created both regional differences and shared values and attitudes. It reveals what the Spaniards are like at home, and in business, and how they socialize. It prepares you for their boundless energy and widespread religious devotion; and offers practical tips on how to behave and make the very most of your visit. The better you understand the Spanish people, the more you will be enriched by your experience of this vital, warm, and varied country--where the individual is important, and the enjoyment of life is paramount.
Author : James Mew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104999834
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Manners and Customs of Spain (1891) written by James Mew and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Author : Marian Meaney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781787028661
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Spain written by Marian Meaney and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marie Louise Graff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Culture Shock! Spain written by Marie Louise Graff and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are conducting business, traveling for pleasure, or even relocating abroad, one mistake with customs or etiquette can leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth. International travelers, now more than ever, are not just individuals from the United States, but ambassadors and impression makers for the country as a whole.Newly updated, redesigned, and resized for maximum shelf appeal for travelers of all ages, Culture Shock! country and city guides make up the most complete reference series for customs and etiquette you can find. These are not just travel guides; these are guides for a way of life.
Author : Antonio Sánchez
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039109142
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Postmodern Spain written by Antonio Sánchez and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postmodern Spain examines the cultural transformation experienced by Spanish society during the late 1980s and 1990s. By looking at specific aspects of culture, the representation of the human subject, the past, and the transformation of the city this book critically re-assesses the validity of postmodernism in Spain. Focusing on the novels written by Juan Goytisolo during this period this book examines the representation and development of the human subject and its identification with the marginalized 'other(s)'. It further analyses various representations of the Spanish Civil War, challenging the prevalent view of post-Franco Spain as suffering from amnesia, and thereby vindicates postmodern historical representations as a valid dialogue with the past. The third chapter examines Barcelona's urban redevelopment, analysing the transformation effected in some of its popular sites as a postmodern re-formulation of the city as a fluid, flexible public space. Finally it brings its previous findings to bear on an analysis of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. It argues that these celebrations constituted a performance of Spain's 'new' cultural identity designed for global, national and local consumption. Thus, these cultural celebrations corroborated the emergence of postmodernism as a cultural dominant which has exceeded modern and pre-modern cultural practices while, paradoxically, containing and enhancing both.
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Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271047201
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (472 download)
Download or read book Documenting Spain: Artists, Exhibition Culture, and the Modern Nation, 1929Ð1939 written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The news media have given us potent demonstrations of the ambiguity of ostensibly truthful representations of public events. Jordana Mendelson uses this ambiguity as a framework for the study of Spanish visual culture from 1929 to 1939--a decade marked, on the one hand, by dictatorship, civil war, and Franco's rise to power and, on the other, by a surge in the production of documentaries of various types, from films and photographs to international exhibitions. Mendelson begins with an examination of El Pueblo Español, a model Spanish village featured at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona. She then discusses Buñuel's and Dalí's documentary films, relating them not only to French Surrealism but also to issues of rural tradition in the formation of regional and national identities. Her highly original book concludes with a discussion of the 1937 Spanish Pavilion, where Picasso's famed painting of the Fascist bombing of a Basque town--Guernica--was exhibited along with monumental photomurals by Josep Renau. Based upon years of archival research, Mendelson's book opens a new perspective on the cultural politics of a turbulent era in modern Spain. It explores the little-known yet rich intersection between avant-garde artists and government institutions. It shows as well the surprising extent to which Spanish modernity was fashioned through dialogue between the seemingly opposed fields of urban and rural, fine art, and mass culture.
Author : Marie Louise Graff
Publisher : Graphic Arts Center Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Culture Shock! written by Marie Louise Graff and published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives informative tips on the do's and don'ts of custom in Spain and provides interesting insights into the social and business attitudes of the Spanish people.
Author : Peter Standish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313062838
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Mexico written by Peter Standish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico, with some 90 million people, holds a special place in Latin America. It is a large, complex hybrid, a bridge between North and South America, between the ancient and the modern, and between the developed and the developing worlds. Mexico's importance to the United States cannot be overstated. The two countries share historical, economic, and cultural bonds that continue to evolve. This book offers students and general readers a deeper understanding of Mexico's dynamism: its wealth of history, institutions, religion, cultural output, leisure, and social customs.
Author : Helen Wattley-Ames
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473644100
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Spain is Different written by Helen Wattley-Ames and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven years after the publication of the first edition, Spain is still different, but it is changing, too—modernizing rapidly and participating as an active member of the European Union. While thoroughly updating her original work, Helen Wattley-Ames has maintained her focus in describing the uniqueness of both the Spanish people and their culture and on examining what effect the differences have on the way the Spaniards and Americans relate to and interact with each other. She looks at how Spain has evolved from a travel destination, as source of “sun and cheap wine,” to a dynamic modern society. She depicts a people proud of their accomplishments, yet working hard to maintain valued traditions in the face of increased buying power and more European and American influence. The author begins by looking into Spain’s past and at critical dimensions of present day American-Spanish relations. She then explores certain aspects of culture important in cross-cultural interactions: society and the individual; relationships; language and communication; work and play. She ends each chapter with an “encounter”—a critical incident that illuminates a situation which may cause misunderstanding, embarrassment or conflict. With extensively updated and revised sections on women (in the workplace in particular), and new sections on minorities and immigrants, and ethics and corruption, the new edition of Spain is Different will be welcomed by anyone looking for clear guidance on how to be most effective in the encounter with the people and culture of Spain.
Author : Zhang Shi
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)
Download or read book Spain Culture written by Zhang Shi and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located at the southern of Europe, Spain is globally recognized as a major tourist country. Spain attracts nearly 80 millions of visitors every year, who enjoy the different aspects of its unique culture. Passionate, sophisticated and devoted to living the good life, Spain is both a stereotype come to life and a country more diverse than you ever imagined. The rich tourism resources in Spain are loved by travelers who are keen on adventure, and its diverse cultural heritage and historical accumulation are favored by humanistic lovers from all over the world. In this book, two experienced authors will join hands to take you into Spain and tell you about the nature and humanities of Spain from a brief but unique perspective. From the nature and geography of this country to its human history, politics, architecture, local food culture, clothing culture, and the traditional customs of different ethnic groups, everything is covered.Add to this a generous supply of sunshine and you've got one of the most attractive destinations in Europe.
Author : John Armstrong Crow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520051331
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Spain written by John Armstrong Crow and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interpretative history of Spain's culture, politics, traditions, and people from prehistoric times to the present, with particular concern for twentieth-century life, thought, and more.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104905668
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Spanish Legends and Traditions (1914) written by and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
