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Author : Margaret Gascoigne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780913714577
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (145 download)
Download or read book Discovering English Customs and Traditions written by Margaret Gascoigne and published by . This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Gascoigne
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Discovering English Customs and Traditions written by Margaret Gascoigne and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explanation of the origins of well-known customs like maypole dancing, well-dressing and rush-bearing, and it indicates when and where these events may be witnessed.
Author : F. J. Snell
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Customs of Old England written by F. J. Snell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Customs of Old England" by F. J. Snell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : P. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135794936
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)
Download or read book British Sources of Information written by P. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and versatile reference source will be a most important tool for anyone wishing to seek out information on virtually any aspect of British affairs, life and culture. The resources of a detailed bibliography, directory and journals listing are combined in this single volume, forming a unique guide to a multitude of diverse topics - British politics, government, society, literature, thought, arts, economics, history and geography. Academic subjects as taught in British colleges and universities are covered, with extensive reading lists of books and journals and sources of information for each discipline, making this an invaluable manual.
Author : Elizabeth C. Fine
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313067600
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Performance, Culture, and Identity written by Elizabeth C. Fine and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1992-10-20 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based on the premise that artistic performance is epistemological, a way of knowing self, culture, and other. The nine essays in this book, based on a broad range of ethnic, racial, and gender groups, share a common interest in exploring how performance reveals, shapes, and sometimes transforms personal and cultural identity. Editors Fine and Speer begin by examining the interdisciplinary roots of performance studies and the role of performance studies in the field of communication. They also discuss the power of performance to shape personal and cultural identity. The first two chapters explore the ritual nature of performance in two different cultural contexts: an African-American church service and an Appalachian storytelling event of the legendary Ray Hicks. In both arenas, the performers act as shamans, transporting the audience from their everyday, secular lives to the higher ground of the mythic spheres of heroic and fantastic events. The next three chapters discuss the notion of place and performance in various landscapes--the English countryside, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the farmland of the Midwest. Through analysis of the speech and songs of a modern Sussex yeoman, the ghost tales of Appalachian storytellers, and the narratives of Midwest farmers coping with hard times, the authors reveal a variety of ways in which narrative performances function to preserve people's relationship with the land. The last four chapters share a focus on women as storytellers. One chapter offers a feminist critique of personal narrative research and challenges normative assumptions about the storytelling behavior of women. Another chapter interprets a narration of a Galician woman's typical day to reveal how the performance expresses deeply held attitudes and beliefs of her cultural community. Words are not the only medium that women use to tell their stories. The next chapter examines the story cloths of Hmong women refugees from Laos as intercultural and dialogical performances. The last chapter explores self-discovery and identity in the storytelling of a woman in the last years of her life. This volume is particularly representative of the ways in which communication scholars approach performance studies, but will also interest researchers and students of folklore, anthropology, sociology, theatre, and related disciplines.
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Author : George P. Monger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598846647
Total Pages : 813 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Marriage Customs of the World [2 volumes] written by George P. Monger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of global courtship and marriage customs, from ancient history to contemporary society, demonstrating the vast differences as well as the similarities across all of human culture. This second edition of Marriage Customs of the World examines historical context, social significance, and current trends and controversies of matrimony in the Western world as well as other cultures. Apart from detailing the ceremonies from specific countries, the book identifies specific elements of the wedding event and discusses them in a comparative manner, showcasing the similarities across cultures. The new content in this work includes additional information on courtship and how future spouses are found in other cultures; marriage in art, cinema, theater, and poetry; wedding bands; forced marriages and shotgun weddings; New Year's weddings; legislation regarding marriage; and engagement practices. Entries carried over from the first edition have been revised and updated as well. With its broad scope and consideration of contemporary issues alongside historical information, this work will be ideal for high school and undergraduate students; scholars of anthropology, social studies, and history; and general readers.
Author : Paul Norbury
Publisher : Kuperard
ISBN 13 : 178702945X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Britain - Culture Smart! written by Paul Norbury and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cool Britannia" is alive and well today. British culture is at the top of its game—in fashion, popular music, art and entertainment, science and technology, new inventions, and in the rediscovered skills and excellence in engineering that make it Germany's leading trading partner in Europe. As a family of nations, the British are inventive, reflective, good humored, funny, focused, and tenacious. Today's multicultural Britain is managing the challenges of integrating minorities in a way that remains true to its fundamental values and beliefs as a fair and open society, one that continues to see itself as a model for others to follow. Since the first edition of this guide appeared, Britain has faced huge and accelerated change in its cultural, economic, and political life. In ten years immigration has added a further five million to its population. Confidence in its banks and regulatory structures was shaken by the global financial crisis. The very unity of the United Kingdom was tested in 2014 in the referendum on Scottish independence, and although those wishing to retain the Union triumphed, it prompted a debate about national identities and rights, and the prospect of a new "fairer" settlement for the English. While the desire of Scottish nationalists for independence remains as strong as ever, the surge in support for the UK Independence Party (which wants Britain to leave the EU) may well result in a new form of power sharing in parliament. This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Britain examines the impact of these issues on British society and guides the reader through the quirks, customs, values, and changing ways of British life. It is a must-read for the record-breaking numbers of visitors coming to these islands.
Author : Elizabeth Wood
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1838592873
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (385 download)
Download or read book PANCAKES AND PLUM PUDDING written by Elizabeth Wood and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is fascinating to read about how people cooked and lived in the days when there was no electricity, freezers, tinned food or any of the things available now to make life easier. Researching this book brought me so much closer to my ancestors and helped me to understand them better.
Author : Lynne Tann-Watson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326627775
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Turning Of The Year written by Lynne Tann-Watson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cycle of the seasons brings changes to the work in the countryside and the garden, together with change in the natural world. The Turning Of The Year looks at these changes, along with the associated holidays, feast days and customs, to reconnect the modern world with the seasonal cycle. Included are recipes relevant to each season and to specific festivities.
Author : Russell Kirk
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351532200
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book America's British Culture written by Russell Kirk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is an incontestable fact of history that the United States, although a multiethnic nation, derives its language, mores, political purposes, and institutions from Great Britain. The two nations share a common history, religious heritage, pattern of law and politics, and a body of great literature. Yet, America cannot be wholly confident that this heritage will endure forever. Declining standards in education and the strident claims of multiculturalists threaten to sever the vital Anglo-American link that ensures cultural order and continuity. In "America's British Culture", now in paperback, Russell Kirk offers a brilliant summary account and spirited defense of the culture that the people of the United States have inherited from Great Britain. Kirk discerns four essential areas of influence. The language and literature of England carried with it a tradition of liberty and order as well as certain assumptions about the human condition and ethical conduct. American common and positive law, being derived from English law, gives fuller protection to the individual than does the legal system of any other country. The American form of representative government is patterned on the English parliamentary system. Finally, there is the body of mores - moral habits, beliefs, conventions, customs - that compose an ethical heritage. Elegantly written and deeply learned, "America's British Culture" is an insightful inquiry into history and a plea for cultural renewal and continuity. Adam De Vore in "The Michigan Review" said of the book: "A compact but stimulating tract...a contribution to an over-due cultural renewal and reinvigoration...Kirk evinces an increasingly uncommon reverence for historical accuracy, academic integrity and the understanding of one's cultural heritage," and Merrie Cave in "The Salisbury Review" said of the author: "Russell Kirk has been one of the most important influences in the revival of American conservatism since the fifties. [Kirk] belongs to an
Author : E. P. Thompson
Publisher : New Press/ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1620972166
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Customs in Common written by E. P. Thompson and published by New Press/ORIM. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane” sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class (The New York Times Book Review). This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the backdrop of the great upheavals of the eighteenth century. As villagers were subjected to a legal system increasingly hostile to custom, they tried both to resist and to preserve tradition, becoming, as E. P. Thompson explains, “rebellious, but rebellious in defense of custom.” Although some historians have written of riotous peasants of England and Wales as if they were mainly a problem for magistrates and governments, for Thompson it is the rulers, landowners, and governments who were a problem for the people, whose exuberant culture preceded the formation of working-class institutions and consciousness. Essential reading for all those intrigued by English history, Customs in Common has a special relevance today, as traditional economies are being replaced by market economies throughout the world. The rich scholarship and depth of insight in Thompson’s work offer many clues to understanding contemporary changes around the globe. “[This] long-awaited collection . . . is a signal contribution . . . [from] the person most responsible for inspiring the revival of American labor history during the past thirty years.” —The Nation “This book signals the return to historical writing of one of the most eloquent, powerful and independent voices of our time. At his best he is capable of a passionate, sardonic eloquence which is unequalled.” —The Observer
Author : Leonard R. N. Ashley
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879724276
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (242 download)
Download or read book Elizabethan Popular Culture written by Leonard R. N. Ashley and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard R. N. Ashley delights readers with a collection of facts and folklore of the people of Queen Elizabeth I's era. He describes sports and pastimes, religion and superstition, cooking, life in town and country, and the rising bourgeois class. In chapters titled as "Cakes and Ale," "The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit," and "Hey nonny nonny," Ashley paints an enlightening portrait of a time made memorable by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Author : Garry Hogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Customs and Traditions of England written by Garry Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arvind Savant
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456845187
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)
Download or read book Discovery of God written by Arvind Savant and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book on religious philosophy, giving history of all religions of the world. It gives the views of atheists, theists, agnostics, philosophers like Plato, Kant, Hegal, all prophets and thinkers like Bertand Russel. In the name of religion we find disturbance of peace . Writer has given solution to it, in Chapter 13. The appendix gives “essence of Bhagawat Geeta”. Observing those principles, we can create a better and peaceful society. All religions respect non-violence, truth, peace, cleanliness, etc which are divine acquisitions, and they deride over-indulgence in sex, anger, arrogance, greed, ego, and laziness as qualities of demonic person. If all people meditate together, this will be emphasized and help to develop understanding and peace on the planet. Children are also to be brought up inculcating these laudable thoughts.
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Total Pages : 2012 pages
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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807143230
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (432 download)
Download or read book The American Discovery of Tradition, 1865-1942 written by and published by LSU Press. This book was released on with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur James Wells
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
