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The Book of the Year : A Brief History of Our Seasonal Holidays
ISBN: 9780195171549 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty? Between ancient solstice fires and Fourth of July fireworks? Between St. Valentine, the Groundhog, and the Virgin Mary? Why do people behave so bawdily during Mardi Gras? How has the significance and celebration of Christmas changed over the centuries?
In The Book of the Year, Anthony Aveni offers fascinating answers to these questions and explains the many ways humans throughout time have tried to order and give meaning to time's passing. Aveni traces the origins of modern customs tied to seasonal holidays, exploring what... What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty? Between ancient solstice fires and Fourth of July fireworks? Between St. Valentine, ...
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232,50 zł |
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The Victim and Its Masks: An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb
ISBN: 9780226315263 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Each year, in a solemn Sunni Muslim feast, the Ait Mizane of southern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of their submission to the divine. After this sober ceremony comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. Because of the apparent contradiction between sacrifice and masquerade, observers have described the two as entirely separate events. This book reunites them as a single ritual process within Islamic tradition.
Each year, in a solemn Sunni Muslim feast, the Ait Mizane of southern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observanc...
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127,45 zł |
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A Guide to World Fairs and Festivals
ISBN: 9780313207860 / Angielski / Twarda / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Product information not available.
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429,61 zł |
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Encyclopedia of American Holidays and National Days [2 volumes]
ISBN: 9780313331305 / Angielski / Twarda / 638 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Did you know that the Puritans did not celebrate Christmas? That trick or treating on Halloween began in the late 1930s? That Kwanzaa was created in the mid-sixties by Ron Karenga, a radical Black Nationalist and Black Panther? That Anne Marie Jarvis, the force behind getting Mother's Day, proclaimed a national holiday, later repudiated the holiday for its crass commercialism and strove to undo her handiwork until the day she died? Every holiday has a history, and this set sets out to describe them all. A chronologically organized reference guide to the history of American celebratory... Did you know that the Puritans did not celebrate Christmas? That trick or treating on Halloween began in the late 1930s? That Kwanzaa was created i... |
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826,82 zł |
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The Wearing of the Green : A History of St Patrick's Day
ISBN: 9780415180047 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green. Illustrated with photos, the book spans the medieval origins, steeped in folklore and myth, through its turbulent and troubled times when it acted as fuel for fierce political argument, and tells the fascinating story of how the celebration of 17th March was transformed from a stuffy dinner for Ireland's elite to one of the world's most public festivals. Looking at more general Irish traditions and Irish communities throughout the world, Mike Cronin and Daryl Adair... The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green. Illustrated with photos, the... |
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374,62 zł |
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The Wearing of the Green : A History of St Patrick's Day
ISBN: 9780415359122 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green. Illustrated with photos, the book spans the medieval origins, steeped in folklore and myth, through its turbulent and troubled times when it acted as fuel for fierce political arguement, and tells the the fascinating story of how the celebration of 17th March was transformed from a stuffy dinner for Ireland's elite to one of the world's most public festivals. Looking at more general Irish traditions and Irish communities throughout the world, Adair and Cronin follow the... The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green. Illustrated with photos, the book span... |
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187,78 zł |
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Christmas Customs and Traditions
ISBN: 9780486233543 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Did you know that the custom of Christmas card sending only became widespread in the late 1800s? That Christmas carols were first composed in the fourth century? That certain Christmas customs, many still practiced in the early twentieth century, may have derived from that darkest of religious rites, human sacrifice? That beyond Christmas Day, even beyond the twelve days of Christmas, there is a whole season of traditional celebrations with many interconnections.
Based on extensive research, this book is a comprehensive account of Christmas customs and traditions in both their pagan and... Did you know that the custom of Christmas card sending only became widespread in the late 1800s? That Christmas carols were first composed in the four...
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61,17 zł |
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Acupuncture Medicine : Its Historical and Clinical Background
ISBN: 9780486428505 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Many ailments that resist treatment by conventional Western biomedicine often respond favorably to the approach and practices that comprise the ancient Chinese healing art of acupuncture. Based on the cumulative store of knowledge and experience of several centuries of Eastern medicine, acupuncture seeks to restore, promote, and maintain good health, a goal inextricably bound to disease prevention. Many ailments that resist treatment by conventional Western biomedicine often respond favorably to the approach and practices that comprise the anc... |
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69,22 zł |
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Vietnam : Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit
ISBN: 9780520238725 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit takes the reader on an informed and engaging journey into the social and ritual life of contemporary Vietnam. Created to accompany the first major collaboration between a Vietnamese museum and an American museum on an exhibition of Vietnamese culture, this book moves beyond the troubled wartime history of both nations to a deeper portrayal of how Vietnamese of different ages, ethnicities, occupations, and circumstances live at the start of the twenty-first century. The contributors--most of whom live and work in Vietnam, while others have...
Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit takes the reader on an informed and engaging journey into the social and ritual life of contemporar...
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223,50 zł |
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The Little Ho! Ho! Book : Volume 3
ISBN: 9780595279463 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Ho Ho Ho
Once again, welcome to this latest volume of "The Little Ho Ho Book" ("TLHHB"). This volume, as was also the case with Volumes 1 and 2, is designed to directly benefit one of the many fine local chapters of the national Alzheimer's Association. This year's designated recipient--The Heart Of America Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association--is certainly representative of the tone, tenor, and diligence that is necessary from a national perspective to combat the ravages of this debilitating disease. We can't say enough about their hard work and tenacity as they continue to work... Ho Ho Ho
Once again, welcome to this latest volume of "The Little Ho Ho Book" ("TLHHB"). This volume, as was also the case with Volumes 1 and ... |
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67,81 zł |
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Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day: A Complete Guide for Making Kwanzaa a Part of Your Life
ISBN: 9780758216656 / Angielski / Miękka / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Readers can create a wonderful Kwanzaa celebration with this practical and inspiring book, perfect for novice celebrants and veteran observers alike.
Readers can create a wonderful Kwanzaa celebration with this practical and inspiring book, perfect for novice celebrants and veteran observers alike.
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57,35 zł |
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Procurement and Financing of Motorways in Europe
ISBN: 9780762312320 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. This volume raises many challenging and controversial issues surrounding motorway procurement and finance in Europe. A somewhat surprising outcome is that a general appraisal bias can be identified in the following sense: Experts from countries which have introduced concession schemes for managing and financing of their motorways are very critical of these schemes, stressing their shortcomings and caveats. Some even conclude that public management under a regime of welfare maximisation would be desirable as a sustainable option. Experts from countries which have been sticking to public...
This volume raises many challenging and controversial issues surrounding motorway procurement and finance in Europe. A somewhat surprising outcome is ...
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358,55 zł |
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Ethnomimesis : Folklife and the Representation of Culture
ISBN: 9780807844243 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we create and perpetuate our representations of folklife and culture. Ethnomimesis is Robert Cantwell's word for the process by which we take cultural influences, traditions, and practices to ourselves and then manifest them to others. Ethnomimesis is an element of ordinary social communication, but springing out of it, too, is that extraordinary summoning up that produces our literature, our art, and our music. In the broadest sense, ethnomimesis is the representation of culture. Using such...
Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we create and perpetuate our representations of folklife and ...
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229,07 zł |
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Matsuri : Festivals of a Japanese Town
ISBN: 9780824814212 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A study of the importance of festivals in Japanese society which also contains a bilingual glossary.
A study of the importance of festivals in Japanese society which also contains a bilingual glossary.
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102,67 zł |
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Celebrate the Solstice: Honoring the Earth's Seasonal Rhythms Through Festival and Ceremony
ISBN: 9780835606936 / Angielski / Miękka / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Seasonal festivals are not cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, profound, life-affirming events that connect us deeply with the Earth, the heavens, and the wellspring of life within us. This engaging book tells the history and meaning of the Solstices, encourages the practice of rituals of seasonal renewal, and gives practical suggestions for how to celebrate them in contemporary times. Includes the ancient roots of Christmas-tide customs and cultural practices around the world.
Seasonal festivals are not cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, profound, life-affirming events that connect us deeply with the Earth, the heavens, ...
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69,22 zł |
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Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit : The Culture of Festivals in the American South
ISBN: 9780878059065 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Everybody knows about community festivals that celebrate the good ol' days--events like Rattlesnake Roundup, Peanut Days, and Mule Day. Countless towns around the South stage them. They set aside one weekend a year, rope off some parking, and celebrate some local theme on the courthouse lawn or in a nearby pasture, touting lost days of imagined glory. The phenomenon is rapidly proliferating across the region, but until now the deeper significance of these hometown events has not been explored. In Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit Rodger Brown takes the reader on a road...Everybody knows about community festivals that celebrate the good ol' days--events like Rattlesnake Roundup, Peanut Days, and Mule Day. Countless ... |
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176,25 zł |
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The Cultures of Celebrations
ISBN: 9780879726522 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Popular entertainments are windows into the attitudes and values of the people who participate in them. They both reflect and affect society as they celebrate an aspect of life. The fifteen essays in this collection demonstrate various aspects of celebrations of cultures and the importance they have in those cultures.
Topics include: feminine processions and masculine parades; political activism and quietism in Shi a rituals; civic socializing in Puritan New England; the circus and American culture; the Wild West shows; beauty pageants; theme parks; Bourbon Street, New Orleans; and... Popular entertainments are windows into the attitudes and values of the people who participate in them. They both reflect and affect society as they c...
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73,24 zł |
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The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween
ISBN: 9780892819003 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A comprehensive examination of the rituals and philosophies of the Celtic holiday of Samhain, the inspiration for Halloween. - Presents the true meaning of this ancient holiday and shows how contemporary observances still faithfully reflect the rituals of pagan ancestors. - Explains why this holiday, largely confined to the English-speaking world since the advent of Christianity, has spread throughout the rest of Europe over the last two decades. One of humanity's most enduring myths is that the dead, on certain nights of the year, can leave the Other World and move freely about...
A comprehensive examination of the rituals and philosophies of the Celtic holiday of Samhain, the inspiration for Halloween. - Presents the true m...
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61,17 zł |
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Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead : The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond
ISBN: 9781405152471 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. Drawing on a rich array of historical and ethnographic evidence, this volume reveals the origin and changing character of this celebrated holiday. It explores the emergence of the Day of the Dead as a symbol of Mexican and Mexican-American national identity.
Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead poses a serious challenge to the widespread... Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and ...
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664,84 zł |
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Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead : The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond
ISBN: 9781405152488 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. Drawing on a rich array of historical and ethnographic evidence, this volume reveals the origin and changing character of this celebrated holiday. It explores the emergence of the Day of the Dead as a symbol of Mexican and Mexican-American national identity.
Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead poses a serious challenge to the widespread... Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and ...
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140,08 zł |