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ISBN: 9780415307529 - Culture of Copying in Japan Culture of Copying in Japan
Cox, Rupert

ISBN10: 9780203609774  ISBN13: 9780203609774
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
This book challenges the perception of Japan as a 'copying culture' through a series of detailed ethnographic and historical case studies. It addresses a question about why the West has had such a fascination for the adeptness with which the... More

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ISBN: 9780415061209 - Understanding Rituals Understanding Rituals
Coppet, Daniel de

ISBN10: 9780203413210  ISBN13: 9780203413210
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
Understanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research. The contributors demonstrate how... More

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ISBN: 9780300153248 - Bedouin Law from Sinai and the Negev Bedouin Law from Sinai and the Negev
Bailey, Clinton

ISBN10: 9780300153255  ISBN13: 9780300153255
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Bedouin Lawfrom Sinai and the Negev is the first comprehensive study of Bedouin law published in English, including oral, pre-modern law. The material for the book, collected over the course of forty years of field work by Clinton Bailey... More

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ISBN: 9780415924276 - Prom Night Prom Night
Best, Amy L

ISBN10: 9780203905166  ISBN13: 9780203905166
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
Best shows us that, while the prom is often trivialized, most kids take the prom seriously. The prom is a space where kids work through their understanding of authority, social class, gender norms, and multicultural schooling. Proms are more than... More

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ISBN: 9780199735235 - Ritual, Media, and Conflict Ritual, Media, and Conflict
G, VENBRUX RONALD L

ISBN10: 9780199830206  ISBN13: 9780199830206
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
An interdisciplinary team of twenty-four scholars locates, describes, and explores cases in which media-driven rituals or ritually saturated media instigate, disseminate, or escalate conflict. The book's central question is: "e... More

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ISBN: 9780415317030 - Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan
Kato, Etsuko

ISBN10: 9780203748879  ISBN13: 9780203748879
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The subject of the tea ceremony is well researched both in and outside of Japan, but the women who practice it are hardly ever discussed. The Tea Ceremony and Women's Empowerment in Modern Japan rectifies this by discussing the meaning of the... More

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ISBN: 9780415871303 - Obituary as Collective Memory Obituary as Collective Memory
Fowler, Bridget

ISBN10: 9780203015964  ISBN13: 9780203015964
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
The first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Bridget Fowler makes great use of the theories of Pierre Bordieu, arguing that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory. More

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ISBN: 9780199735235 - Ritual, Media, and Conflict Ritual, Media, and Conflict
Venbrux, Eric; Grimes, Ronald L; Husken, Ute; Simon, Udo

ISBN10: 9780199831302  ISBN13: 9780199831302
Publisher: Oxford
Format: Electronic Book
An interdisciplinary team of twenty-four scholars locates, describes, and explores cases in which media-driven rituals or ritually saturated media instigate, disseminate, or escalate conflict. The book's central question is: "e... More

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ISBN: 9780521885393 - Drama of Coronation Drama of Coronation
Hunt, Alice

ISBN10: 9780511434013  ISBN13: 9780511434013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Electronic Book
The coronation was, and perhaps still is, one of the most important ceremonies of a monarch's reign. This book examines the five coronations that took place in England between 1509 and 1559: those of Henry VIII, Anne Bolyen, Edward VI... More

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ISBN: 9780300171556 - Foul Bodies Foul Bodies
Brown, Kathleen M

ISBN10: 9780300160277  ISBN13: 9780300160277
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Electronic Book