Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs, Lindow John

Автор: Gaiman Neil
Название: Norse Mythology
ISBN: 039360909X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393609097
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Introducing an instant classic-master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.

Автор: Gouin
Название: Tibetan Rituals of Death
ISBN: 0415626196 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415626194
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book centres on funeral rituals in Tibetan Buddhism with particular emphasis on their structure and performance. Drawing on historical travel literature, anthropological studies and ethnographic literature, as well as Tibetan texts and existing academic studies, the author describes and analyses Tibetan Buddhist funeral rituals from the earliest available records up to the present.

Автор: Smith
Название: Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving
ISBN: 0199942153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199942152
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Bardwell L. Smith offers a fresh perspective on mizuko kuyo, the Japanese ceremony performed to bring solace to those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.

Автор: Kiong
Название: Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore
ISBN: 041564660X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415646604
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Through a cultural analysis of the symbols of death - flesh, blood, bones, souls, time numbers, food and money - Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore throws light upon the Chinese perception of death and how they cope with its eventuality.

Автор: Romanienko
Название: Degradation Rituals
ISBN: 113739398X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137393982
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: A candid exploration of sadomasochistic practices driving contemporary culture, covering the demoralizing socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to agonizing rituals of cruelty demonstrated at systemic, transnational, religious, familial, and even sexual spheres of human relations.

Автор: Shinohara Koichi
Название: Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals
ISBN: 0231166141 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231166140
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Often called the Picasso, Stravinksy, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, choreographer and award-winning dance historian Mark Franko reframes Graham`s most famous creations, those from the World War II era, by showing how she wove together strands of love, passion, politics, and myth.

Автор: Ebrey Patricia Buckley
Название: Confucianism and Family Rituals in Imperial China: A Social History of Writing about Rites
ISBN: 0691606641 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691606644
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: To explore the historical connections between Confucianism and Chinese society, this book examines the social and cultural processes through which Confucian texts on family rituals were written, circulated, interpreted, and used as guides to action. Weddings, funerals, and ancestral rites were central features of Chinese culture; they gave drama to

Автор: Quantz
Название: Rituals and Student Identity in Education
ISBN: 0230101151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230101159
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Описание: An exploration of how the nonrational aspects of schooling, especially ritual(s), have been harnessed to construct a commonsense which serves the interests of transnational corporations, leaving those educators committed to democracy to develop a new pedagogy that rejects the technical solutions that present reforms demand.

Автор: Hauser
Название: Promising Rituals
ISBN: 0415625858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415625852
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Drawn from intensive ethnographic fieldwork in southern Orissa, in eastern India, the book shows how the performance of rituals influences the understanding that Hindu women form of their own selves, their sense of femininity, identity as well as their role and position in the lived-in world, and vice versa.

Автор: Power, Michael
Название: The Audit Society: Rituals of Verification
ISBN: 0198296037 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198296034
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Offers a systematic exploration of audit as a principle of social organization and control. This book examines the reasons, means, and consequences of the audit explosion. It raises questions about the efficacy of audit processes, suggests that the consequences of this must be evaluated, and contrasts these theories and practices of Trust.