Kyoto`s Gion Festival: A Social History, Mark Teeuwen

Автор: Diamond Jared
Название: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
ISBN: 0393354326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393354324
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: "Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."-Bill Gates

Автор: Dougill John
Название: Kyoto: A Literary Guide
ISBN: 178869208X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788692083
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This fascinating selection of Kyoto-specific literature takes readers through twelve centuries of cultural heritage, from ancient Heian beginnings to contemporary depictions. The city's aesthetic leaning is evident throughout in a mix of well-known and less familiar works by a wide-ranging cast that includes emperors and court ladies, Zen masters and warrior scholars, wandering monks and poet "immortals." We see the city through their eyes in poetic pieces that reflect timeless themes of beauty, nature, love and war. An assortment of tanka, haiku, modern verse and prose passages make up the literary feast, and as we enter recent times there are English-language poems too.

Kyoto: A Literary Guide is a labour of love. It arose from the shared passion of a small group of translators, academics and professors of literature chaired by noted Kyoto author John Dougill. For over ten years they have met for monthly discussion, and when they discovered that there was no book dedicated to Kyoto literature they decided to produce their own. This involved sifting through a large number of poems and prose items, with the eventual selection made according to historical importance, literary merit and reference to specific sites. Translations were carefully finessed, with particular regard to the fine balance between linguistic accuracy and literary rendition. Accompanying the translations are the original Japanese with transcription and an informative footnote. The book is generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, old prints, and picture scrolls, adding visual accompaniment to the verbal description.

Given the centrality of Kyoto to the national culture, the book will not only be a must-have for lovers of the city but for anyone with an interest in Japanese literature. It will enhance appreciation for those visiting "the ancient capital" and it will be cherished by those who live there. Above all, it is the hope of the Kyoto-philes who created the book that the pieces collected here will prove an inspiration to readers to go on and explore the larger works from which they were extracted.

Автор: Favilli, Elenor & Cavallo, Francesca
Название: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
ISBN: 014198600X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141986005
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'The definitive book of the year in our house, for both parents and offspring' Maggie O'Farrell, Guardian Books of the Year'Absolutely beautiful - get one for yourself and one to inspire a woman in your life' Stylist*Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller**Blackwell's Book of the Year**Foyles Children's Book of the Year**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year*What if the princess didn't marry Prince Charming but instead went on to be an astronaut? What if the jealous step sisters were supportive and kind? And what if the queen was the one really in charge of the kingdom? Illustrated by sixty female artists from every corner of the globe, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls introduces us to one hundred remarkable women and their extraordinary lives, from Ada Lovelace to Malala, Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama. Empowering, moving and inspirational, these are true fairy tales for heroines who definitely don't need rescuing.

Автор: Kajiyama Sumiko
Название: Cool Japan: A Guide to Tokyo, Kyoto, Tohoku and Japanese Culture Past and Present
ISBN: 1940842220 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781940842226
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Описание: Written by local expert Sumiko Kajiyama, Cool Japan explores the heart of Japanese culture and must-see places from a uniquely Japanese perspective. First, visit Kyoto, where you will discover 1,000 years of history, from the ancient love story the Tale of Genji to the traditional tea ceremony. Then head to Tokyo to experience Japan's cutting-edge capital, where the 21st-century kawaii culture collides with landmarks like the Kabuki-za Theater and the Imperial Palace. For a different perspective, venture outside the city to the serene towns of Tohoku, the region largely affected by the 2011 tsunami disaster. Informative, entertaining, and useful, this book is an ideal introduction for any traveler looking for a deeper understanding of Japanese culture, past and present.

Название: The Great Festival: A Theoretical Performance Narrative of Antiquity`s Feasts and the Modern Rock Festival
ISBN: 0367204959 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367204952
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The Great Festival presents and analyzes two historical festivals - the ancient Dionysus Festival and the present Roskilde Festival. The purpose is to set up two comparable structures or `codes` to explain the universal artistic effects, structures and fascination of the festival.

Автор: Beemyn Genny
Название: A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington D.C.
ISBN: 0415735297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415735292
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Rooted in extensive archival research and personal interviews, "A Queer Capital" is the first history of LGBT life in the nation s capital. Revealing a vibrant past that dates back more than 125 years, the book explores how lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals established spaces of their own before and after World War II, survived some of the harshest anti-gay campaigns in the U.S., and organized to demand equal treatment. Telling the stories of black and white gay communities and individuals, Genny Beemyn shows how race, gender, and class shaped the construction of gay social worlds in a racially segregated city.

From the turn of the twentieth century through the 1980s, Beemyn explores the experiences of gay people in Washington, showing how they created their own communities, fought for their rights, and, in the process, helped to change the country. Combining rich personal stories with keen historical analysis, "A Queer Capital" provides insights into LGBT life, the history of Washington, D.C., and African American life and culture in the twentieth century.

Автор: Pitelka Morgan, Tseng Alice Y.
Название: Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early EDO and Meiji Periods: The Arts of Reinvention
ISBN: 1138186619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138186613
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Examining cultural production in the city of Kyoto in two periods of political transition, this book promises to be a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of Kyoto`s history and culture. Its chapters focus on two periods in Kyoto`s history in which the old capital was politically marginalized: the early Edo period and the Meiji period.

Название: Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji Periods
ISBN: 0367026759 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367026752
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Examining cultural production in the city of Kyoto in two periods of political transition, this book promises to be a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of Kyoto`s history and culture. Its chapters focus on two periods in Kyoto`s history in which the old capital was politically marginalized: the early Edo period and the Meiji period.

Автор: Tanabe, Akio (kyoto University, Japan)
Название: Caste and equality in india
ISBN: 036775228X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367752286
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book presents an alternative view of caste in Indian society by analyzing caste structure and change in local communities in Orissa from historical and anthropological perspectives.

Название: Kyoto
ISBN: 1788692098 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788692090
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Автор: Gerald Groemer
Название: A Year in Seventeenth-Century Kyoto: Edo-Period Writings on Annual Ceremonies, Festivals, and Customs
ISBN: 0824892976 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824892975
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Explains Japanese conceptions of time and space within which annual celebrations took place and outline how ceremonies and festivals in and about Kyoto were chronicled, described, and interpreted from the earliest times to the seventeenth century. The final two chapters offer annotated translations of writings from the seventeenth century.

Автор: Gregg Bocketti
Название: The Invention of the Beautiful Game: Football and the Making of Modern Brazil
ISBN: 0813064279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813064277
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Although the popular history of Brazilian football narrates a story of progress toward democracy and inclusion, it does not match the actual historical record. Instead, football can be understood as an invention of early twentieth century middle-class and wealthy Brazilians who called themselves “sportsmen” and nationalists, and used the sport as part of their larger campaigns to shape and reshape the nation.  In this cross-cutting cultural history, Gregg Bocketti traces the origins of football in Brazil from its elitist, Eurocentric identity as “foot-ball” at the end of the nineteenth century to its subsequent mythologization as the specifically Brazilian “futebol,” o jogo bonito (the beautiful game). Bocketti examines the popular depictions of the sport as having evolved from a white elite pastime to an integral part of Brazil's national identity known for its passion and creativity, and concludes that these mythologized narratives have obscured many of the complexities and the continuities of the history of football and of Brazil. Mining a rich trove of sources, including contemporary sports journalism, archives of Brazilian soccer clubs, and British ministry records, and looking in detail at soccer's effect on all parts of Brazilian society, Bocketti shows how important the sport is to an understanding of Brazilian nationalism and nation building in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.