With the majority of the world's population now living in cities, questions about the cultural and political trajectories of urban societies are increasingly urgent.
Le système dotal, en tant que fait social organisant le don et le contre-don, met en évidence l'importance de la petite production marchande féminine, source substantielle de revenu dans des villes moyennes où l'offre d'emploi est quasiment inexistante.
Cet ouvrage apporte une lecture croisée de l'actualité et de l'histoire des camps de réfugiés, en s'intéressant aux initiatives institutionnelles et aux luttes associatives qui président à la création et à la fermeture de ces lieux, à leur disparition ou à leur conservation une fois le temps de l'urgence passé, à leurs traces matérielles et aux mémoires qui en émergent.
It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life.
Viva Nuestro Caucus celebrates the history of the Latinx Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English and of the College Composition and Communication Conference since its inception in 1968 as the Chicano Teachers of English.
A travers un corpus varié, représentatif de divers espaces de l'histoire et de la géographie littéraires africaines, l'auteur aborde le destin romanesque de l'objet étudié : le corps féminin.
Pendant l'hiver 1936, l'auteure de ce reportage noue des amitiés parmi les Tunisiennes qui lui demandent de plaider la cause de leur émancipation ; celle-ci en revanche est contestée dans son principe même par la plupart des hommes de leur pays.
Scholarly essays on the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American SouthLooking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist painter Nell Blaine said, "e;Art is central to my life.
Ce recueil contient de nouvelles versions de contes traditionnels tels que La Belle au Bois dormant, Cendrillon, La petite ille aux allumettes et Le Chat botté.
This monumental seven-volume encyclopedia, prepared by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, describes the universe of camps and ghettos-more than 20,000 in all-that the Nazis and their allies operated, from Norway to North Africa and from France to Russia.
With the publication of the 1619 Project by The New York Times in 2019, a growing number of Americans have become aware that Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims.
In the United Kingdom, the notion of a common culture has always been suggestive of a national culture which is accessible to all and provides various kinds of benefits to all, including participation in national cultural life.
"e;The essays offer an unvarnished look at not only the severe fighting that characterized these months, but also the simple attempt to survive the rampant disease, malnourishment, and harsh winter on the steppe and in the ruins of Stalingrad.
The rich history of the Native American brims with agriculture, hunting, crafts, music, culinary arts, storytelling, religious culture, battle prowess, medicine, and mythology.
In a chapel in the old crenellated church of Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia is kept an object that emperors, patriarchs and priests have assured the world is the most important religious relic of all time: the tabota Seyon, Ark of the Covenant, the Ark of Zion.
Si le Coran fait de la femme un "allié" de l'homme, il est honnête de redire que les pays musulmans n'offrent pas une place à part entière à la femme dans leur société et leurs législations.
