Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, Note: 1,3, Universität Augsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit soll einen Einblick in die Prodigien als Teilgebiet der Katastrophenerzählungen geben.
To Be Real: Truth and Racial Authenticity in African American Standup Comedy examines Black standup comedy over the past decade as a stage for understanding why notions of racial authenticity--in essence, appeals to "e;realness"e; and "e;real Blackness"e;--emerge as a cultural imperative in African American culture.
To Be Real: Truth and Racial Authenticity in African American Standup Comedy examines Black standup comedy over the past decade as a stage for understanding why notions of racial authenticity--in essence, appeals to "e;realness"e; and "e;real Blackness"e;--emerge as a cultural imperative in African American culture.
In May 1914, workers walked off their jobs at Atlantas Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, launching a lengthy strike that was at the heart of the American Federation of Labors first major attempt to organize southern workers in over a decade.
Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States since the mid-nineteenth century.
Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy.
In the late nineteenth century, Germans spearheaded a worldwide effort to preserve the material traces of humanity, designing major ethnographic museums and building extensive networks of communication and exchange across the globe.
Combining archaeological and historical methods, Gabino La Rosa Corzo provides the most detailed and accurate available account of the runaway slave settlements (palenques) that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850, decades before the end of slavery on the island.
Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching transition.
From 2004 to 2006 the Osage Nation conducted a contentious governmental reform process in which sharply differing visions arose over the new governments goals, the Nations own history, and what it means to be Osage.
This volume reviews the way in which, over the centuries, the evolving human presence in Britain has shaped the British landscape and how, in turn, the British landscape has moulded the development of British communities.
Sarah Banet-Weiser complicates the standard feminist take on beauty pageants in this intriguing look at a hotly contested but enduringly popular American ritual.
Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, , course: Data Science, language: English, abstract: The aim of this case study is to build a cultural guideline for the managers in a medium-sized mechanical engineering business in south Germany working in Brazil.
"e;This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies.
Combining archaeological and historical methods, Gabino La Rosa Corzo provides the most detailed and accurate available account of the runaway slave settlements (palenques) that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850, decades before the end of slavery on the island.
In this sophisticated study of power and resistance, Jean Comaroff analyzes the changing predicament of the Barolong boo Ratshidi, a people on the margins of the South African state.
While a large number of studies exist on political-economic institutional explanations for the prevalence of precarious work, few have delved into the elusive yet critical domain of culture.
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 1,0, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), course: Seminar: MA, Soziale Bewegungen-Institutionen-Kulturelle Orientierungen, language: English, abstract: East Germans and their search for identity in a re-unified Germany has become a topic of intense debate among academics, the media and within the East German community itself.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Empirische Kulturwissenschaften, Note: 2,0, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Was alle „Border Studies“ gemeinsam haben ist, dass sie sich mit den Prozessen der Grenzstabilisierung und der Grenzdestabilisierung beschäftigen.
While a large number of studies exist on political-economic institutional explanations for the prevalence of precarious work, few have delved into the elusive yet critical domain of culture.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Mittlerer Osten, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Forschungsarbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie verschiedene äußere und innerpolitische Einflüsse auf die Situation im Nahen Osten einwirken und welche Funktion sie jeweils erfüllen können.
In We Live with the Sea, Andrew Littlejohn addresses the implementation and controversy surrounding safety infrastructures following the March 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan.
Des la parution du premier cas de Covid-19 au Burkina Faso le 9 mars 2020, les autorites burkinabe ont sorti un arsenal de mesures barrieres individuelles et collectives de protection pour y faire face.
The Oxford Handbook of Reproductive Medicine and Family Planning, third edition provides essential practical information on the care of adolescent and reproductive age females and males.
This is a study of continuity and change in rural France based on fieldwork carried out over a period of 25 years, and on historical documents spanning more than 300 years.
Explore les relations soignants-soignés et les normes éthiques dans le contexte médical contemporain des soins intensifs durant la syndémie de COVID-19.
How a Slum is (Re)Produced: An Ethnography of Kibera and Korogocho in Nairobi offers an in-depth ethnographic analysis of how slums are produced and reproduced as physical, symbolic, and socio-political formations.
How a Slum is (Re)Produced: An Ethnography of Kibera and Korogocho in Nairobi offers an in-depth ethnographic analysis of how slums are produced and reproduced as physical, symbolic, and socio-political formations.
Bringing together contributors with backgrounds in ethnography, theatre, design, music, and sound, Polisonics: Collective Listening and the Politics of Sound demonstrates the importance of sound in design and how the sonic offers alternatives to dominant, singular, and technologically determined narratives.
This book examines the history and current context of racism in housing and neighborhoods to understand how racism and white supremacy have hindered true equality.
Bringing together contributors with backgrounds in ethnography, theatre, design, music, and sound, Polisonics: Collective Listening and the Politics of Sound demonstrates the importance of sound in design and how the sonic offers alternatives to dominant, singular, and technologically determined narratives.
The scramble for distant riches has featured centrally in the history of the Global South-from the first forays of European imperialists to the recent fascination with emerging markets.
In an era defined by social upheaval and rapid digital transformation, this Handbook offers a compelling exploration of how communities are reshaping the cultural, economic, and political fabric of contemporary life.
