L'ENFANCE D'UN COW-BOY SOLITAIRE. TRAD. PAR YVES ALIX.
Author: Will James
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13:
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Édith Piaf
Author: David Looseley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1781382573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an 'imagined Piaf.
Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Author: Francesca Sterlacci
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017-06-30
Total Pages: 748
ISBN-13: 1442239093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the first animal skin body coverings, to today’s high fashion collections, fashion has held an important role in the evolution of mankind. The fashion industry has, and continues to make, major contributions to our cultural and social environment. It is an industry that responds to our inherent longing for tribal belonging, our socio-economic needs, individual lifestyles, status stratification and profession apparel requirements. The fashion industry is fast-paced, complex and ever changing, in response to consumer needs. Throughout the world, vast numbers of people contribute to this industry, each with the shared goal of supplying an end product of a particular price point directed at a target consumer. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,400 cross-referenced entries on designers, models, couture houses, significant articles of apparel and fabrics, trade unions, and the international trade organizations. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the fashion industry.
Tamara de Lempicka
Author: Gioia Mori
Publisher:
Published: 2024-10-29
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300278507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), the "Baroness with a Brush," is often cast as one of Art Deco's most celebrated artists, though her work transcends categorization, incorporating elements of Cubism and Neoclassicism in a distinctive, sensuous blend of form and function. Lempicka's paintings, including a self-portrait as the driver of a sleek green Bugatti, often depict dazzling, self-assured women, exuding elegance and transgressive sexuality while combining the modern with the classical. This gorgeous survey presents the full arc of Lempicka's career in the context of her life and her evolving identity, including her Polish and Russian origins, her marriages and other relationships, and her time in France, Italy, and the United States. This book unfolds chronologically through three sections that mark the stages of the artist's life and the evolution of her artistic style, with particular focus on her Jewish heritage, her expression of gender, and her sexuality. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Exhibition Schedule: de Young Museum, San Francisco (October 12, 2024-February 9, 2025) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (March 9-May 26, 2025)
Confessions of a Literary Archaeologist
Author: Carlton Lake
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780811211307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about French artists, composers, and writers.
The Celts
Author: M. Chapman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1992-09-15
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 023037865X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Celts are commonly considered to be one of the great peoples of Europe, with continuous racial, cultural and linguistic genealogy from the Iron Age to the modern-day 'Celtic fringe'. This book shows, in contrast, that the Celts, as they have been known and understood over two thousand years, are simply the 'other' of the dominant cultural and political traditions of Europe. It is this continuous 'otherness' which lends them apparent continuity and substance.
The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
Author: Mordecai Richler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1999-03
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 0671028472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom his third generation Jewish immigrant family in Montreal, Duddy learns about life in this unforgettable human comedy.
Handbook of English Costume in the Sixteenth Century
Author: Cecil Willett Cunnington
Publisher: Plays
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory and Ethnicity
Author: Elizabeth Tonkin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-14
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1317271831
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays examine the importance of historical consicousness and the role of historiography in ‘ethnic’ situations, exploring the many ways in which ethnic groups select history, write or rewrite it, rescue appropriate or ignore it, forget or traduce it. Drawing on expert knowledge of regions ranging from the Amazon to contemporary Germany, the contributors bring anthropological and historical understanding to answer these questions, and investigate major topics such as the relationship between ethnic, national and state identifications, and the cultural work of creating them. Examples include Afrikaaners and Northern Ireland Protestants, as well as Mormons and Catalans. Bringing together a variety of themes that have recently become the focus of study – ethnicity, the uses and nature of history and the likelihood of objectivity in historical telling – the book will be of great interest ot students in the social sciences, anthropology, politics, history and international relations.
