Teacher's Guide for Tradition and Change in Four Societies
Teacher's Guide for Tradition and Change in Four Societies

Author: Richard B. Ford

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780030911873

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An examination of change in four areas (West Africa, Brazil, India, and China), analyzing in each case the traditional society, the impact of western ideas and institutions, and one major contemporary problem.

Tyāgarāja and the Renewal of Tradition
Tyāgarāja and the Renewal of Tradition

Author: William Joseph Jackson

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9788120811461

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Tyagaraja 1767-1947 is the most celebrated of South Indian musician saints. This book explores some of the growth processes, the transmission patterns and the cultural creativity involved in South Indian bhakti traditions, using examples of Tyagaraja`s life story, songs and social signigicance as case studies.

Tradition and Transformation
Tradition and Transformation

Author: Abebe Kifleyesus

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9783447053419

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The Argobba are an ethnic and religious minority in southeastern Wallo and northeastern Sawa. Despite living in harsh environments and menace from more dominant ethnic groups, they have for centuries maintained their agricultural activity, trader and weaver identity, and religious unity.At present they are undergoing rapid cultural change, and are caught up in a tension between encapsulation and the struggle for the survival of Argobba cultural tradition and political position in what once was a strategic location. This book presents a perceptive historical and cultural analysis of change and continuity, looks at how the Argobba define and redefine their agricultural and commercial ways of living as a response to threats from Oromo migration, Amhara settler penetration and Adal aggression, and examines the past and present condition of Argobba social and economic transformation in north-central Ethiopia.