Visioning Folklore
Author: Mahendra Kumar Mishra
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
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Roots, Routes and a New Awakening
Author: Ananta Kumar Giri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-03-01
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9811571228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book seeks to find creative and transformative relationship among roots and routes and create a new dynamics of awakening so that we can overcome the problems of closed and xenopbhobic roots and rootless cosmopolitanism. The book draws upon multiple philosophical and spiritual traditions of the world such as Siva Tantra, Buddhist phenomenology and Peircean Semiotics and discusses the works of Ibn-Arabi, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi and Raimon Panikkar,among others.The book is transdiscipinary building on creative thinking from philosophy, anthropology, political studies and literature. It is a unique contribution for forging a new relationship between roots and routes in our contemporary fragile and complex world.
Re-visioning Mission
Author: Richard G. Cote
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780809136452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores mission and culture in the postmodern context of the United States by drawing upon the metaphor of marriage to illustrate the reciprocal relationship between faith and culture.
The Long Journey Home
Author: Christine Downing
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2001-05-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 083482888X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the mother-and-daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone has seized the imagination of people in every age, from ancient times to the present. Considered today by many to be the archetypal myth for women, it touches on timeless themes in every life, such as the male-female relationship, love between women, initiations into puberty and old age, the mother-daughter bond, death, and ecological renewal. Christine Downing has combined essays, prose, poetry, and even performance art with her own insightful commentary to shed new light on the myth's ancient meanings and to offer new insights in its implications for contemporary men and women.
The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published:
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780547348896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUpon publication, Anita Silvey’s comprehensive survey of contemporary children’s literature, Children’s Books and Their Creators, garnered unanimous praise from librarians, educators, and specialists interested in the world of writing for children. Now The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators assembles the best of that volume in one handy, affordable reference, geared specifically to parents, educators, and students. This new volume introduces readers to the wealth of children’s literature by focusing on the essentials — the best books for children, the ones that inform, impress, and, most important, excite young readers. Updated to include newcomers such as J. K. Rowling and Lemony Snicket and to cover the very latest on publishing and educational trends, this edition features more than 475 entries on the best-loved children’s authors and illustrators, numerous essays on social and historical issues, thirty personal glimpses into craft by well-known writers, illustrators, and critics, and invaluable reading lists by category. The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators summarizes the canon of contemporary children’s literature, in a practical guide essential for anyone choosing a book for or working with children.
Folk Horror
Author: Dawn Keetley
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2023-04-15
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1786839806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile the undisputed heyday of folk horror was Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, the genre has not only a rich cinematic and literary prehistory, but directors and novelists around the world have also been reinventing folk horror for the contemporary moment. This study sets out to rethink the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of such expansions, with chapters exploring a range of subjects from the fiction of E. F. Benson to Scooby-Doo, video games, and community engagement with the Lancashire witches. In looking beyond Britain, the essays collected here extend folk horror's geographic terrain to map new conceptualisations of the genre now seen emerging from Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico and the Appalachian region of the US.
Chicana Traditions
Author: Norma E. Cantú
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780252070129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first anthology to focus specifically on the topic of Chicana expressive culture, Chicana Traditions features the work of native scholars: Chicanas engaged in careers as professors and students, performing artists and folklorists, archivists and museum coordinators, and community activists. Blending narratives of personal experience with more formal, scholarly discussions, Chicana Traditions tells the insider story of a professional woman mariachi performer and traces the creation and evolution of the escaramuza charra (all-female precision riding team) within the male-dominated charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Other essays cover the ranchera (country or rural) music of the transnational performer Lydia Mendoza, the complex crossover of Selena's Tejano music, and the bottle cap and jar lid art of Goldie Garcia. Framed by the Chicana feminist concept of the borderlands, a formative space where cultures and identities converge, Chicana Traditions offers a lively commentary on how women continue to invent, reshape, and transcend their traditional culture.
After the Pain
Author: Fiona Mills
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780820478388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, and critic, Gayl Jones has always resisted labels in her quest to find a liberating voice for black women and herself. With a poet's lyricism and a musician's ear for rhythm, she continually seeks new ways to confront the barriers, traumas, insecurities, and prejudices oppressing black women, and, by extension, all women. After the Pain: Critical Essays on Gayl Jones is the first comprehensive collection of essays dedicated solely to the exploration of Jones's work. Ranging from analyses of her use of language and music to reevaluations of her representation of sexuality and gender roles to examinations of the oft-overlooked connections between Latin America and African Americans, each of these essays investigates Jones's desire to continually complicate the process of identity formation.
Re-Visioning Europe
Author: U. Kockel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010-07-28
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0230282989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on ethno-anthropological fieldwork, this book considers issues of identity and belonging in Europe from a consciously emic perspective. The book explores issues such as borders, migration, economic organization, heritage, and the politics and practice of developing cultural understanding.
Channeling Wonder
Author: Pauline Greenhill
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2014-10-06
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 0814339239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars of cultural studies, fairy-tale studies, folklore, and television studies will enjoy this first-of-its-kind volume.
