752円 Le feste celtiche si snodano in un percorso in cui il mondo terreno e il mondo degli dèi si sovrappongono. Le stagioni scandiscono i ritmi della vita e della morte; la morte non è la fine ma un nuovo inizio. Nei cicli della natura si trova l’elemento divino, che permea l’intera vita dei Celti. Le...

2,677円 When heritage becomes a commodity, when culture is instrumental in driving tourism, and when individuals assert ownership over either, social, ideological, political, and economic motivations intertwine. Bestowing value on "culture" is itself a culturally rooted act, and the essays gathered in Cu...

7,560円 Within popular culture, death is not the end, but instead a space where the dead can exert agency whilst entertaining the consumer. Popular culture enables the dead to be consumed by the living on a mass global scale, actively engaging them with issues of mortality. This book develops the sociolo...

150円 "Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims" is a collection of epigrams and sayings edited and put together by the early American Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania William Penn. The work collected in this book presents the wisdom of pre-Revolutionary USA. Contents: Ignora...

5,418円 This book takes a critical glance at the ways in which we attend to the corpse, tracing a trajectory from encounter toward considering options for disposal: veneered mortuary internment, green burial and its attendant rot, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis, donation and display, and ecological bu...

565円 Austin Edward Sears has been a lead newspaper reporter for 20 years, and one thing’s for sure: He knows a con when he sees one! Or does he? Because one day, either by Divine Fiat or perhaps by the simple play of blind, intransigent fate, Austin Sears turns on his car radio and listens to an hour ...

20,296円 Scholars of Vedic religion have long recognized the centrality of ritual categories to Indian thought. There have been few successful attempts, however, to bring the same systematic rigor of Vedic Scholarship to bear on later "Hindu" ritual. Excavating the deep history of a prominent ritual categ...

1,408円 Contemporary forms of living and dying in Swaziland cannot be understood apart from the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to anthropologist Casey Golomski. In Africa's last absolute monarchy, the story of 15 years of global collaboration in treatment and intervention is also one of ordinary peo...

2,805円 Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances. The book includes supplementary exercises that ...

10,446円 In a world of globalised media, Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images, narrative, artefacts, and identity. From Pikachu, to instantly identifi able manga memes, to the darkness of adult anime, and the hyper- consumerism of product tie- ins, Japan has bequeathe...

903円 From the Native Americans’ Mount Graham case to the historical reality of the Native Europeans, a peace proposal for all humanity. With contributions from Ola Cassadore. With the encouragement of the UNITED NATIONS Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. -------------- The Authors --- G...

903円 Du cas Mount Graham des Natifs américains à la réalité historique des Natifs européens une proposition de paix pour toute l’humanité. Avec des interventions d’Ola Cassadore. Avec l’encouragement de l’ ONU Haut Commissariat pour les Droits de l’Homme. -------------- Les Auteurs --- Giancarlo Barba...