Cultures Of Independence

Author : Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture
Publisher : Art Media Resources
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12
Category : Arts, Cambodian
ISBN : 158886037X

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Cultures of Independence by Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture Pdf

In 1953, Cambodia became an independent nation state after 90 years of French Protectorate rule. During the late Protectorate and in the decades following independence, an emerging urban elite attempted to conceive, define, and build a 'modern Khmer culture.' The impulse for creating these new forms stemmed both from a specific will to define an independent nation, as well as from broader regional movements towards modernisation and development. Most of the work produced during this period took up questions of how to create forms that would be recognised as both Cambodian and modern. Today, traces of this work remain scattered, and only some participants survive. This volume documents and presents some of the way in which new forms of Cambodian art developed during the 1950s and 1960s and attempts to uncover the historical events and the processes of thinking which motivated the creation of these forms. The book includes in-depth interviews with surviving practitioners. The full text is provided bilingually in English and Khmer.

Author : Javier Garcia Oliva,Helen Hall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487532208

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Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights by Javier Garcia Oliva,Helen Hall Pdf

In Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights, Javier García Oliva and Helen Hall coin the term "constitutional culture" to encapsulate the collective rules and expectations that govern the collective life within a jurisdiction. Significantly, these shared norms have both legal and social elements, including matters as diverse as standards of parenting, the modus operandi of police officers, and taboos around sexuality. Using Quebec, Scotland, and Catalonia as case studies, the book delves into what these constitutional battles mean for the rights, identity, and needs of everyday people, and it powerfully demonstrates why the hypothetical future independence of these regions would have far-reaching practical consequences, beyond the realm of political structures and academic theory. The book does not present a magic bullet to resolve debates around independence – this is not its purpose, and the text in fact demonstrates why there is no objectively optimal approach in any or all contexts. Instead, it seeks to shed light on aspects of these situations often overlooked in discussions around the fate of nations, and it addresses what the consequences of constitutional paradigm shifts might be for individuals. Constitutional culture is a complex web of interconnected understandings and behaviours, and the vibrations from shaking or cutting a fundamental strand will be felt throughout the structure.

Author : William H. Beezley,Linda A. Curcio-Nagy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442212565

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Latin American Popular Culture since Independence by William H. Beezley,Linda A. Curcio-Nagy Pdf

This unique reader offers an engaging collection of essays that highlight the diversity of Latin America’s cultural expressions from independence to the present. Leading historians explore funerals, dance and music, letters and literature, spectacles and monuments, and world’s fairs and food. These themes and events highlight the ways in which a wide range of individuals with copious, at times contradictory, motives attempted to forge identity, turn the world upside down, mock their betters, forget their troubles through dance, express love in letters, and altogether enjoy life. The authors analyze case studies from Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Trinidad-Tobago, tracing how their examples resonate in the rest of the region. They show how people could and did find opportunities to escape, if only occasionally, their daily drudgery, making lives for themselves of greater variety than the constant quest for dominance, drive for profits, or knee-jerk resistance to the social or economic order so often described in cultural studies. Instead, this rich text introduces the complexity of motives behind and the diversity of expressions of popular culture in Latin America. Contributions by: Sal Acosta, Thomas L. Benjamin, John Charles Chasteen, Darién J. Davis, Lauren (Robin) H. Derby, Matthew D. Esposito, Ingrid E. Fey, Stephen Jay Gould, Graham E. L. Horton, Fanni Muñoz Cabrejo, Blanca Muratorio, Jeffrey M. Pilcher, Janet Sturman, and Pamela Voekel.

Author : Michael Gardiner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137545947

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Time and Action in the Scottish Independence Referendum by Michael Gardiner Pdf

This book describes the recent Scottish independence referendum as the latest incarnation of a contest between two times on one hand, an ideally continuous time beyond determination underpinning financial sovereignty, on the other the interruptions to this ideal continuity inherent in human action.

Author : Mariano Picón-Salas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520339545

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A Cultural History of Spanish America by Mariano Picón-Salas Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

Author : Jay Fliegelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 150362207X

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Declaring Independence by Jay Fliegelman Pdf

Author : María Acosta Cruz
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813565484

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Dream Nation by María Acosta Cruz Pdf

Over the past fifty years, Puerto Rican voters have roundly rejected any calls for national independence. Yet the rhetoric and iconography of independence have been defining features of Puerto Rican literature and culture. In the provocative new book Dream Nation, María Acosta Cruz investigates the roots and effects of this profound disconnect between cultural fantasy and political reality. Bringing together texts from Puerto Rican literature, history, and popular culture, Dream Nation shows how imaginings of national independence have served many competing purposes. They have given authority to the island’s literary and artistic establishment but have also been a badge of countercultural cool. These ideas have been fueled both by nostalgia for an imagined past and by yearning for a better future. They have fostered local communities on the island, and still helped define Puerto Rican identity within U.S. Latino culture. In clear, accessible prose, Acosta Cruz takes us on a journey from the 1898 annexation of Puerto Rico to the elections of 2012, stopping at many cultural touchstones along the way, from the canonical literature of the Generación del 30 to the rap music of Tego Calderón. Dream Nation thus serves both as a testament to how stories, symbols, and heroes of independence have inspired the Puerto Rican imagination and as an urgent warning about how this culture has become detached from the everyday concerns of the island’s people. A volume in the American Literature Initiatives series

Author : Shimon Shetreet,Christopher Forsyth
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004215856

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The Culture of Judicial Independence by Shimon Shetreet,Christopher Forsyth Pdf

The creation of a culture of Judicial Independence is of a central significance both in national domestic legal systems, as well as for the international courts and tribunals. The main aim of this volume is to analyze the development of a culture of Judicial Independence in comparative perspectives, to offer an examination of the conceptual foundations of the principle of judicial independence and to discuss in detail the practical challenges facing judiciaries in different jurisdictions. The proposed volume is based on the papers presented at the five conferences held in the framework of The International Project on Judicial independence. The editors of this volume and the contributors to it are leading scholars and distinguished experts on judicial independence and judiciaries.

Author : Heiko Biehl,Bastian Giegerich,Alexandra Jonas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658011680

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Strategic Cultures in Europe by Heiko Biehl,Bastian Giegerich,Alexandra Jonas Pdf

European countries work together in crisis management, conflict prevention and many other aspects of security and defence policy. Closer cooperation in this policy arena seems to be the only viable way forward to address contemporary security challenges. Yet, despite the repeated interaction, fundamental assumptions about security and defence remain remarkably distinct across European nations. This book offers a comparative analysis of the security and defence policies of all 27 EU member states and Turkey, drawing on the concept of ‘strategic culture’, in order to examine the chances and obstacles for closer security and defence cooperation across the continent. Along the lines of a consistent analytical framework, international experts provide case studies of the current security and defence policies in Europe as well as their historical and cultural roots. ​

Author : Brian J. Low
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889203860

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NFB Kids by Brian J. Low Pdf

Annotation Using a half-century of films from the archival collection of the National Film Board, NFB Kids overcomes a long-standing impasse about what films may be credibly said to document. Here they document not "reality" but social images preserved over time - the "NFB Society"--An evolving, cinematic representation of Canadian families, schools and communities.

Author : Murray Pittock
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781861894571

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The Road to Independence? by Murray Pittock Pdf

Independence has been a contested issue in Scotland since the region was first invaded by England in 1707, and the realm continues to linger in a no-man’s land between regional status and full sovereignty. The issue of independence has risen to the forefront of Scottish discussion in the past fifty years and Murray Pittock offers here an examination of modern Scottish nationalism and what it means for the United Kingdom. Pittock charts Scotland’s economic, cultural, and social histories, focusing on the history and cultural impact of Scottish cities and industries, the role of multiculturalism in contemporary Scottish society, and the upheaval of devolution, including the 2007 election of Scotland’s first nationalist government. From the architecture and art of Edinburgh and Glasgow to the Scottish Parliament, the book investigates every aspect of modern Scottish society to explain the striking rise of Scottish nationalism since 1960. The Road to Independence? reveals a new perspective on modern Scottish culture, making it an invaluable read for history scholars and lovers of Scotland alike.

Author : Catherine Raeff
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1138012742

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Always Separate, Always Connected by Catherine Raeff Pdf

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of theoretical and empirical scholarship on how issues of human separateness, or independence, and issues of human connectedness, or interdependence, are played out in diverse cultural contexts. Despite agreement on the value of understanding culture and development in terms of independence and interdependence, many issues remain open for continued theoretical refinement and empirical analysis. This book presents a fresh conceptualization which holds that independence and interdependence are multifaceted and inseparable dimensions of human functioning that may be defined and enacted differently in different cultures. Thus, the current approach accounts for the fundamental separateness and connectedness of all human beings in a way that is both universally applicable and culturally sensitive. Based on this conceptual approach, the focus of this text is to delineate how varied independence and interdependence issues are interrelated during development in culturally distinct ways. In doing so, the book offers a conceptual approach that moves cultural and developmental analyses beyond investigating whether some cultures value independence or interdependence more or less than others, to investigating how both independence and interdependence are construed and particularized during development around the world. Always Separate, Always Connected: Independence and Interdependence in Cultural Contexts of Developmentwill be of interest to a wide range of developmentalists in psychology, education, family studies, anthropology, and sociology. In addition, the book could serve advanced undergraduates, as well as graduate students in these varied disciplines. It may also be of interest to social welfare practitioners, such as clinical psychologists, guidance counselors, and social workers.

Author : Mariano Picón-Salas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Civilization, Spanish-American
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Cultural History of Spanish America by Mariano Picón-Salas Pdf

Covers the period from the Conquest to Independence.

Author : Donald Emmet Worcester,Wendell G. Schaeffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Latin America
ISBN : UVA:X000364843

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The Growth and Culture of Latin America: From conquest to independence by Donald Emmet Worcester,Wendell G. Schaeffer Pdf

Author : Larzer Ziff
Publisher : New York : Viking Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003938474

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Literary Democracy by Larzer Ziff Pdf

Also includes material on George Lippard, Margaret Fuller, and George Washington Harris.