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Author : Cheryl L. Delk
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015041299176
Author : Anita Norich
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804756902
This book considers some of the most famous Yiddish writers in America, the controversies their works aroused—in Yiddish and English—during the Holocaust, and the ways in which reading them contributes to a revision of American Jewish cultural development.
Author : Don Yoder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000004339655
Author : Don Yoder
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781477303542
Knowledge of folk custom and folk belief can help to explain ways of thought and behavior in modern America. American Folklife, a unique collection of essays dedicated to the presentation of American tradition, broadens our understanding of the regional differences and ethnic folkways that color American life. Folklife research examines the entire context of everyday life in past and present. It includes every aspect of traditional life, from regional architecture through the full range of material culture into spiritual culture, folk religion, witchcraft, and other forms of folk belief. This collection is especially useful in its application to American society, where countless influences from European, American Indian, and African cultural backgrounds merge. American Folklife relates folklife research to history, anthropology, cultural geography, architectural history, ethnographic film, folk technology, folk belief, and ethnic tensions in American society. It documents the folk-cultural background that is the root of our society.
Author : Catherine Nichols
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1615909885
Rich Descriptions And Illustrations Of African-American Art, History, And Culture.
Author : Neil Campbell,Alasdair Kean
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317297314
Exploring the central themes in modern American cultural studies and discussing how these themes can be interpreted, American Cultural Studies offers a wide-ranging overview of different aspects of American cultural life such as religion, gender and sexuality, regionalism, and ethnicity and immigration. The fourth edition has been revised throughout to take into account the developments of the last four years. Updates and revisions include: discussion of Barack Obama’s time in the White House consideration of ‘Hemispheric American Studies’ and the increasing debates about globalisation and the international role of the USA long-form television and American Studies up-to-date case studies, such as Girls, The Wire and Orange is the New Black more material on Detroit, the Mexican border, same-sex relationships and Islam in America updated further reading lists and new follow-up work. Illustrated throughout, containing follow-up questions and further reading at the end of each chapter, and accompanied by a companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/campbell) providing further study resources, American Cultural Studies is a core text and an accessible guide to the interdisciplinary study of American culture.
Author : Ellen Summerfield,Sandra Lee
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : IND:30000082175583
This work uses commercial films instead of documentaries to broaden students' awareness, understanding and appreciation of the many cultures and cocultures in America. The selection of films depict cultures with insight, care and authenticity providing a tool for cross-cultural learning. The film medium allows the viewer to experience a culture second-hand, with no threat involved it can introduce the viewer to topics that might otherwise seem too controversial or sensitive.
Author : Ann Vileisis
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1559633158
The rapidly disappearing wetlands that once spread so abundantly across the American continent serve an essential and irreplaceable ecological function. Yet for centuries, Americans have viewed them with disdain. Beginning with the first European settlers, we have thought of them as sinkholes of disease and death, as landscapes that were worse than useless unless they could be drained, filled, paved or otherwise "improved." As neither dry land, which can be owned and controlled by individuals, nor bodies of water, which are considered a public resource, wetlands have in recent years been at the center of controversy over issues of environmental protection and property rights. The confusion and contention that surround wetland issues today are the products of a long and convoluted history. In Discovering the Unknown Landscape, Anne Vileisis presents a fascinating look at that history, exploring how Americans have thought about and used wetlands from Colonial times through the present day. She discusses the many factors that influence patterns of land use -- ideology, economics, law, perception, art -- and examines the complicated interactions among those factors that have resulted in our contemporary landscape. As well as chronicling the march of destruction, she considers our seemingly contradictory tradition of appreciating wetlands: artistic and literary representations, conservation during the Progressive Era, and recent legislation aimed at slowing or stopping losses. Discovering the Unknown Landscape is an intriguing synthesis of social and environmental history, and a valuable examination of how cultural attitudes shape the physical world that surrounds us. It provides important context to current debates, and clearly illustrates the stark contrast between centuries of beliefs and policies and recent attempts to turn those longstanding beliefs and policies around. Vileisis's clear and engaging prose provides a new and compelling understanding of modern-day environmental conflicts.
Author : Kate Shoup
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502643094
From the arrival of English settlers in the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, American society was rooted in British Puritanism. Although whispers of that earlier Puritanical society remain, today's American culture is dramatically different. This volume traces the events that led to these societal changes, discussing such occurrences as the American Revolution, the California Gold Rush, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, spikes in immigration, and the devastating world wars of the twentieth century. This book includes an in-depth look at the way specific groups define themselves, how those definitions have evolved over time, and how these evolving ideas shape the nation as a whole.
Author : Mia Farrell
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766067714
From inventors to writers to heroes, African-American history is made up of remarkable people. Step into the world of African-American culture with these fun, easy crafts and connect with people like Harriet Tubman, Ralph Ellison, George Washington Carver, and the Harlem Globetrotters!
Author : Katherine Gleeson
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781618104601
Native American Culture Comes Back To Life In The Details Of These Beautiful Illustrations.
Author : James Laxer
Publisher : New York : New Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1565847105
The author recounts his travels through thirty-four of the fifty United States, commenting on the oddities of modern American culture.
Author : Robert J. Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473424740
Author : Anna Tomasino
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134458400
This brief, provocative reader explores American popular culture from The Sopranos to the Simpsons, from MP3 players to comic books, from Andy Warhol to hip hop. Anyone who wants to understand what Americans are seeing, thinking, and doing in the 21st century should read this collection.
Author : John Fiske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:HWB3I2