Word Cultures

1987
 |  Experimental fiction
Word Cultures

Author: Robin Lydenberg

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

ISBN: 0252014138

Category: Experimental fiction

Page: 232

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In this pioneering study, Robin Lydenberg focuses upon the stylistic accomplishments of this controversial and experimental writer. In doing so, she skillfully demonstrates that the ideas we now recognize as characteristic of post-structuralism and deconstruction were being developed independently by Burroughs long ago.

Leveled Texts for Differentiated Content-Area Literacy: World Cultures Through Time Kit

2010-09-24
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Leveled Texts for Differentiated Content-Area Literacy: World Cultures Through Time Kit

Author:

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

ISBN: 1433320894

Category:

Page: 240

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Differentiate content, process, and product and promote content-area literacy with this dynamic kit about world cultures through time. This kit provides leveled informational texts featuring key historical themes and topics embedded within targeted literacy instruction. Teachers can assess comprehension of informational text using the included Culminating Activity. Additionally, teachers can use multimedia activities to engage students and extend learning. The 60 colorful Leveled Text Cards in this kit are written at four distinct reading levels, each card featuring subtle symbols that denote differentiated reading levels, making differentiation strategies easy to implement. Leveled Texts for Differentiated Content-Area Literacy: World Cultures Through Time Complete Kit includes: Leveled Text Cards; digital resources; Lessons; a Culminating Activity; Tiered Graphic Organizers; Assessment Tools; and audio recordings (of thematic raps and leveled texts).

World Cultures and World Religions

2003-06
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World Cultures and World Religions

Author: Hendrik Kraemer

Publisher: James Clarke & Co.

ISBN: 0227170954

Category:

Page: 392

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A fundamental tool for Christians and all who aspire to understand the religious and cultural life of the world. This magisterial work explores the position of the world's religions within their socio-cultural systems and explains the relations between Christianity and the non-Christian religions, East and West, the clash of cultures and the movement of divine and human forces that are changing the pattern of man's life.

Modern Paganism in World Cultures

2005
 |  Neopaganism
Modern Paganism in World Cultures

Author: Michael Strmiska

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781851096084

Category: Neopaganism

Page: 393

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The most comprehensive study available of neo-pagan religious movements in North America and Europe. Modern Paganism in World Cultures collects the work of specialists in religion, folklore, and related fields to provide a comprehensive treatment of the movement to reestablish pre-Christian religions. Detailed accounts of the belief systems and rituals of each religion, along with analysis of the cultural, social, and political factors fueling the return to ancestral religious practice, make this a rich, singular resource. Scandinavian Asatru, Latvian Dievturi, American Wicca--long-dormant religions are taking on new life as people seek connection with their heritage and look for more satisfying approaches to the pressures of postmodernism. The Neopagan movement is a small but growing influence in Western culture. This book provides a map to these resurgent religions and an examination of the origins of the Neopagan movement. Photographs of neo-pagan leaders, practitioners, and rituals, along with maps of areas where various religions are practiced Contributions from an international team of scholars provides insight into belief systems and cultural influences

The Meaning of Myth in World Cultures

2018-12-06
 |  Social Science
The Meaning of Myth in World Cultures

Author: Michael Buonanno

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: 9780786497126

Category: Social Science

Page: 324

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Mythology--circulated in sacred stories (myths) and their reenactments (rituals)--is the basis of any society's religion, and religion is an essential key to identity. Mythology's meaning depends on the elaboration of identity in cultural metaphors that are at the same time ecological (arising from a society's environmental exploitation), sociological (based on indigenous social relations) and ideological (couched in terms of a society's worldview). But tellingly, these metaphors are embodied in anthropomorphic spirits, fostering a deep sense of identification with those spirits as well as with individuals who share in one's spiritual devotions. This study examines mythology from a global perspective, citing case studies in cultural traditions from Africa, Europe, Oceania, Native America and elsewhere.

The Unity of Music and Dance in World Cultures

2016-02-03
 |  Music
The Unity of Music and Dance in World Cultures

Author: David Akombo

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: 9781476622699

Category: Music

Page: 276

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This study surveys music and dance from a global perspective, viewing them as a composite whole found in every culture. To some, music means sound and body movement. To others, dance means body movement and sound. The author examines the complementary connection between sound and movement as an element of the human experience as old as humanity itself. Music and dance from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the South Pacific are discussed.

Islam in World Cultures

2004
 |  Islam
Islam in World Cultures

Author: R. Michael Feener

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781576075166

Category: Islam

Page: 399

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Islam in World Cultures analyzes differences in Islamic culture and practice by looking not simply at matters of doctrine, but also at how Islam interacts with local cultures. Contemporary treatments of Islam focus on the Middle East; they treat the beliefs and people of that region as representing all of Islam. At most they emphasize the differences between Muslim groups--Sunni vs. Shia, for instance--while overlooking the even greater differences that result from region-specific cultural and political pressures. Islam in World Cultures gathers the work of ten eminent scholars, each of whom has expertise in the Muslim culture of a particular country or geographical area. Individual chapters explore contemporary developments in the Islamic experience in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Ethiopia, and the United States. This broad treatment provides an introduction to the full range of issues relating to Islam in the context of globalization. A full chapter of annotated references and electronic links, organized to relate to each chapter A glossary of key terms, with emphasis on comparative usage and how common terms differ in definition from place to place

World Cultures

2017-08
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World Cultures

Author: Phillip Simpson

Publisher: Capstone

ISBN: 9781515781554

Category:

Page: 68

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Over centuries many cultures have developed around the world. Each culture has had its own customs and traditions. Sometimes different cultures come together to share certain aspects. Discover how one culture can have a lasting impact on another culture. Learn how cultures from long ago have influenced our lives today, from the words we use to the way our government is run.

Primary Source Fluency Activities: World Cultures

2007-02-14
 |  Education
Primary Source Fluency Activities: World Cultures

Author: Kathleen Knoblock

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

ISBN: 9781425801021

Category: Education

Page: 193

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This resource provides a wide variety of primary sources from world cultures with activities that teach important fluency strategies and cover key events and people related to each of eight different cultures. Make difficult primary source materials accessible to today's students.

HIV in World Cultures

2016-04-22
 |  Social Science
HIV in World Cultures

Author: Gustavo Subero

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317121541

Category: Social Science

Page: 314

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This book analyses the way that HIV/AIDS is often narrativised and represented in contemporary world cultures, as well as the different strategies of remembrance deployed by different (sub)cultural groups affected by the illness. Through a close study of a variety of cultural texts; including cinema, literature, theatre, art and photography amongst others, it demonstrates the trajectory that such narratives and representations have undergone since the advent of the ’discovery’ of the disease in the 1980s. Acknowledging the central - yet often overlooked - role that cultural products have played in the construction of public opinion towards the condition itself and those who suffer it, this ground-breaking volume focuses on a variety of narratives, as well as strategies of coping with HIV/AIDS that have emerged across the globe. Bringing together research on the UK, North and South America, Africa and China, it provides rich textual analyses of the ways in which the HIV positive body has been portrayed in contemporary culture, with attention to the differences between specific national contexts, whilst keeping in view a space of commonality amongst the different experiences reflected in such texts. As such, it will be of interest to social scientists and scholars of cultural and media studies, concerned with cultural production and representations of the body and sickness.

Atlas of World Cultures

1981-05-15
 |  Social Science
Atlas of World Cultures

Author: George Peter Murdock

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

ISBN: 9780822976318

Category: Social Science

Page: 160

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The publication of Murdock’s Ethnographic Atlas in 1967 marked the first time that descriptive information on the peoples of the world—primitive, historical, and contemporary—had been systematically organized for the purposes of comparative research. In this volume, Murdock has completely revised this work, selecting 563 societies that are most fully and accurately described in ethnographic literature. The identification of each society gives its geographical coordinates and date, its identifying number in the Ethnographic Atlas, and an indication of whether it is included in the Human Relations Area Files or the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample. In addition, bibliographical references are offered for each society. The information and suggested research techniques will be of value to comparativists in anthropology, history, political science, psychology and sociology. Most importantly, it offers a simple method fro choosing a valid sample of the world’s known societies for cross-cultural research.