Author: Mari Rabia IsaacsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Linda Dégh's Contributions to the Field of Folkloristics
Author: Mari Rabia IsaacsFolklore on Two Continents
Author: Harry GammerdingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Legend and Belief
Author: Linda DéghPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253339294
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Industrial advancement has not changed the basic fragility of human life, and the commercialization and consumer orientation of the mass media has actually helped legends travel faster and farther. Legends are communicated not only orally, face to face, but also in the press, on radio and television, on countless Web sites, and by e-mail, perpetuating new waves of the "culture of fear.""--BOOK JACKET.
Venda Children's Songs
Author: John BlackingPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226055107
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
John Blacking is widely recognized for his theoretical works How Musical Is Man? and The Anthropology of the Body. This series of essays and articles on the music of the Venda people of the northern Transvaal in South Africa constitutes his major scholarly legacy. Venda Children's Songs presents a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda. Among its many original contributions is the identifying of the role of melody in generating rhythm, something that distinguishes this form of music from that of Venda adults as well as from other genres of African music in general.
The Music Of Hindostan
Author: A. H. Fox StrangwaysPublisher:
ISBN: 9781021887870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Folk Song Style and Culture
Author: Alan LomaxPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351519662
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance, theme, text and movement are analyzed in large samples of films an recordings from the whole range of human culture, according to the methods explained in this volume. Cantometrics, which means song as a measure of man, finds that traditions of singing trace the main historic distributions of human culture and that specific traits of performance are communications about identifiable aspects of society. The predictable and universal relations between expressive communication and social organization, here established for the first time, open up the possibility of a scientific aesthetics, useful to planners.
A Window on Soweto
Author: Joyce SikakanePublisher: Nicholson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
This title comes from the Political Extremism and Radicalism digital archive series which provides access to primary sources for academic research and teaching purposes. Please be aware that users may find some of the content within this resource to be offensive.
Principles and Practice of Emergency Medicine
Author: Praveen AggarwalPublisher: BI Publications Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9788172252137
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The book covers medical, surgical and orthopedic aspects of emergency medicine in a concise but comprehensive manner. Since prompt recognition and appropriate management of the emergencies make the difference between life and death, the main focus of the book is on these two aspects of various emergencies. The book provides up-to-date information on practices of optimal emergency management. An important aspect of the book is the step by step description of diagnostic and therapeutic aspects which will guide the physicians in providing most efficient initial care to the patients while awaiting specialist help. Since almost no existing Indian book covers all types of emergencies in a practical and user-friendly manner, this book will fill the void.
Essentials of Biotechnology
Author: R. C. SobtiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788180521607
Category : Biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A comprehensive treatise on biotechnology, this volume starts with an overall review of early applications that scientists employed long before the field was defined. It then moves on to examine the emergence of current methods and specialized tools in the field, as well as cell culture and nucleic acid based technologies. It devotes individual chapters to biotechnology in the areas of health, agriculture, environment, aquaculture, and food. These are followed by chapters on the status of biotechnology in developing countries with special reference to India. It also discusses debated ethical considerations and explores ongoing issues regarding intellectual property rights and patents."--Publisher's website.
Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa
Author: Malcolm LangfordPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021146
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
This book sets out to assess the role and impact of socio-economic strategies used by civil society actors in South Africa. Focusing on a range of socio-economic rights and national trends in law and political economy, the book's authors show how socio-economic rights have influenced the development of civil society discourse and action.