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True to her word the faithful maiden cult in late Imperial China / by Lu, Weijing

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Recreating Africa culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 / by Sweet, James H. (James Hoke)

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The village is like a wheel rethinking cargos, family, and ethnicity in highland Mexico / by Magazine, Roger, 1969-

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American idyll academic antielitism as cultural critique / by Liu, Catherine

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: populist idylls, cultural politics -- The problem with the meritocracy -- Ordinary Americans, average students -- The curious cult of religious practicality -- Against all experts: no experience necessary -- The new age of cultural studies: crisis in the PMC -- Conclusion.…”
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Fallen elites the military other in post-unification Germany / by Bickford, Andrew, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…The military imaginary : soldiers, myths, and states -- Emotions, generations, and death cults : militarization and the creation of socialist military personalities -- Coming of age in the NVA : the master narratives of militarization -- The writing on the wall : the NVA surrenders -- A war of signs, images, and memories : German militaries in the Cold War and unification -- "Unification has ruined my life" : the political economy of the military other -- As Germans among Germans : life in the Kameradschaft -- "We're the Jews of the new Germany" : heroic victimhood, fallen elites, and the slipperiness of history and memory -- Death and allegiance : toward an anthropology of soldiering.…”
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Matriarchal societies studies on indigenous cultures across the globe / by Göttner-Abendroth, Heide, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…A critical history of perspectives on matriarchy -- Matriarchy in Eastern India -- Matriarchal cults in Nepal -- Ancient queens realms, and group marriage in Tibet -- Matriarchal mountain peoples of China -- Women shamans in Korea -- The islands of Japan : women's cultures of the south and north -- "Alam Minangkabau" the world of the Minangkabau in Indonesia -- Matriarchal patterns in Melanesia -- Pacific Ocean cultures -- Matriarchal cultures in South America -- The spread of matriarchy to Central America -- North America : matriarchal immigrants from the South -- North America : at the cultural crossroads of South and North -- Matriarchy in India -- Ancient matriarchy in Central Africa -- Matriarchal queen-kingship in West Africa -- Matriarchal pastoral peoples in North Africa.…”
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Material Fantasies : Expectations of the Western Consumer World among East Germans / by Veenis, Milena

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Material Fantasies : Expectations of the Western Consumer World among East Germans / by Veenis, Milena

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