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Sex and Drugs before Rock 'n' Roll : Youth Culture and Masculinity during Holland's Golden Age /
Published 2012Table of Contents: Full text available:
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A companion to sport and spectacle in Greek and Roman antiquity /
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…The Background -- Overview of Roman Spectacle / Roger Dunkle -- Etruscan Sport / Giampiero Bevagna -- Writing Arenas : Roman Authors and Their Games / Zara Martirosova Torlone -- Representations of Spectacle and Sport in Roman Art / Steven L. …”
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Ethnic distinctions, local meanings negotiating cultural identities in China /
Published 2005Table of Contents: “…-- Miao rebels and 'common ground' -- Multiple meanings of the Miao -- The rituals of New Year -- Authority and the local -- Conflict at the Temple of the Celestial Kings -- Conclusions.…”
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Following tradition folklore in the discourse of American culture /
Published 1998Table of Contents: “…The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. …”
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Following Tradition
Published 1998Table of Contents: “…The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. …”
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Following Tradition /
Published 1998Table of Contents: “…The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. …”
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Following Tradition /
Published 1998Table of Contents: “…The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. …”
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The culture of Islam changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life /
Published 2002Table of Contents: “…The circle of beneficence : narrating coherence in a world of corruption -- Ambivalence towards power : approaches to authority in postcolonial Morocco -- What is a tribe, and why does it matter? …”
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Seedtime on the Cumberland
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Ballard -- The Old Boot -- Rocks and Earth -- The First Settlers -- Rivière des Chauouanons -- The Long Learning -- The Illinois -- The Shirttail Men -- Attakullakulla -- The Travelers -- The Woodsmen -- Indians -- The Bare Essentials -- Silk Handkerchiefs and Feather Beds -- Around the Family Hearth -- Epilogue -- Author's Acknowledgments.…”
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The intestines of the state youth, violence, and belated histories in the Cameroon grassfields /
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…Centuries of youth : remembering, incorporation, and the reclamation of history -- Kings, slaves, and floating populations : discourses of centrality and marginality in the precolonial era -- Masks of terror and the subjection of cadets -- Aurora colonialis : German imperialism and the modernity of slavery -- Embodied histories : royal investiture, masking, and remembering -- From slaves to free boys : cadets' resistance to gerontocratic, colonial, and postcolonial authority -- The death of tears : mortuary rites and the indeterminacy of dance -- Dancing death : memorial celebrations, the politics of ritual laughter, and the embodied memories of youth -- Histories of the present, histories of the future.…”
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Youth, nationalism, and the Guinean Revolution
Published 2009Table of Contents: “…-- Imagining and instituting a new youth -- Envisioning youth across the border of independence -- Ideologies of schooling, teachers' authority, and cultural revolution -- The rise of militant theater -- Ventures and misadventures in the revolutionary forest -- Construing and constructing the nation's margins : troubles with the forest and forestiers -- Forestier itineraries across revolutionary pedagogical domains -- Forestier stories of militant theater : discovering the motives and moralities of a revolutionary state -- Conclusion: Nationalism and memory after the revolution.…”
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Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route
Published 2011Table of Contents: “…Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.…”
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Performing Power : Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and Resistance in Colonial Indonesia /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Setting the Stage : The Javanization of Colonial Authority in the Nineteenth Century -- "Sweet was the Dream, Bitter the Awakening" : The Contested Implementation of the Ethical Policy, 1901-1913 -- Disrupting the Colonial Performance : The Hormat Circular of 1913 and the National Awakening -- Contesting Sartorial Hierarchies : From Ethnic Stereotype to National Dress -- East is East and West is West : Forging Modern Identities -- Staging Colonial Modernity : Hegemony, Fairs, and the Indonesian Middle Classes.…”
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Performing Power : Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and Resistance in Colonial Indonesia /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Setting the Stage : The Javanization of Colonial Authority in the Nineteenth Century -- "Sweet was the Dream, Bitter the Awakening" : The Contested Implementation of the Ethical Policy, 1901-1913 -- Disrupting the Colonial Performance : The Hormat Circular of 1913 and the National Awakening -- Contesting Sartorial Hierarchies : From Ethnic Stereotype to National Dress -- East is East and West is West : Forging Modern Identities -- Staging Colonial Modernity : Hegemony, Fairs, and the Indonesian Middle Classes.…”
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Life in a Kam village in southwest China, 1930-1949
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…Location -- Langdong -- The name 'Kam' -- The villagers -- Physical characteristics of the people -- The village -- Farming -- Spinning and weaving -- Thrifty people -- Mornings and evenings -- Food -- Mealtime etiquette -- Drinks -- Clothing -- Coming-of-age -- Courtship by night -- Courtship by day -- Intimidating situations for young women -- Matchmakers -- Engagement ceremony -- Marriage and divorce -- Unorthodox marriages -- Marriage relationships -- The distinction in culture between men and women -- Clan-centred community -- Pipe-smoking elders -- No beggars or thieves -- Monotonous and primitive music -- Festivals and celebrations -- Children -- Survival in the midst of suffering -- Author's postscript -- Translator's postscript.…”
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Au contraire! : figuring out the French /
Published 2010Table of Contents: “…-- Sex rears its ugly head -- Money makes the world go 'round -- Authority in crisis -- Dialogue between two worlds -- Who do you think you are? …”
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Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0 : Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections /
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Digital reconfigurations of religious authority -- Voicing Muslimness -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 3. …”
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Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0 : Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections /
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Digital reconfigurations of religious authority -- Voicing Muslimness -- 2.6 Conclusions -- 3. …”
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Tenacity of the Couple-Norm : Intimate citizenship regimes in a changing Europe /
Published 2020Full text available:
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