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Books on: "World Cultures" OR "World Culture"

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News of the World: World Cultures Look at Television News

Book by Klaus Bruhn Jensen; Routledge, 1998

Subjects:

Television Broadcasting Of News

Collections: Entire Library

This collection is the first in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programs. News of the World describes and interprets the type of news available, the amount of news that viewers consume, and how it is ...
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This collection is the first in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programs. News of the World describes and interprets the type of news available, the amount of news that viewers consume, and how it is understood in the context of everyday life in the United States, India, Mexico, Italy, Denmark Israel and Belarus.
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Atlas of World Cultures

Book by George Peter Murdock; University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981

Subjects:

Ethnology--Classification

Collections: Entire Library

ATLAS OF WORLD CULTURES ATLAS OF WORLD CULTURES George Peter Murdock UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH...Publication Data Murdock, George Peter, 1897- Atlas of world cultures. Includes index. 1. Ethnology--Classification. I...
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World Cultures through Art Activities

Book by Dindy Robinson, Rebecca Estes; Teacher Ideas Press, 1996

Subjects:

Art--Study And Teaching (Elementary)--United States, Multicultural Education--Activity Programs--United States, Project Method In Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

World Cultures Through Art Activities WORLD CULTURES THROUGH ART ACTIVITIES Dindy Robinson Illustrations...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Robinson, Dindy. World cultures through art activities / Dindy Robinson ; illustrations...
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Outsiders and Insiders: Perspectives of Third World Culture in British and Post-Colonial Fiction

Book by Michael Harris; Peter Lang, 1994

Subjects:

Colonies In Literature, Commonwealth Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Culture Conflict In Literature, Decolonization In Literature, Developing Countries--In Literature, Developing Countries--Literatures--History And Criticism, English Fiction--History And Criticism, Imperialism In Literature, Literature, Comparative--Commonwealth (English) And English, Literature, Comparative--English And Commonwealth (English)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...contributed much to my understanding and appreciation of British and post-colonial literature, and various so-called Third World cultures. I should mention Manthia Diawara, Clement Ndulute, Sashi Panthi, Bes Bahadur Kumar, James Naremore, Lewis...
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A Globalizing World? Culture, Economics, Politics

Book by David Held; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

International Relations, World Politics

Collections: Entire Library

This work offers a guide to one of the key debates of the 20th century, introducing the main theoretical positions to examine globalization in practice, from the films we watch to the jobs that are available to us and the goods we buy.

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Journal Articles on: "World Cultures" OR "World Culture"

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Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory

Journal article by Gillian Evans; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 10, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory. (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory. by Gillian Evans...global schooling: anthropology and world culture theory. 263 pp., tables, figs., bibliogrs...critique the sociological model of world culture theory as it pertains to educational...
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Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, World Culture: Origins and Consequences

Journal article by Neil Mclaughlin; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 44, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, World Culture: Origins and Consequences (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, World Culture: Origins and Consequences. by...FRANK J. LECHNER and JOHN BOLI, World Culture: Origins and Consequences. Oxford...capitalist bourgeoisie would create a world culture in its own image, Lechner and Bali...
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Aids and the Question of Memory: Patricia Powell's a Small Gathering of Bones

Journal article by Aparajita Sagar; Small Axe, Vol. 4, 2000

Subjects:

Caribbean, English-Speaking, West Indies, British

Collections: Entire Library

...reflected in Bantons lyrics and that, more importantly, pervades Caribbean societies, as it does most Third and First World cultures". 1 Taking this incident as an example of the discursive limits within which discussions of alternative sexuality...
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Culture, Society, and the Interdisciplinary Teaching of World Studies: An Anthropological Perspective

Journal article by Ronald Waterbury; Social Studies, Vol. 84, 1993

Subjects:

History--Study And Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...cognition, sociology, ad infinitum ) and does so diachronically and synchronically. Culture and the Teaching of World Cultures In looking to anthropology for a definition of culture, we must first ask: Which anthropological definition...
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In Search of a Forgotten Culture: Artaud, Mexico and the Balance of Matter and Spirit

Journal article by Leslie Anne Boldt-Irons; The Romanic Review, Vol. 89, 1998

Subjects:

Artaud, Antonin--Travel, Mexico--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Mind and body--Social aspects, Tarahumaras--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...well as the others) was written, as the question of interpretation of Tarahumaran rites with respect to Old and New World cultures and their respective attitudes towards the body, organs, the spirit and the mind win of necessity be determined by...

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Magazine Articles on: "World Cultures" OR "World Culture"

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World Culture War

Magazine article by Meredith Tax; The Nation, Vol. 268, May 17, 1999

Subjects:

Cultural conflict--Social aspects, Culture conflict--Social aspects, Social movements--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

World Culture War. by Meredith Tax In the past ten years, nationalist...unquestioned male authority and privilege, and what have you got? A world culture war, in which feminism becomes the scapegoat for every frustration...
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Culture of Death

Magazine article by Stephen H. Webb; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Sacred Order/Social Order: My Life Among the Deathworks, vol.1 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...struggle between second- and third-world cultures to the Holocaust. Third-world...far toward each other. Third-world cultures corrupt sex by blurring the...sacred self once was." Third-world culture has opted for the Rondanini...
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The Fate of Culture

Magazine article by Tyler Cowen; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 26, Autumn 2002

Subjects:

Globalization--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...place in describing their fate. Yet most Third World cultures (like Western cultures) are fundamentally hybrids...innovative forms are maintaining the diversity of world culture. Its impossible to deny that globalization will...
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Citizens of the World! You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Countries, and Your Freedoms, and ..

Magazine article by Jonah Goldberg; National Review, Vol. 57, December 5, 2005

Subjects:

Liberalism, Marxism--History, Marxism--Influence, Marxism--Political aspects, Marxism--Public opinion, Philosophy, Marxist--History, Philosophy, Marxist--Influence, Philosophy, Marxist--Political aspects, Philosophy, Marxist--Public opinion, Political history, Republican Party (United States)

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...progressivism" means progressivism on a global scale: Economies need to be managed; reproductive choices planned; Third World cultures preserved; and, of course, oppressed identity groups condescended to and placated, usually at the expense of the United...
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In Transit 2004

Magazine article by Brenda Dixon Gottschild; Dance Magazine, Vol. 78, October 2004

Subjects:

Bibo no Aozora (Dance)--Dance reviews, Dancing--Dance reviews, Jue (Dance)--Dance reviews, Nagtaba (Dance)--Dance reviews, Oju (Dance)--Dance reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Transit 2004. by Brenda Dixon Gottschild HOUSE OF WORLD CULTURES BERLIN, GERMANY JUNE 2-13, 2004 Reviewed by Brenda Dixon...For twelve days the hulking, strangely beautiful House of World Cultures buzzed with performances, discussions, improvisations, and...

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Newspaper Articles on: "World Cultures" OR "World Culture"

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Web Site Shows World Cultures at Risk

Newspaper article by Joe Szadkowski; The Washington Times, November 25, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Web site shows world cultures at risk by Joe Szadkowski Byline: Joe Szadkowski The assimilation of the worlds indigenous cultures can sometimes...
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Let's Look at the Evidence A World Culture Gallery, a Bug House with Giant Model Insects, an Enlarged Aquarium, a Discovery Centre and a Theatre ... Who Loves a Museum like This; Joe Riley Meets the Telly Celebrity Supremo of Liverpool's New World Museum

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), April 25, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...incorporating galleries not open since the war - virtually doubles to include more than 20,000 extra items. A world cultures gallery, a bug house with giant model insects, an enlarged aquarium, a discovery centre, and a theatre are among the...
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Bray's New World; CULTURE CLASSICAL Christopher Morley Catches Up with the Career of Fledgling Composer and Birmingham Conservatoire Graduate Charlotte Bray

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 22, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Brays New World; CULTURE CLASSICAL Christopher Morley Catches Up with the Career of Fledgling Composer and Birmingham Conservatoire Graduate Charlotte Bray...
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Uncomfortable Glimpse into Shane's World; CULTURE CINEMA

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 26, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Uncomfortable Glimpse into Shanes World; CULTURE CINEMA. THIS IS ENGLAND CERT 18 102 MINS **** Its ten years since Nottinghamshire writer-director Shane Meadows unveiled 24...
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How Liverpool Architects Helped Shape the World; Culture Diary

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 18, 2008

Subjects:

Architects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

How Liverpool Architects Helped Shape the World; Culture Diary. Byline: Philip Key THEY helped shape the way the world looks. Now the students who emerged from the Liverpool School...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "World Cultures" OR "World Culture"

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Murdock, George Peter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the study of kinship and social organization. His writings include Social Structure (1949, repr. 1965) and Outline of World Cultures (1954, 6th ed. rev. 1983). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...
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Archaeology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Scrolls , beginning in 1947, aroused new interest in biblical studies (see biblical archaeology ). Interest in complex New World cultures was stimulated by the publication by John Stephens of an account of his travels (1839) in Central America, which excited...
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Rome , City, Italy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...music, classical and archaeological studies, and the restoration of ancient monuments, continued to make Rome a center of world culture. Napoleon to the Present When, in 1796, French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte invaded the Papal States, a truce was...
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Czechoslovakia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...by R. J. Kerner (1940) and S. H. Thomson (2d ed. 1953, repr. 1965); M. Rechcigl, Jr., ed., Czechoslovak Contribution to World Culture (1964) and Czechoslovakia Past and Present (2 vol., 1968); Z. A. B. Zeman, Prague Spring (1969); W. Shawcross, Dubcek...

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