Russian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina has achieved international acclaim for her musical oeuvre which draws on Eastern and Western musical traditions. This biography places her life and the evolution of her work within the cultural and political context of post-Stalin Soviet Union.
Beeman's study in cross-cultural linguistics will clearly be a model for the study of different languages and cultures.
Politics and culture in everyday apparel
From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre was one of the most spectacularly successful theatres in Africa. This title recounts the... Læs mere
An experience-rooted analysis of Bushman society and religion is contrasted with other anthropological approaches to ambiguity which are biased... Læs mere
Soren Kierkegaard emerges as a vital participant in some of the liveliest controversies in modern philosophy. This book presents essays that establish Kierkegaard's... Læs mere
The volume covers in five parts the nature of semiotics, semiotic systems, various developing themes, traditional concerns of semiotics, and future directions.
Offers an investigation of the official and unofficial meanings of Stalinist celebrations.
The first major reassessment of Ohio's frontier period in fifty years.
Argues that if we are to understand the meanings of blackness in the... Læs mere
Argues for the existence of a philosophy of food
The narrative craft of Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones, and Alice Walker as models of a new Black feminist aesthetic.