Culture and Identity (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies)
Where does our sense of identity and belonging come from? How does culture produce and challenge identities?
Identity and Culture looks at how different cultural narratives and practices work to constitute identity for individuals and groups in multi-ethnic,postcolonial societies.
Culture and Customs of Morocco (Culture and Customs of Africa)
General readers finally have a substantive resource for information on a country most known in the United States for the Humphrey Bogart classic Casablanca, images of the souks (markets), hashish, and Berber rugs. The strong introduction surveys the people, land, government, economy, educational system, and history. Most weight is given to modern history, with French colonial rule ending in 1956 and a succession of monarchs since then.
Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
The four-volume "Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World" offers comprehensive coverage of the ancient world, from prehistory to the fall of Rome, including Western and non-Western cultures and civilizations. An introduction outlines the key milestones in the development of human society, from the peoples of the Ice Age whose way of life was so vastly different from ours to the citizens of Greece and Rome whom we easily recognize from history books.
This title addresses the question: Can globalization bring about the standardization of values and modes of behaviour? It discusses how geography, language and religion impact on culture and explores aspects of culture that obliterate rational arguments. Ulla Ladau-Harjulin, Principal Lecturer, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration - Richard Lewis’s approach has been an absolutely marvellous way to get my students to appreciate how and why cultures are different, and how to benefit from this.
