... in highland Bolivia and then addresses why old customs of the community were discontinued. alphabetic writing authority Aymara candidature for political authority change continuity and transformation Foucault Michel Jéus de Machaqa Bolivia knowledge literacy alphabetic oral traditions political...

... Customs sailing ships Victoria and Albert Museum London Floating Grocery leisure sightseeing boat yacht maritime culture bridge Lambert Andrew Xiamen British Museum Canepa Teresa Carroll John Clark Peter Diffie Bailey Dolin Jay Eng Robert Finlay Robert Frank Caroline Fry Carole Japan...

...This chapter discusses the full opening of the border on 5 February 1985. In preparation for the event, Spanish and Gibraltarian officials met on 10 and 11 January to discuss practical matters relating to the re–establishment of communications, such as police control, customs, work permits...

...This chapter examines the vicious circle of constructed and indeed concocted roles of Romanies. It exposes faked stories of the Romany religious tradition; in-group derogatory language describing Romanies; and scholarly fabrications and inaccurate presentations of alleged Romany customs...

... of information. This not only relates to the historical context, individual ancestry and life events pertaining to the mummy under investigation, but also to wider issues of health, disease, diet, lifestyle, and religious and funerary customs in an ancient society. Cheddar Man facial reconstruction BBC...

...The last four decades of the seventeenth century saw some important and influential archival developments. The Treasury became the largest government department, although it did not totally supersede the Exchequer, and its record-keeping methods influenced other bodies such as the Customs...

...This chapter highlights how Maimonides frequently speaks of customs and expressions used ‘at our place’, often being more explicit and speaking of ‘at our place in al-Andalus’, or usually, ‘at our place in the Maghreb’. A. Geiger, the first to deal with these expressions, considered them always...

...This chapter traces the range of kabbalistic customs, books, and teachings that were promoted by Ezekiel Landau as a result of his kabbalistic orientation. It outlines Landau's view on the kabbalah as the key to understanding the inner truth of the aggadah, in which he espouses the pedagogic...

... trade. He explores sources, including Customs Bills of Entry, to determine that specialising solely in cotton became a viable and wealthy business, and that between the period 1820 to 1850 the cotton import trade and its associated power was concentrated down to a small number of men. The appendix...

... to be Argentine were built into the country's long-drawn-out crisis of liberal democracy from the 1930s to the 1980s. Eschewing the notion of any straightforward relationship between cultural customs, ideas, and political practices, the study seeks to provide a more nuanced framework for understanding...

... reveals that a huge influx of Germano-Christian beliefs, customs, and fears relating to the dead and the afterlife seeped into medieval Ashkenazi society among both elite and popular groups. In matters of sin, penance, and posthumous punishment, the infiltration of Christian notions was so strong...

...This chapter covers that dimension of Jewish therapeutic practices which encompassed daily and annual rites, rituals, and customs. Among the customs and traditions mentioned in the chapter is the interesting folk rite Pesach, which involved young men roaming the streets of their town looking...

...This chapter discusses the badkhn in contemporary hasidic society. Hasidic society does not approve of radical innovations in relation to religious custom, and this is certainly true of the activities of badkhonim at weddings. Nevertheless, the hasidic leadership...

... knowledge of Jewish American culture. Through a consideration of various types of cinematic encodedness — of language, of customs, and of music — the chapter investigates the emergent Jewishness of these films, which include Exodus (1960), Schindler's List (1993...

...This chapter explores unofficial domestic customs. The least visible aspect of Jewish women's lives is the individual customs or practices they perform in a domestic or everyday context, many learnt from female relatives, and the part these play in their religious lives. Individual practices...

.... Fully annotated plates demonstrate the richness of the styles and traditions in use in different parts of the Jewish diaspora, drawing attention to regional customs. Throughout, emphasis is placed on presenting and explaining all relevant aspects of the Jewish cultural heritage. The concluding section...

... Cuckoos, Wyndham illustrates the violation of the British customs as the women of an entire village were forced to be host-mothers to alien children. He also explores the anguish caused by the intrusion as one culture is more powerful than the other. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep...

... the lakes and waterways of Cairo is well conveyed by these travellers' tales. The book gives a picture of the people, customs, and culture of Egypt....

... and the Muslim lands, including Babylonia, the Land of Israel, Italy, Germany, Provence, and Spain. Second is critical analysis, while the third is Rashi's encouragement of literary production by students while they were still students. Fourth is his attitude to custom. In his willingness to abrogate some...