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Reading bande dessinee is also an essential resource for anyone interested in the cultural context, visual and narrative meaning and intricacies of the art formthis volume explores the controversy surrounding the comic strips in contemporary french society and traces the historical and cultural implications surrounding the legitimization of bande dessinee reading bande dessinee draws from analytical viewpoints such as narratology, cultural studies and gender studies to illuminate the form fully, examining how it can be seen to undermine mythologies of national and cultural identity, investigating the satirical possibilities and looking at how the comic strip may contest normative representations of the body according to gender theoriesno inscriptionsmiller also provides the terminology, framework and tools necessary for study, highly relevant to current curriculum and she creates a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive approach to the subject matterreading bande dessinee provides a thorough introduction to the medium and in-depth critical analysis with focus on contemporary examples of the art form, historical context, key artists, and themes such as gender, autobiography and postcolonial culture miller's groundbreaking book demonstrates exactly why bande dessinee is considered to be a visual narrative art form and encourages the reader to appreciate and understand it to the best of their abilitiesoxfam bookshop holmfirth the increasing popularity of bande dessinee, or french-language comic strip, means that it is being established on university syllabuses worldwide with the growing academic readership of bande dessinee this book proves to be an invaluable analysis for scholars of the postmodern narrative artsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop crawley jim mcguigan discusses cultural policy as a manifestation of cultural politics in the widest senseillustrating his case with examples from recent cultural policy initiatives in britain, the united states and australia, he looks at:* the rise of market reasoning in arts administration* urban regeneration and the arts* heritage tourism* race, identity and cultural citizenship* censorship and moral regulation* the role of computer-mediated communication in democratic discourse see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Mark fortier lucidly examines current theoretical approaches, from semiotics, poststructuralism, to cultural materialism, postcolonial studies and feminist theorymark fortier examines current theoretical approaches, from semiotics and poststructuralism to cultural materialism, postcolonial studies and feminist theorydrawing upon examples from shakespeare and aphra behn, to chekhov, artaud, cixous and churchill, the author examines the specific realities of theatre in order to come to a richer understanding of the relations between performance and cultural theorydrawing upon examples from shakespeare and aphra behn, to chekhov, artaud, cixous and churchill, the author examines the specific realities of theatre in order to come to a richer understanding of the relations between performance and cultural theoryan introduction is the only study of its kind and will be invaluable reading for new students and scholars of performance studiesthis text provides an introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop smithdown road theory/theatre: an introduction provides a unique and engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre and performance
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He has recently published articles in angelaki, art history, convergence, cultural critique, journal of cultural research, southern review: communication, politics and culture and visual culture in britainabout the author nicholas chare is currently a teaching fellow at the department of history of art at the university of york and a visiting research fellow at the school of fine art, history of art and cultural studies at the university of leeds
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Its political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiesoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spineits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismgood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centurythe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languagethis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social life
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The author explores the uncharted impact of cultural diversity on today's world, from the 'realistic' eye of the painter to the 'scientific' approach of the cultural anthropologist or the critical distance of the historian; from the computer screen to the walkman and 'world music'migrancy, culture and identity takes us on a journey into the disturbance and dislocation of culture and identity that faces all of us to explore how migration, marginality and homelessness have disrupted the west's faith in linear progress and rational thinking, undermining our knowledge, history and cultural identityoxfam bookshop folkestone in migrancy, culture, identity, iain chambers unravels how our sense of place and identity is realised as we move through myriad languages, worlds and historiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Wide ranging, richly illustrated and challenging, it will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, ethnicity and nationalismit relates the topics to contemporary social struggles and cultural contexts, providing the reader with a framework to evaluate and displace the key ideological arguments, theories and narratives deployed in culturalist academic circles todaythe volume provides a refreshing, critical and illuminating analysis of concepts of diaspora and hybridity and their impact on multi-ethnic and multi-cultural societies - dr rohit barot, department of archaeology and anthropology, university of bristol what do we mean by 'diaspora' and 'hybridity'? why are they pivotal concepts in contemporary debates on race, culture and society? this book is an exhaustive, politically inflected, assessment of the key debates on diaspora and hybriditythe authors demonstrate how diaspora and hybridity serve as problematic tools, cutting across traditional boundaries of nations and groups, where trans-national spaces for a range of contested cultural, political and economic outcomes might arisesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster diaspora & hybridity deals with those theoretical issues which concern social theory and social change in the new millennium
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His itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, cooxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100shortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julythese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquemost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchbest known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diarieshis observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionthe memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sidesit makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianisma scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextslee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitora scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first time
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By using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismthis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historyartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germanystorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societyshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unity
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No longer at the margins of cultural production and recognition, performance is now a common occurrence in major art institutionshere, leading artists and thinkers assess the relevance of live art and its impact within the visual arts and the broader cultural spherehugo glendinning's stunning color photographs of performance events are combined with essays examining the political, philosophical, and cultural resonances of the work of a diverse range of live artists, both historical and contemporaryoxfam bookshop victoria live art is one of the most controversial and hotly discussed areas of creative practice to emerge in the second half of the 20th centuryaccessible, critically astute, and expansive, live is an indispensable resourcesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This cultural atlas provides the reader with a broad range of cultural perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it from prehistoric times to the present dayoxfam bookshop aberystwyth the iveragh peninsula, often referred to as the 'ring of kerry', is one of ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldcontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and moreoxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later umissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremiddle eastern relationsthis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africathis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle east
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Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male templatebritain's best-known classicist mary beard, is also a committed and vocal feministoxfam books & music durham the number 1 sunday times bestseller 24 consecutive weeks in the sunday times top 10 why the popular resonance of 'mansplaining' (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by many men)? it hits home for us because it points straight to what it feels like not to be taken seriously: a bit like when i get lectured on roman history on twitterwith wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful womensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from medusa and athena to theresa may and hillary clintonwith personal reflections on her own experiences of the sexism and gendered aggression she has endured online, mary asks: if women aren't perceived to be within the structures of power, isn't it power that we need to redefine? from the author of international bestseller spqr: a history of ancient rome
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For them, this god is like a first ancestor or cultural heroalthough the metoko and the lengola were uncivilised forest peoples, they all believed in a god creator, represented in different cultural objects, masks, figurines and sculptures named “kakongo”but the reference to ancestors, in order to reach god was greaterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibut those rites were quite simple and did not include an esoteric teaching comparable to the one of the region of balese-komohe would also evoke the one of his uncle, if he was in the same villageit is the legacy of the lega people’s belief, transmitted to other peoples from their lineagethe belief in the spirit of nature was quite developedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeeach individual could evoke the spirit of his major lineage in the villagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableamong the rites of passage, only those who believed deserved to be mentioned, like for example the “tshoo” of the metoko
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Scouse: a social and cultural history presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted historyin addition the analysis draws on recent developments within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology - particularly with regard to the study of language and identity and the relationship between language and a sense of place - in order to provide a radically new understanding of 'scouse' in terms of its history, its representation, and its contemporary social and cultural significanceranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of different sources including the first histories of liverpool, a rare slaving drama set in the port, a poor house report which records the first use of 'scouse' (the dish), nineteenth century debates on gladstone's speech, the 'lost' literature of the city, early to mid twentieth century newspaper accounts of liverpudlian words, idioms and traditions, little-known essays which coined the use of 'scouse' to refer to the language of liverpool, aspects of popular culture in the s and 60s, the lern yerself scouse series, and examples drawn from contemporary literatureoxfam bookshop reigate nowhere in britain is more closely associated with a form of language than liverpoolsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet the history of language in liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced it
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Addressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from walter benjamin to foucault and "new historicism" in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern "poetics of cultureoxfam shop billericay situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, terror and pity: aleksandr sumarokov and the theater of power in elizabethan russia offers an in-depth reading of early russian tragedy as a political genre" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimported to russia by aleksandr sumarokov around , tragedy reenacted and shaped the symbolic economy and the often disturbing historical experience of "absolutist" autocracy
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New possibilities emerged for cultural exchange and combination, social and political order, and literary expressionintegrating literary and historical analysis, and drawing on recent work in literary theory and cultural studies, literature and culture in early modern london provides a comprehensive account of the changing image and influence of london in lyrics, ballads, jests, epics, satires, plays, pageants, chronicles, treatises, sermons and official documentslawrence manley shows how the literature and culture of london contributed to the new structures of capitalism, the process of 'behaviour urbanisation', and a paradoxical liberation of the individual through the city's concentrated poweroxfam bookshop raeburn place in the two hundred years from london was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city and a major european trading centresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop didsbury cancellation marks "belfast", "bristol" and "british philatelic bureau edinburgh" "the telephone" - 10 mar - empty "social reformers" - 28 apr - includes enclosed info card "american independence - benjamin franklin" - 2 jun - includes enclosed info card "roses" - 30 jun - includes enclosed info card "british cultural traditions" - 4 aug - includes enclosed info card ("bristol") "british cultural traditions" - 4 aug - empty "william caxton" - 20 sep - includes enclosed info card envelopes not sealed condition: good - see pics see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Looking at the changed face of his country, hitchens finds a "politically correct zeal for the new" whose impact on daily life has been "as devastating in effect, if not in violence, as mao tse tung's cultural revolution in chinaif there is a term that summarizes everything that has gone wrong in britain, it is "tony blairism," which hitchens sees as having rewritten england's history, trivialized its journalism, subverted its educational system and cultural standards, and overthrown accepted notions of patriotism, faith, and moralityoxfam bookshop cheltenham a surprise best seller in england, the abolition of britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what "the idea of england" has always meant to the west and to the world at large" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreone english critic called the abolition of britain "an elegant jeremiad" in which peter hitchens identifies everything that has gone wrong with britain since world war ii and makes the case for "those many millions who feel that they have become foreigners in their own land and wish with each succeeding day that they could turn the clock back"writing with passion and flair, hitchens targets the pernicious effects of tv culture, the "corruption and decay" of the english language, the loss of politeness, and the "syrupy confessional mood" brought on by the death of diana, which hitchens contrasts with the somber national response to the death of winston churchillthe new britain is government by focus group in which people are told what to feel as a way of preventing them from asking how they want to be governed
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Autobiographies, songs, and broadsides provide a window onto the cultural meanings of workplace accidents and contrast those meanings with the views of humanitarian onlookers and the victorian presssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear caught in the machinery draws on social, cultural, and legal history to bring to life the dangers facing working people in great britain between and the first british employer's liability act ofthe book is uniquely attentive to the broader anglo-american context; in the nineteenth century, great britain and the united states shared a common-law regime that was singularly unfriendly to workers, but each country eventually developed workers' compensation in response to very different sets of pressures
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Rather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchfrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the pastoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperythe volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsin addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walkersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity
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Melnick also contends that this cultural activity competed directly with harlem renaissance attempts to define blacknessmoving beyond the narrow focus of advocacy group politics, this book complicates and enriches our understanding of the cultural terrain shared by african americans and jewsoxfam shop dumfries all too often an incident or accident, such as the eruption in crown heights with its legacy of bitterness and recrimination, thrusts black-jewish relations into the newsmelnick elaborates this idea through an in-depth look at jewish songwriters, composers, and perfomers who made "black" music in the first few decades of this century"a right to sing the blues" offers just such a revision remarkably flexible, this narrative can organize diffuse materials into a coherent story that has a powerful hold on our imagination"black-jewish relations," jeffrey melnick argues, has mostly been a way for american jews to talk about their ambivalent racial status, a narrative collectively constructed at critical moments, when particular conflicts demand an explanationhe shows how jews such as george gershwin, irving berlin, al jolson, and others were able to portray their "natural" affinity for producing "black" music as a product of their jewishness while simultaneously depicting jewishness as a stable white identitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea volley of discussion follows, but little in the way of progress or enlightenment results--and this is how things will remain until we radically revise the way we think about the complex interactions between african americans and jews
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Ponto integrates cultural information and promotes exchange at every stage of instruction  the 2nd edition of this best-selling text is updated to reflect the acordo ortográfico (spelling reform), ensuring students learn how to accurately read and write in portuguese todaydevelop skills - extensive culture-based sections create authentic and meaningful environments for skill-development in each area: listening, speaking, reading and writing  teaching & learning experience balanced, communicative approach - students learn to communicate effectively in spoken and written portuguese through a variety of guided and open ended activitiesoxfam bookshop glossop road cover creased, good overall condition ponto de encontro is a language textbook that allows the instructor to choose to teach either brazilian or european portuguese explore grammar - grammatical structures are presented as a means to effective communicationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuild vocabulary - tight integration of vocabulary and grammar presentation and exercises reinforce the focus on usage and real-life situationsconnect with culture - offers learners a rich variety of insights into cultural, social and political realities of the entire portuguese-speaking world
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only very slight shelf wear the senses are used within new testament texts as instruments of knowledge and power and thus constitute important mediators of cultural knowledge and experiencein each instance the identity of those stigmatised as 'other' (according to particular physiological, social and cultural 'norms') are recovered by exploring ethnographic accounts which document the stories of those experiencing similar rejection on account of perceived sensory 'difference' in diverse cross-cultural settingsin response, louise jlawrence seeks to initiate a variety of interdisciplinary dialogues with disability studies and sensory anthropology in a quest to refigure characters with sensory disabilities featured in the gospels and provide alternative interpretations of their conditions and social interactionslikewise, those instances where sensory faculty is perceived to be 'disabled' in some way also become key sites for ideological commentary and critiquethrough this process these 'disabled' characters are recast as individuals capable of employing certain strategies which destabilize the stigma imposed upon them and tactical performers who can subversively achieve their social goalssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, often biblical scholarship, itself 'disabled' by eye-centric and textocentric 'norms', has read sensory-disabled characters as nothing more than inert sites of healing; their agency, including their alternative sensory modes of communication and resistance to oppression, remain largely unaddressed
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By systematically confronting greek tradition of the heroic age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, margalit finkelberg proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in greece in the second millennium bcthe book addresses such issues as the structure of heroic genealogy, the linguistic and cultural identity of the indigenous population of greece, the patterns of marriage between heterogeneous groups as they emerge in literary and historical sources, the dialect map of bronze age greece, the factors responsible for the collapse of the mycenaean civilisation and finally, the construction of the myth of the trojan warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe main thesis of this book is that the greeks started their history as a multi-ethnic population group consisting of both greek-speaking newcomers and the indigenous population of the land and that the body of 'hellenes' as known to us from the historic period was a deliberate self-creation
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Importantly, the story carries through to the present day, exploring grassroots political and cultural movements of the s, contemporary self-government initiatives, and the ongoing reclamation of aboriginal voicefrom medicine wheels, buffalo jumps, and rock art images, the story moves forward through the fur trade era, the disappearance of the bison, and the long years of cultural suppression that followed the signing of treatiesoxfam books & music olney this heavily illustrated, full colour book uses the framework of historical narrative to elucidate the past years of aboriginal history in present-day alberta paperback copy in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaboriginal cultures in alberta, five hundred generations also showcases the diversity of aboriginal groups in albertain so doing, it conveys the challenges that aboriginal people have confronted and celebrates the enduring legacy that they have created
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In doing so, it combines economic, political, cultural and social approaches to the study of education and, in particular, schoolinghalf a century of reform has far from eliminated substantial inequalities, and the conservatism of education in the face of major cultural and economic change remains a central political issuesoxfam bookshop brigg education in britain has been transformed over the last fifty yearsstate education systems have expanded hugely, and levels of achievement and participation have risen continuouslysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book seeks to describe and explain the patterns of change and continuity in education across the four nations of britain, and to account for the persistence of the controversies that have accompanied ityet for most of the post-war period, education policy has been dominated by questions of failure, crisis and decline
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