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Crying shame : metaculture, modernity, and the exaggerated death of lament /
Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent.; Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context.; Draws on the author's ex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden, MA ; Oxford :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent.; Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context.; Draws on the author's extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and unique long-term engagement and participation in the phenomenon.; Offers a startling new perspective on the nature of modernity and postmodernity.; An important addition to growing literature on cultural globalization. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444306255 1444306251 9781444306248 1444306243 1282026321 9781282026322 9786612026324 6612026324 |