Borrowed Names

Borrowed Names PDF Author: Jeannine Atkins
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429959401
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irène too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner. Borrowed Names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters. Borrowed Names is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Borrowed Names

Borrowed Names PDF Author: Jeannine Atkins
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429959401
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Book Description
As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irène too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner. Borrowed Names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters. Borrowed Names is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Borrowed Words

Borrowed Words PDF Author: Philip Durkin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199574995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins and reasons for adoption. It covers the effects of contact with languages ranging from Latin and French to Yiddish, Chinese, and Maori, from Saxon times to the present. It will appeal to everyone interested in the history of English.

Names Fashioned by Gender

Names Fashioned by Gender PDF Author: Thenjiwe Meyiwa
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100381283X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Names are very powerful and significant, especially in the African context. Across societies, there is a universal, albeit taken-for-granted fact that all human beings have names. Names Fashioned by Gender is a collection of essays on onomastics—a linguistics field of study focusing on the origin, form, history and use of proper names. The study of naming potentially provides significant evidence about the role of gender in the assimilation and/or enculturation processes as personal names evoke insight into the construction of gender and personhood in African societies. The book takes intellectual course from the idea that how names are viewed and used is heavily context-dependent and gendered. It demonstrates that personal names are narratives derived from different contexts within various cultures and circumstances subsequently imposing different identities on name bearers. Through persuasive essays, this book elucidates that naming is an activity that needs to be conducted cautiously because names tend to determine the destiny and character of an individual. Print editions not for sale in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Journal of American Folklore

The Journal of American Folklore PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 710

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Bulletin, ...

Bulletin, ... PDF Author: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 542

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Source Book for Social Origins

Source Book for Social Origins PDF Author: William Isaac Thomas (ed)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 966

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The Secret of the Totem, by Andrew Lang

The Secret of the Totem, by Andrew Lang PDF Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher:
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Category : Totemism
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Borrowed Power

Borrowed Power PDF Author: Bruce H. Ziff
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813523729
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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An informative and insightful collection of essays on cultural appropriation, focusing on America's appropriation and use of Native American culture specifically. The topics in this book covers topics from the arts, land, and artifacts to ideas, knowledge, and symbols.

Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples

Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples PDF Author: Otto Schrader
Publisher: London, Griffin
ISBN:
Category : Aryans
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia

Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia PDF Author: Northcote Whitridge Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Social organization, kinship groups, phratries, descent of kinship, inheritance & local organization; definitions; tables of classes, phratries, comparison of blood and phratries; kinship terms, types of sexual unions, group marriage, pirrauru, temporary unions, initiation ceremonies, anomalous marriages; takes examples from many different tribes.