Author: John Mandeville Macfie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
These are classic myths from the history of Hindu literature.
Myths and Legends of India
Author: John Mandeville Macfie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
These are classic myths from the history of Hindu literature.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
These are classic myths from the history of Hindu literature.
Folklore and Folklife
Author: Richard M. Dorson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226158713
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226158713
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
Folktales from India
Author: ATTIPATE KRISHNASWAMI. RAMANUJAN
Publisher: Penguin Premium Classic
ISBN: 9780670098125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A.K. Ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of India's ageless oral folklore tradition.
Publisher: Penguin Premium Classic
ISBN: 9780670098125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A.K. Ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of India's ageless oral folklore tradition.
Introduction to International and Global Studies, Third Edition
Author: Shawn C. Smallman
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469660008
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Shawn C. Smallman and Kimberley Brown's popular introductory textbook for undergraduates in international and global studies is now released in a substantially revised and updated third edition. Encompassing the latest scholarship in what has become a markedly interdisciplinary endeavor and an increasingly chosen undergraduate major, the book introduces key concepts, themes, and issues and then examines each in lively chapters on essential topics, including the history of globalization; economic, political, and cultural globalization; security, energy, and development; health; agriculture and food; and the environment. Within these topics the authors explore such diverse and pressing subjects as commodity chains, labor (including present-day slavery), pandemics, human rights, and multinational corporations and the connections among them. This textbook, used successfully in both traditional and online courses, provides the newest and most crucial information needed for understanding our rapidly changing world. New to this edition: *Close to 50% new material *New illustrations, maps, and tables *New and expanded emphases on political and economic globalization and populism; health; climate change, and development *Extensively revised exercises and activities *New resume-writing exercise in careers chapter *Thoroughly revised online teacher's manual
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469660008
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Shawn C. Smallman and Kimberley Brown's popular introductory textbook for undergraduates in international and global studies is now released in a substantially revised and updated third edition. Encompassing the latest scholarship in what has become a markedly interdisciplinary endeavor and an increasingly chosen undergraduate major, the book introduces key concepts, themes, and issues and then examines each in lively chapters on essential topics, including the history of globalization; economic, political, and cultural globalization; security, energy, and development; health; agriculture and food; and the environment. Within these topics the authors explore such diverse and pressing subjects as commodity chains, labor (including present-day slavery), pandemics, human rights, and multinational corporations and the connections among them. This textbook, used successfully in both traditional and online courses, provides the newest and most crucial information needed for understanding our rapidly changing world. New to this edition: *Close to 50% new material *New illustrations, maps, and tables *New and expanded emphases on political and economic globalization and populism; health; climate change, and development *Extensively revised exercises and activities *New resume-writing exercise in careers chapter *Thoroughly revised online teacher's manual
Folkloristics
Author: Robert A. Georges
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253329349
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
""Excellent."" -- The Reader's Review ""Anybody contemplating the study and pursuit of folklore... will benefit from reading this presentation thoroughly to determine your place in this most exciting scholastic world."" -- Come-All-Ye This is the most complete and up-to-date study of folklore and folklore methodologies available. The authors describe the pervasiveness of folklore, including its uses in literature, films, television, cartoons, comic strips, advertising, and other media in a variety of cultures.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253329349
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
""Excellent."" -- The Reader's Review ""Anybody contemplating the study and pursuit of folklore... will benefit from reading this presentation thoroughly to determine your place in this most exciting scholastic world."" -- Come-All-Ye This is the most complete and up-to-date study of folklore and folklore methodologies available. The authors describe the pervasiveness of folklore, including its uses in literature, films, television, cartoons, comic strips, advertising, and other media in a variety of cultures.
Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States
Author: Henry Glassie
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812210132
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"Filled with brilliant insights and tantalizing leads."--
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812210132
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"Filled with brilliant insights and tantalizing leads."--
Folktales from Northern India
Author: William Crooke
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 9788182900271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A folk and fairy folktales series which sheds light on the key anthologies of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 9788182900271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A folk and fairy folktales series which sheds light on the key anthologies of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery.
Folklore of India
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Contributed articles.
The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120803862
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when Megasthenes visited India very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of Megasthenes their reliability and the reliability of his reporters.
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120803862
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when Megasthenes visited India very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of Megasthenes their reliability and the reliability of his reporters.
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Author: Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120807518
Category : Hindu art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India`a legends myth, and folklore, taken directly from the sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recongnizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120807518
Category : Hindu art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India`a legends myth, and folklore, taken directly from the sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recongnizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.