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Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World
by Kembrew McLeodFrom BenjaminFranklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman’sattempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have causedconfusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profilingthe most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, Prankstersexplores how “pranks” are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to powerand social critique.Invoking such historical and contemporary figures as P.T. Barnum,Jonathan Swift, WITCH, The Yes Men, and Stephen Colbert, Kembrew McLeod showshow staged spectacles that balance the serious and humorous can spark importantpublic conversations. In some instances, tricksters have incited social change(and unfortunate prank blowback) by manipulating various forms of media, fromnewspapers to YouTube. For example, in the 1960s, self-proclaimed “professionalhoaxer” Alan Abel lampooned America’s hypocritical sexual mores by usingconservative rhetoric to fool the news media into covering a satirical organizationthat advocated clothing naked animals. In the 1990s, Sub Pop Recordsthen-receptionist Megan Jasper satirized the commodification of alternativemusic culture by pranking the New YorkTimes into reporting on her fake lexicon of “grunge speak.” Throughout thisbook, McLeod shows how pranks interrupt the daily flow of approved informationand news, using humor to underscore larger, pointed truths.Written in an accessible, story-driven style, Prankstersreveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, andeducational mark on modern political and social life.
Präsenzform und Strukturreform: Institutionalisierung deutscher Auswärtiger Kulturpolitik am Beispiel der Goethe-Institute in der Russischen Föderation (Auswärtige Kulturpolitik)
by Christina HollandDie Untersuchung will einen wissenschaftlichen Beitrag zum Thema deutsche Auswärtige Kulturpolitik im Allgemeinen leisten. Mit dem Schwerpunkt der Kulturinstitute des Goethe-Instituts im Ausland wird ein Thema in den Fokus gerückt, das bereits vielfach diskutiert worden ist, allerdings meist unter dem Aspekt der programmatischen Inhaltsanalyse und weniger unter dem Aspekt der Institutionalisierung. Christina Holland untersucht in diesem Buch die Auswärtige Kulturpolitik unter dem Blickwinkel der festen kulturellen Infrastruktur anhand einer SWOT-Analyse am Beispiel der Kulturinstitute des Goethe-Instituts in der Russischen Föderation.
Praxeological Political Analysis (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
by Michael Jonas Beate LittigWith the interest in practice theory and praxeology on the rise, praxeology can be considered an emerging new methodological as well as theoretical paradigm which successfully overcomes epistemological dichotomies of conventional approaches. The articles in this volume serve as starting points for rendering contemporary practice theory approaches useful for the analysis of political events and processes, without reducing the political aspect a priori to the formal policy sphere. In this context, Praxeological Political Analysis demonstrates that praxeological research is now increasingly addressing issues which are considered virulent in, for instance, the consumer, sustainability or political spheres. Following on from this key focus on political analysis, this title also seeks to expand the current status of primarily political science adaptions of practice theory approaches to the analysis of predominantly narrowly defined political practices. Written with an explicit focus on diverse political aspects and dimensions in the performative enactment of social practices, this title will appeal to post-graduate students and scholars interested in sociology of politics, social and public policy, development in social theory and political research methods.
Praxeology and the Rothbardians
by Adam KnottPraxeology and the Rothbardians is an essay by Adam Knott in which Knott argues that the normative property theories of Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe are not part of praxeology, the general science of human action.
Praxis and Politics: Knowledge Production in Social Movements (New Approaches in Sociology)
by Janet M. ConwayPraxis and Politics explores the knowledge arising from activist praxis and its significance for reimagining radical and democratic politics. It is based on five years of direct involvement in the Toronto-based Metro Network for Social Justice and their work in coalition building, campaign-organizing and 'economic and political literacy' work in the aftermath of the signing of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. The book breaks new theoretical and methodological ground in social movement studies in drawing on a wide range of traditions including cultural studies, urban studies, political economy and feminism.
Praxis der Sinus-Milieus®: Gegenwart und Zukunft eines modernen Gesellschafts- und Zielgruppenmodells
by Bertram Barth Berthold Bodo Flaig Norbert Schäuble Manfred TautscherSeit 2018 gibt es das Grundlagenwerk „Praxis der Sinus-Milieus® - eine autoritative Darstellung des Milieuansatzes von SINUS und dessen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten, also eine Publikation, die die Gültigkeit der Sinus-Milieus im Kontext der soziokulturellen Dynamik begründet, ihre Aktualität in Zeiten von Digitalisierung und Globalisierung untermauert und ihren Nutzwert für Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft wie für den institutionellen Bereich deutlich macht.Diese Grundsatzveröffentlichung ist jetzt komplett überarbeitet, aktualisiert und ergänzt worden. Die vorliegende Neuauflage enthält die zwischenzeitlich upgedateten, d.h. neu konstituierten Sinus-Milieumodelle für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz, das neue Migranten-Milieumodell und das neue internationale Meta-Milieumodell. Außerdem wurden wichtige Anwendungsbereiche der Sinus-Milieus ergänzt: ein Kapitel zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit, ein Kapitel zur Markenwahrnehmung, ein Kapitel zur politischen Transformationsberatung, ein Kapitel zur milieuspezifischen Entwicklung von Personas und anderes mehr.Das vorliegende Buch liefert Informationen über die Sinus-Milieus „direkt von der Quelle“, aus Sicht der Erfinder, Entwickler und Anwender des Ansatzes. Geschrieben haben die hier zusammengestellten Essays die wissenschaftlichen Beiräte, Gesellschafter, Mitarbeiter, Kunden und Partner der für die Sinus-Milieus verantwortlich zeichnenden Schwesterinstitute SINUS (Heidelberg/Berlin/Singapur) und INTEGRAL (Wien). Die Beiträge zeigen auf, aus ihrer je eigenen Perspektive und Erfahrung, was es mit den Sinus-Milieus auf sich hat und wozu sie gut sind.
The Praxis of Diversity
by Christoph Lütge Christiane Lütge Markus FaltermeierThis edited collection brings together experts from various disciplines to engage critically with diversity theory, diversity politics, and their practical application. Accordingly, the volume provides a provocative discursive space, where the key theoretical as well as practical problems of diversity in business, institutions and culture can speak to each other and can be assessed. The aim is to bridge the gap between two relatively distinct discourses: the discourse on practical applications of diversity concepts and the discourse on theoretical approaches to diversity. This selection of articles delivers the first step towards achieving this goal. Approaching diversity from a business perspective, the chapters discuss its ramifications on democratic institutions and theory, as well as point to its relevance in didactic and educational settings.
Praxisbuch Interkulturelle Handlungskompetenz: Für Fach- und Führungskräfte mit globalen Herausforderungen
by Alexander ThomasFit für das Leben und erfolgreiches Arbeiten in einer globalen Welt! Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen in internationalen und interkulturellen Kontexten - sowohl im beruflichen Arbeitsalltag wie auch in privaten Lebensbereichen - verständnisvoller, toleranter und effizienter zusammenarbeiten zu können. Das Buch basiert auf empirischen Befunden und praxisnahen Fallbeispielen, die aus der Zusammenarbeit zwischen 40 Ländern weltweit entstanden sind. Gespickt mit vielen Anregungen eröffnet es Ihnen ein Verständnis dafür, welche Fallstricke es bei der Interaktion mit Menschen aus fremden Kulturen zu vermeiden gilt. Dadurch können kulturspezifische Missverständnisse reduziert und das Verständnis untereinander verbessert werden. Dazu erfahren Sie, welche Persönlichkeitseigenschaften für den Aufbau und die Wirkungen interkultureller Handlungskompetenz besonders förderlich sind. Dadurch erhalten Sie wertvolle Einblicke und Strategien zur Vermeidung und Bewältigung interkulturell bedingter Problemstellungen um Irritationen, Frustration und Verärgerung auf beiden Seiten zu vermeiden und die Ergebnisse der Zusammenarbeit zu verbessern. Zielgruppen:Fach- und Führungskräfte aus den Bereichen Wirtschaft und Verwaltung, Fort- und Weiterbildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Lehre, soziale Arbeit, berufliche Auslandseinsätze und die Zusammenarbeit in internationalen Unternehmen. Zum Autor: Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Alexander Thomas war bis zu seiner Pensionierung Professor für Sozialpsychologie und Angewandte Psychologie an der Universität Regensburg und ist Honorarprofessor an der Ostbayerischen Technischen Hochschule in Regensburg (OTH). Die Konzepte „interkulturelle Handlungskompetenz“ und „Kulturstandards“ sind vom Autor auf der Basis der Ergebnisse empirischer Forschungsarbeiten im In- und Ausland entwickelt worden.
Praxishandbuch für Referent*innen: Erfolgreich einsteigen und vorankommen
by Norbert FranckSie werden gesucht. Von ihnen wird viel verlangt: Referentinnen und Referenten. Unternehmen, NGOs, Ministerien, Verbände, Forschungseinrichtungen und Vereine suchen nach geeigneten Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten.Norbert Franck zeigt in diesem Praxishandbuch, wie man sich in dem Berufsfeld bewährt und erfolgreich vorankommt.Alle wichtigen Handlungsfelder werden vorgestellt:• Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit• Gekonnt texten• Professionell referieren, moderieren und präsentieren• Vorgesetzte für Auftritte coachen. Das Buch vermittelt die kommunikative Kompetenz, die notwendig ist, um die Herausforderungen des Berufs erfolgreich zu bestreiten – vom Mitarbeitergespräch über den Small Talk bis hin zur Krisenkommunikation.Der Karriereführer ist der erste Leitfaden für dieses Berufsfeld. Er ist eine unverzichtbare Handreichung für Einsteiger*innen und Referent*innen mit Berufserfahrungen.
Praxishandbuch Habitussensibilität und Diversität in der Hochschullehre (Prekarisierung und soziale Entkopplung – transdisziplinäre Studien)
by David Kergel Birte HeidkampDas Praxishandbuch vermittelt handlungsorientiert zentrale Konzepte für eine habitus- und diversitätssensible Hochschullehre. Themen wie Gendersensibilität, Migrationspädagogik, Habitussensibilität, kritisches E-Learning 2.0 und Interkulturalität werden theoriefundiert vorgestellt. Im Sinne eines Theorie-Praxistransfers werden jeweils angemessene Kommunikationsstrategien für ein habitus- bzw. diversitätssensibles Handeln in der Lehre dargestellt. Im Fokus des Praxishandbuchs steht folglich die Vermittlung von theoretisch fundierten Kommunikations- und Handlungsstrategien, die ein habitus- und diversitätssensibles Lehrhandeln ermöglichen.
Praxishandbuch Wirtschaft in Afrika
by Thomas Schmidt Kay Pfaffenberger Stefan LiebingAfrika ist ein Kontinent im Aufschwung, der eine große wirtschaftliche Dynamik entwickelt. Wenn deutsche Unternehmen am Aufschwung Afrikas partizipieren wollen, müssen sie mit einigen Besonderheiten vertraut sein. Das Buch zeigt diesen Weg zu erfolgreichen Geschäften in Afrika. Es ist ein praxisorientierter, gleichwohl wissenschaftlich fundierter Ratgeber für alle Unternehmer und wirtschaftlich Interessierten, die in Afrika erfolgreich sein wollen. Es vereint dabei die Erfahrungen vieler Unternehmen mit der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive und den Erkenntnissen des Centre for Business und Technology in Africa der Hochschule Flensburg. In der 2. Auflage werden neue Entwicklungen auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent aufgegriffen und aktuelle Antworten gegeben auf die klassischen Fragen, die jeder Akteur für sich beantworten muss, der in Afrika wirtschaftlich erfolgreich sein will: WARUM Afrika für das Geschäft interessant ist, WO die größten Erfolgsaussichten bestehen, WIE vorzugehen ist und WELCHE Ansätze zur künftigen Gestaltung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Afrika erfolgsvorsprechend sind. Das Buch beschreibt, wie in Afrika investiert werden kann und bündelt die aktuellen Erfahrungen von Managern großer Konzerne und Familienunternehmen mit langjähriger Geschichte auf dem Kontinent.
Praxistheoretische Perspektiven in der Medienpädagogik (Digitale Kultur und Kommunikation #6)
by Patrick Bettinger Kai-Uwe HuggerDer Band gibt einen Überblick über praxistheoretische Arbeiten im Bereich der Medienpädagogik. Anhand theoretischer und empirischer Beiträge wird das Feld praxistheoretischer Positionen vor dem Hintergrund medienpädagogischer Fragestellungen ausgeleuchtet. Die Beiträge nehmen Bezug auf aktuelle praxeologische Diskurse und Ansätze und stellen das Potenzial dieser Zugänge heraus. An verschiedenen Beispielen werden die vorgestellten praxistheoretischen Positionen hinsichtlich ihrer Möglichkeiten zur Erschließung von erziehungswissenschaftlich relevanten Phänomenen im Kontext der Digitalisierung veranschaulicht.
Pray the Gay Away: The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays
by Bernadette Barton2013 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, LGBT Studies categoryBarton argues that conventional Southern manners and religious institutions provide a foundation for homophobia in the Bible BeltIn the Bible Belt, it’s common to see bumper stickers that claim One Man + One Woman = Marriage, church billboards that command one to “Get right with Jesus,” letters to the editor comparing gay marriage to marrying one’s dog, and nightly news about homophobic attacks from the Family Foundation. While some areas of the Unites States have made tremendous progress in securing rights for gay people, Bible Belt states lag behind. Not only do most Bible Belt gays lack domestic partner benefits, lesbians and gay men can still be fired from some places of employment in many regions of the Bible Belt for being a homosexual. In Pray the Gay Away, Bernadette Barton argues that conventions of small town life, rules which govern Southern manners, and the power wielded by Christian institutions serve as a foundation for both passive and active homophobia in the Bible Belt. She explores how conservative Christian ideology reproduces homophobic attitudes and shares how Bible Belt gays negotiate these attitudes in their daily lives. Drawing on the remarkable stories of Bible Belt gays, Barton brings to the fore their thoughts, experiences and hard-won insights to explore the front lines of our national culture war over marriage, family, hate crimes, and equal rights. Pray the Gay Away illuminates their lives as both foot soldiers and casualties in the battle for gay rights.
Prayer for My Enemy
by Craig Lucas"America the addicted. America the numb. America the war weary. America the lonely. All these countries compose the jagged terrain of this viscerally potent new play."--The Seattle Times "The very best we can hope for is to show the mess of life in such a way as to perhaps awaken our shared capacity for embracing it, in all its beauty and terror."--Craig LucasCraig Lucas "can masterfully distill a world of hurt and perplexity into complicated relations and single, pithy lines" (The Seattle Times), which is never more evident than in his latest play of public and private turmoil in today's America. Here we find the Noone family: son Billy returns from Iraq, his pregnant sister Marianne marries Billy's friend and former lover Tad, his mother Karen tries to keep her husband Austin from falling off the wagon--all while the Red Sox and Yankees battle for the 2004 pennant. With Prayer for My Enemy, Lucas returns to the dark territory he has explored with earlier works, "bringing light and craft to previously unlit corners," and illuminating the ways he is "one of the American theater's best writers" (Variety).Craig Lucas is a playwright, screenwriter, and director of both theater and film. His plays include Prelude to a Kiss, The Dying Gaul, Small Tragedy, Blue Window, God's Heart, The Singing Forest, and the book for the Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza. He is currently associate artistic director at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle.
Prayer Warriors: The True Story of a Gay Son, His Fundamentalist Christian Family and Their Battle for His Soul
by Stuart H. MillerWhen a gay man "comes out" to his fundamentalist Christian family, his father organizes a brigade of "prayer warriors"--a frightening tactic used by the extreme religious right against even the most loving of sons.
Prayers and Meditations of the Quero Apache
by Alberto Villoldo Brooke Medicine Eagle Maria YracébûrûTeaches the traditional Quero Apache meditative practice of entering the silence--a combination of prayer, meditation, and breathwork--as a path to spiritual healing and enlightenment • Contains 24 prayer wheels from the Quero Apache tradition• Offers easy-to-follow instructions for how to conduct the practice• Provides rare insights into the spiritual philosophies and rituals of the Quero Apache• Written by a living descendant of Apache prophet NochaydelklinneThe Quero Apache Snake Clan, or Tlish Diyan, center their spiritual practice on the daily ceremony of Doowaa-gon’ch-aada, “entering the silence.” A combination of meditation, breathwork, and prayer, Doowaa-gon’ch-aada offers an experiential connection to All That Is from the Earth-based spiritual traditions of indigenous America. When performed properly, this ritual becomes a path to self-realization and transcendence.Prayers and Meditations of the Quero Apache explains how to establish a personal practice. In addition to 24 prayer wheels, easy-to-follow instructions for the ritual, and accompanying pieces of inspirational artwork, the book includes a rare overview of the spiritual philosophies of the Quero Apache. The author incorporates her own stories and essays into the text in order to share the wisdom she has gained as daughter of the Tlish Diyan, granddaughter and apprentice of Apache holy man Ten Bears, and descendant of the prophet Nochaydelklinne.
Prayers for Bobby
by Leroy AaronsBobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict-for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was "wrong"-Bobby chose to take his own life. <p> Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby's mother, a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be "healed," then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth. <P> As told through Bobby's poignant journal entries and his mother's reminiscences, Prayers for Bobby is at once a moving personal story, a true profile in courage, and a call to arms to parents everywhere.
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
by Leroy AaronsBobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict--for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was "wrong"--Bobby chose to take his own life. Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby's mother, a fearful church goer who first prayed that her son would be "healed," then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth. As told through Bobby's poignant journal entries and his mother's reminiscences, Prayers for Bobby is at once a moving personal story, a true profile in courage, and a call to arms to parents everywhere.
Prayers for the People: Homicide and Humanity in the Crescent City
by Rebecca Louise Carter“Grieve well and you grow stronger.” Anthropologist Rebecca Louise Carter heard this wisdom over and over while living in post-Katrina New Orleans, where everyday violence disproportionately affects Black communities. What does it mean to grieve well? How does mourning strengthen survivors in the face of ongoing threats to Black life? Inspired by ministers and guided by grieving mothers who hold birthday parties for their deceased sons, Prayers for the People traces the emergence of a powerful new African American religious ideal at the intersection of urban life, death, and social and spiritual change. Carter frames this sensitive ethnography within the complex history of structural violence in America—from the legacies of slavery to free but unequal citizenship, from mass incarceration and overpolicing to social abandonment and the unequal distribution of goods and services. And yet Carter offers a vision of restorative kinship by which communities of faith work against the denial of Black personhood as well as the violent severing of social and familial bonds. A timely directive for human relations during a contentious time in America’s history, Prayers for the People is also a hopeful vision of what an inclusive, nonviolent, and just urban society could be.
Praying and Preying
by Aparecida VilaçaPraying and Preying offers one of the rare anthropological monographs on the Christian experience of contemporary Amazonian indigenous peoples, based on an ethnographic study of the relationship between the Wari', inhabitants of Brazilian Amazonia, and the Evangelical missionaries of the New Tribes Mission. Vilaça turns to a vast range of historical, ethnographic and mythological material related to both the Wari' and missionaries perspectives and the author's own ethnographic field notes from her more than 30-year involvement with the Wari' community. Developing a close dialogue between the Melanesian literature, which informs much of the recent work in the Anthropology of Christianity, and the concepts and theories deriving from Amazonian ethnology, in particular the notions of openness to the other, unstable dualism, and perspectivism, the author provides a fine-grained analysis of the equivocations and paradoxes that underlie the translation processes performed by the different agents involved and their implications for the transformation of the native notion of personhood.
Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas
by Omar MouallemJournalist Omar Mouallem travels to thirteen remarkable mosques and discovers the surprising history of their communities. But what he finds also challenges his own long-held personal beliefs, and even his sense of identity.&“Until recently, Muslim identity was imposed on me. But I feel different about my religious heritage in the era of ISIS and Trumpism, Rohingya and Uyghur genocides, ethnonationalism and misinformation. I&’m compelled to reclaim the thing that makes me a target. I&’ve begun to examine Islam closely with an eye for how it has shaped my values, politics, and connection to my roots. No doubt, Islam has a place within me. But do I have a place within it?&” Omar Mouallem grew up in a Muslim household, but always questioned the role of Islam in his life. As an adult, he used his voice to criticize what he saw as the harms of organized religion. But none of that changed the way others saw him. Now, as a father, he fears the challenges his children will no doubt face as Western nations become increasingly nativist and hostile toward their heritage. In Praying to the West, Mouallem explores the unknown history of Islam across the Americas, traveling to thirteen unique mosques in search of an answer to how this religion has survived and thrived so far from the place of its origin. From California to Quebec, and from Brazil to Canada&’s icy north, he meets the members of fascinating communities, all of whom provide different perspectives on what it means to be Muslim. Along this journey he comes to understand that Islam has played a fascinating role in how the Americas were shaped—from industrialization to the changing winds of politics. And he also discovers that there may be a place for Islam in his own life, particularly as a father, even if he will never be a true believer. Original, insightful, and beautifully told, Praying to the West reveals a secret history of home and the struggle for belonging taking place in towns and cities across the Americas, and points to a better, more inclusive future for everyone.
Praying with the Senses: Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
by Vlad Naumescu Jeffers Engelhardt Angie Heo Jeanne Kormina Tom Boylston Daria Dubovka Simion Pop&“These essays advance the understanding of Eastern Orthodox spiritual practices from a religious studies perspective.&”—Reading Religion How do people experience spirituality through what they see, hear, touch, and smell? In this book, Sonja Luehrmann and an international group of scholars assess how sensory experience shapes prayer and ritual practice among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Prayer, even when performed privately, is considered as a shared experience and act that links individuals and personal beliefs with a broader, institutional, or imagined faith community. It engages with material, visual, and aural culture including icons, relics, candles, pilgrimage, bells, and architectural spaces. Whether touching upon the use of icons in the age of digital and electronic media, the impact of Facebook on prayer in Ethiopia, or the implications of praying using recordings, amplifiers, and loudspeakers, these timely essays present a sophisticated overview of the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianities. Taken as a whole they reveal prayer as a dynamic phenomenon in the devotional and ritual lives of Eastern Orthodox believers across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. &“Precisely by looking at so varied a group of locations home to Orthodox practice, this book conveys the fragility―and durability―of traditional religion in a postmodern, secular age.&”—Nadieszda Kizenko, author of A Prodigal Saint: Father John of Kronstadt and the Russian People
Pre-Colombian Cities (Routledge Library Editions - The City)
by Jorge Enrique HardoyWhat visitor to Mexico City, unaware of its pre-Hispanic history, could imagine that right under a Christian Church may still lie the remains of the sinister tzompantli, the Aztecs' altar of skulls? Professor Jorge Hardoy poses this question and many more in his comprehensive summary of the ancient cities where Latin America's peoples lived before the Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century. Because Aztec Tenochtitlan, today Mexico City, and Inca Cuzco represent the culmination of the two most advanced civilizations encountered by the Spainsh conquistadors, the author explores these cities end-to-end. He also studies such older civic memorial centers as Teotichuacan, Tula, Monte Alban, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque, Tiahuanaco, Chan Chan, Pachacamac, Machu Picchu, and lesser know sites, most virtually, if not totally, abandoned centuries before the Conquest. Such inclusive coverage makes for a lively discussion of some fifteen hundred years of urban life as immortalized in the architecture, art, and crafts of long vanished civilizations. There is an extensive bibliography, many photographs, maps, charts and city plans showing urban layouts of temples, which tell much about the life of the inhabitants. His book shows that while new findings come to light each year, so much buried history lies waiting to be found that archaology will always be an ever unfolding drama. This book was first published in 1973.
A Pre-Columbian Bestiary: Fantastic Creatures of Indigenous Latin America
by Ilan StavansAn encyclopedic collaboration between award-winning Mexican American scholar Ilan Stavans and illustrator Eko, A Pre-Columbian Bestiary features lively and informative descriptions of forty-six religious, mythical, and imaginary creatures from the Nahua, Aztec, Maya, Tabasco, Inca, Aymara, and other cultures of Latin America.From the siren-like Acuecuéyotl and the water animal Chaac to the class-conscious Oc and the god of light and darkness Xólotl, the magnificent entities in this volume belong to the same family of real and invented creatures imagined by Dante, Franz Kafka, C. S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, and J. K. Rowling. They are mined from indigenous religious texts, like the Popol Vuh, and from chronicles, both real and fictional, of the Spanish conquest by Diego Durán, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and Fernando de Zarzamora, among others. In this playful compilation, Stavans distills imagery from the work of magic realist masters such as Juan Rulfo and Gabriel García Márquez; from songs of protest in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru; and from aboriginal beasts in Jewish, Muslim, European, British, and other traditions. In the spirit of imaginative invention, even the bibliography is a mixture of authentic and concocted material.An inspiring record of resistance and memory from a civilization whose superb pantheon of myths never ceases to amaze, A Pre-Columbian Bestiary will delight anyone interested in the history and culture of Latin America.
A Pre-Columbian Bestiary: Fantastic Creatures of Indigenous Latin America
by Ilan StavansAn encyclopedic collaboration between award-winning Mexican American scholar Ilan Stavans and illustrator Eko, A Pre-Columbian Bestiary features lively and informative descriptions of forty-six religious, mythical, and imaginary creatures from the Nahua, Aztec, Maya, Tabasco, Inca, Aymara, and other cultures of Latin America.From the siren-like Acuecuéyotl and the water animal Chaac to the class-conscious Oc and the god of light and darkness Xólotl, the magnificent entities in this volume belong to the same family of real and invented creatures imagined by Dante, Franz Kafka, C. S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, and J. K. Rowling. They are mined from indigenous religious texts, like the Popol Vuh, and from chronicles, both real and fictional, of the Spanish conquest by Diego Durán, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and Fernando de Zarzamora, among others. In this playful compilation, Stavans distills imagery from the work of magic realist masters such as Juan Rulfo and Gabriel García Márquez; from songs of protest in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru; and from aboriginal beasts in Jewish, Muslim, European, British, and other traditions. In the spirit of imaginative invention, even the bibliography is a mixture of authentic and concocted material.An inspiring record of resistance and memory from a civilization whose superb pantheon of myths never ceases to amaze, A Pre-Columbian Bestiary will delight anyone interested in the history and culture of Latin America.