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Cross-Cultural Studies - Cross-Cultural Studies is a specialization in Anthropology that uses field data from many societies to examine the scope of human behavior and test hypotheses about human behavior and culture. Unlike comparative studies, which examines similar characteristics of a few societies, cross-cultural ...
Cross-cultural researcher - A cross-cultural researcher is a type of ethnologist interested in discovering general patterns about cultural traits. This branch of anthropology investigates what is universal and variable among cultures, why traits vary, and what consequences come from the variations.
Keif Llama - Keif Llama is a character created by Matt Howarth and published in the late 1980's. Her occupation is Xenotech a mediator of sorts specializing in cross-cultural communication between human and alien cultures.
Barbara Rogoff - Barbara Rogoff is an educator whose interests lie in understanding and communicating the different learning thrusts between cultures, especially within her book The Cultural Nature of Human Development (2003).
Live Forever: The Rise And Fall Of Brit Pop : From the produces of Academy Award winning "One Day In September." "Live Forever" is a film about a period in the Nineties when anything seemed possible. Britain was of a time, of a people, of a place, which captured the world's imagination. A bright new culture deserved a bright new government and it seemed, for a little while at least, that Britain had one. "Live Forever" is a story that builds to that moment in the Nineties when the politicians recognized the emergence of a vibrant British popular culture and seized it, guerrilla-fashion, to re-brand the country. In the mid-Nineties Britain was swinging again and Oasis' debut album "Definitely Maybe" captured the mood of the times; a swaggering and epic celebration of the joys of living purely for the moment. Along with Pulp and Blur, Oasis had kick-stated an upsurge in home-grown musical talent. It heralded a new music scene, which became known as Britpop. But it wasn't just the music. British galleries, catwalks and records were the envy of the rest of the world. British culture rocked and cool Britannia had arrived. Scene Selection...
Living Language Spanish Daily Phrase & Culture Calendar: A Whole Year of Phrases, Cultural Tidbits & Trivia : Living Language Spanish Daily Phrase & Culture Calendar: A Whole Year of Phrases, Cultural Tidbits & Trivia
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent by Meredith F. Small, ISBN 0385483627 : New parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn for guidance to friends and family members who have already raised children. But as scientists are discovering, much of the trusted advice that has been passed down through generations needs to be carefully reexamined. A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do--and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting. In this ground-breaking book, anthropologist Meredith Small reveals her remarkable findings in the new science of ethnopediatrics. Professor Small joins pediatricians, child-development researchers, and anthropologists across the country who are studying to what extent the way we parent our infants is based on biological needs and to what extent it is based on culture--and how sometimes what is culturally dictated may not be what's best for babies. Should an infant be encouraged...
Cultural Livity: Culture Live '98 : Cultural Livity: Culture Live '98
Urban Latino TV: Lifestyle (Full Frame) : From the award-winning producers of "Urban Latino TV" and "Urban Latino" magazine comes this groundbreaking look at the unique culture from the U.S. that means growing up bi-cultural and living in two worlds, a special kind of diversity that has defined a powerful movement and lifestyle. Take a look at what Urban Latinos are driving, from the classic lowriders to today's hottest hooked-up cars and trucks. Go inside Latino barbershop culture and the many varied styles of Urban Latino fashion, then delve into the world of "Spanglish" (mixing English with Spanish), hear from some incredibly talented Latino artists, and get moving to the beat of the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira and Latin percussion. Contains 10 Episodes:, "Urban Car Culture", "Urban Cuts", "Estilo", "Spanglish", "Creating A Voice", "Urban Art", "Rhythm and Culture", "Tropical Rhythms", "Latin Flavors", "Bodegas".
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution : It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, tons of friends, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's also the year that China's leader, Mao Ze-dong, launches the Cultural Revolution--and Ji-li's world begins to fall apart. Over the next few years, people who were once her friends and neighbors turn on her and her family, forcing them to live in constant terror of arrest. When Ji-li's father is finally imprisoned, she faces the most difficult dilemma of her life. This is the true story of one girl's determination to hold her family together during one of the most terrifying eras of the twentieth century.
The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society by Henri J. M. Nouwen, ISBN 0385148038 : "The Wounded Healer is a hope-filled and profoundly simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who want to be of service in their church or community, but have found the traditional ways often threatening and ineffective. In this book, Henri Nouwen combines creative case studies of ministry with stories from diverse cultures and religious traditions in preparing a new model for ministry. Weaving keen cultural analysis with his psychological and religious insights, Nouwen has come up with a balanced and creative theology of service that begins with the realization of fundamental woundedness in human nature. Emphasizing that which is in humanity common to both minister and believer, this woundedness can serve as a source of strength and healing when counseling others. Nouwen proceeds to develop his approach to ministry with an analysis of sufferings -- a suffering world, a suffering generation, a suffering person, and a suffering minister. It is his contention that ministers are called to recognize the sufferings of their time in their own hearts and make that recognition the star...
Arts and Culture, Volume 1: An Introduction to the Humanities [With CD] : Offering an exploration of Western and World civilization's cultural heritage, this book is richly illustrated, beautifully designed and engaging. Readers move chronologically through major periods and styles-from prehistoric culture to the renaissance and mannerism in Italy-to gain insight into the achievements and ideas in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, philosophy, religion, and music. For arts and cultural coordinators, professionals and enthusiasts.
Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change : Formulating strategy is one thing. Executing it throughout the entire organization... well, that?s the really hard part. Without effective execution, no business strategy can succeed. Unfortunately, most managers know far more about developing strategy than about executing it--and overcoming the difficult political and organizational obstacles that stand in their way. In this book, Larry Hrebiniak offers a comprehensive, disciplined process model for making strategy work in the real world. Hrebiniak shows why execution is even more important than many senior executives realize, and sheds powerful new light on why businesses fail to deliver on even their most promising strategies. He offers a systematic roadmap for execution that encompasses every key success factor: organizational structure, coordination, information sharing, incentives, controls, change management, culture, and the role of power and influence in the execution process. Making Strategy Work concludes with a start-to-finish case study showing how to use Hrebiniak?s ideas to address one of today?s most difficult business execut...
A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence by Patricia Hersch, ISBN 034543594X : For three fascinating, disturbing years, writer Patricia Hersch journeyed inside a world that is as familiar as our own children and yet as alien as some exotic culture -- the world of adolescence. As a silent, attentive partner, she followed eight teenagers in the typically American town of Reston, Virginia, listening to their stories, observing their rituals, watching them fulfill their dreams and enact their tragedies. What she found was that America's teens have fashioned a fully defined culture that adults neither see nor imagine -- a culture of unprecedented freedom and baffling complexity, a culture with rules but no structure, values but no clear morality, codes but no consistency. Is it society itself that has created this separate teen community? Resigned to the attitude that adolescents simply live in "a tribe apart", adults have pulled away, relinquishing responsibility and supervision, allowing the unhealthy behaviors of teens to flourish. Ultimately, this rift between adults and teenagers robs both generations of meaningful connections, for everyone's world is made richer and m...
World War 1 - American Legacy : "World War 1 - American Legacy" vividly tells the many forgotten stories of the men and women who served in the Great War, reminding Americans of their impact on our country that can still be felt today. Charles Whittlesey of the Lost Battalion and Father Duffy of the Fighting 69th became famous for surviving against impossible odds. Pilots Victor Chapman and Quentin Roosevelt and ambulance drivers like Richard Hall made the supreme sacrifice. Writers such as E. E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Kilmer and Alan Seeger were inspired by the tragedy around them. African-American soldiers like James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hell Fighters made history. Female volunteers like the "Hello Girls" and Red Cross nurses risked their lives supporting the troops and started a new era for women. From the summer of 1914 to November 1918, the Great War cost over 14 million lives, devastated entire countries and destroyed countless architectural landmarks. The war also led to important developments in literature, technology, music and social equality that have shaped the culture of 21st century America....
Seizing the Light: A History of Photography by Robert J. Hirsch, ISBN 0697143619 : ""Its chief virtues are a succinct, mostly lucid style, a wide intellectual scope, a flood of ideas and insights at every turn, sensitivity to the technology and culture of photography, and a willingness to attend to images . . . In the end, perhaps the best measure of a text is whether or not one would choose it from among all the offerings to use in class. I have chosen to use this book."" - Photo Review, Spring 2000 ""An excellent introductory history book."" - Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism "In this wonderful and entertaining book, Hirsch has produced the most useful, readable, and practical successor to Newhall. Seizing the Light is written in a friendly, accessible way -- dense with information, but more hip and lively than other offerings, especially those aimed at college students."" - exposure: The research journal of the Society for Photographic Education. Vol. 32.2 (Fall, 1999) "Hirsch's prose is very digestible. He writes in a clear, lively style with a minimum of jargon."" - Views: the newsletter of the Visual Material Section of the Society o...
Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season (Full Frame) : Nicknamed the "Not Ready For Primetime Players," the original cast of "Saturday Night Live" ignited a comedy revolution with their mix of irreverent characters and satirical impressions of political figures and pop culture icons. From the premiere of this groundbreaking sketch comedy show on October 11, 1975, live from historical Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Center, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner launched themselves into instant stardom and were often referred to as "The Beatles Of Comedy." Created by Lorne Michaels over three decades ago, few other shows have had the cultural impact and relevance of "Saturday Night Live." Nowhere else can you see the complete first season of "SNL," featuring hosts George Carlin, Rob Reiner, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Elliott Gould, Candace Bergen, or original musical performances by Simon & Garfunkle, ABBA, Patti Smith, Jimmy Cliff, and Carly Simon. And if you're curious as to how the original cast was hired, check out the DVD bonus features that include the screen tests of...
Waiting by Ha Jin, ISBN 0375706410 : "In Waiting, Ha Jin portrays the life of Lin Kong, a dedicated doctor torn by his love for two women: one who belongs to the New China of the Cultural Revolution, the other to the ancient traditions of his family's village. Ha Jin profoundly understands the conflict between the individual and society, between the timeless universality of the human heart and constantly shifting politics of the moment. With wisdom, restraint, and empathy for all his characters, he vividly reveals the complexities and subtleties of a world and a people we desperately need to know."--Judges' Citation, National Book Award "Ha Jin's novel could hardly be less theatrical, yet we're immediately engaged by its narrative structure, by its wry humor and by the subtle, startling shifts it produces in our understanding of characters and their situation."--"The New York Times Book Review "Subtle and complex--his best work to date. A moving meditation on the effects of time upon love."--"The Washington Post "A high achievement indeed."--Ian Buruma, "The New York Review of Books "A portrait of Chinese provincial lif...
Cheech Marin And Friends - Live From South Beach (Full Frame) : Legendary Latino funny guy Cheech Marin hosts a night of non-stop laughs with five of his favorite comedic cohorts in "Cheech Marin & Friends Live From South Beach." Taped in Miami Beach, Florida during the 2006 Bud Light South Beach Comedy Festival, "Cheech Marin & Friends Live From South Beach" kick off with San Francisco's Al Madrigal and his hilarious observations of everything from parenthood to Dollywood. Gilbert Esquivel dazzles the audience with his shiny brown suit and feel-good humor. Carlos Oscar shares his unfortunate run-ins with airport security guards and his mother's ability to deep fry just about anything. Felipe Esparza reminisces about the days when he snuck girls into his parents's crowded house, and Joey Medina delivers his witty and incisive cultural commentary. Five up-and-coming comedians joined by the King of Latin comedy makes for one unforgettable DVD audiences won't want to miss. "Cheech Marin & Friends Live From South Beach" was taped at the Byron Carlyle Theatre during the first annual Bud Light South Beach Comedy Festival. The festival is a culturally-diverse e...
What's Going on in There?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot, ISBN 0553378252 : As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development. She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense, skill, and cognitive ability is developed. And just as important, she was interested in finding out how her role as a nurturer can affect this complex process. How much of her baby's development is genetically ordained--and how much is determined by environment? Is there anything parents can do to make their babies' brains work better--to help them become smarter, happier people? Drawing upon the exploding research in this field as well as the stories of real children, What's Going On in There? is a lively and thought-provoking book that charts the brain's development from conception through the critical first five years. In examining the many factors that play crucial roles in that process, What's Going On in There? explores the evolution of the senses, motor skills, social and emotional b...
Departed [Blu-ray] (Widescreen) : Rookie cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) grew up in crime. That makes him the perfect mole, the man on the inside of the mob run by boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). It's his job to win Costello's trust and help his detective handlers (Mark Wahlberg and Martin Sheen) bring Costello down. Meanwhile, SIU officer Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) has everyone's trust. No one suspects he's Costello's mole. How these covert lives cross, double-cross and collide is at the ferocious core of the widely acclaimed "The Departed". Martin Scorsese directs, guiding a cast for the ages in a visceral tale of crime and consequences. This is searing, can't-look-away filmmaking: like staring into the eyes of a con - or a cop - with a gun. 9 additional scenes with introductions by director Martin Scorsese, The Story of the Boston Mob: the real-life gangster behind Jack Nicholson's character, Crossing Criminal Culturess: how Little Italy's crime and violence influence scorsese's work, Theatrical trailer. 9 additional scenes with introductions by director Martin Scorsese; "The Story of the Boston Mob...
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