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Author |
: John K. Nelson |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2000-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0824822595 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780824822590 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enduring Identities by : John K. Nelson
Enduring Identities is an attempt to understand the continuing relevance of Shinto to the cultural identity of contemporary Japanese. The enduring significance of this ancient yet innovative religion is evidenced each year by the millions of Japanese who visit its shrines. They might come merely seeking a park-like setting or to make a request of the shrine's deities, asking for a marriage partner, a baby, or success at school or work; or they might come to give thanks for benefits received through the intercession of deities or to legitimate and sacralize civic and political activities. Through an investigation of one of Japan's most important and venerated Shinto shrines, Kamo Wake Ikazuchi Jinja (more commonly Kamigamo Jinja), the book addresses what appears through Western and some Asian eyes to be an exotic and incongruous blend of superstition and reason as well as a photogenic juxtaposition of present and past. Combining theoretical sophistication with extensive fieldwork and a deep knowledge of Japan, John Nelson documents and interprets the ancient Kyoto shrine's yearly cycle of rituals and festivals, its sanctified landscapes, and the people who make it viable. At local and regional levels, Kamigamo Shrine's ritual traditions (such as the famous Hollyhock Festival) and the strategies for their perpetuation and implementation provide points of departure for issues that anthropologists, historians, and scholars of religion will recognize as central to their disciplines. These include the formation of social memory, the role of individual agency within institutional politics, religious practice and performance, the shaping of sacred space and place, ethnic versus cultural identity, and the politics of historical representation and cultural nationalism. Nelson links these themes through a detailed ethnography about a significant place and institution, which until now has been largely closed to both Japanese and foreign scholars. In contrast to conventional notions of ideology and institutions, he shows how a religious tradition's lack of centralized dogma, charismatic leaders, and sacred texts promotes rather than hinders a broad-based public participation with a variety of institutional agendas, most of which have very little to do with belief. He concludes that it is this structural flexibility, coupled with ample economic, human, and cultural resources, that nurtures a reworking of multiple identities--all of which resonate with the past, fully engage the present, and, with care, will endure well into the future.
Author |
: Harry G. West |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2008-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781845458720 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1845458729 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enduring Socialism by : Harry G. West
Against the historical backdrop of successive socialist and post-socialist claims to have completely remade society, the contributors to this volume explore the complex and often paradoxical continuities between diverse post-socialist presents and their corresponding socialist and pre-socialist pasts. The chapters focus on ways in which: pre-socialist economic, political, and cultural forms in fact endured an era of socialism and have found new life in the post-socialist present, notwithstanding revolutionary socialist claims; continuities with a pre-socialist past have been produced within the historical imaginary of post-socialism; and socialist economic, political, and cultural forms have in fact endured in a purportedly postsocialist era, despite the claims of neo-liberal reformers.
Author |
: Jeff Spinner-Halev |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2012-04-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107379374 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107379377 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enduring Injustice by : Jeff Spinner-Halev
Governments today often apologize for past injustices and scholars increasingly debate the issue, with many calling for apologies and reparations. Others suggest that what matters is victims of injustice today, not injustices in the past. Spinner-Halev argues that the problem facing some peoples is not only the injustice of the past, but that they still suffer from injustice today. They experience what he calls enduring injustices, and it is likely that these will persist without action to address them. The history of these injustices matters, not as a way to assign responsibility or because we need to remember more, but in order to understand the nature of the injustice and to help us think of possible ways to overcome it. Suggesting that enduring injustices fall outside the framework of liberal theory, Spinner-Halev spells out the implications of his arguments for conceptions of liberal justice and progress, reparations, apologies, state legitimacy, and post-nationalism.
Author |
: Crawford Loritts |
Publisher |
: Moody Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2009-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781575673073 |
ISBN-13 |
: 157567307X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Leadership as an Identity by : Crawford Loritts
Ask yourself this question: What type of character qualifies the people God chooses to use? The question itself assumes an atypical answer, simply because it leaves out so much. To ask only about one's character seems inadequate when defining a leader. We surely need to ask about character, but also about personality, communication skills, IQ, education, previous experience, and more... don't we? Crawford Loritts disagrees. He answers the question with four simple words: Brokenness, communion, servanthood, and obedience. These four traits form the framework for Leadership as an Identity. By examining each trait, Loritts undermines many pervasive assumptions about leadership that are unbiblical. According to Loritts, God doesn't look for leaders like the world does. He looks for disciples, and ironically, as these disciples follow Him, they will lead.
Author |
: Dorothy C. Holland |
Publisher |
: James Currey |
Total Pages |
: 389 |
Release |
: 2001-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0852559240 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780852559246 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis History in Person by : Dorothy C. Holland
Nine ethnographers address such topics as the politically sexualized transformation of identities of women political prisoners in Northern Ireland, the changing character of political activism across generations in a Guatemala Mayan family, and cultural forms and struggles in New York.
Author |
: Janet M. Fitchen |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2019-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429719059 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429719051 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Endangered Spaces, Enduring Places by : Janet M. Fitchen
Rural America as a place and a way of life is undergoing major transformation. The farm crisis and the decline of manufacturing dealt a double blow to the rural economy in the 1980s. Rural communities continue to lose farms, factories, and young people. Rural lands are increasingly being sought as places for vacation homes, state prisons, and waste dumps. Rural people are ambivalent about new residents and activities that are coming in and unsure of their own rural identity. Old assumptions about rural life and rural community are now open to question. Based on years of field observations and hundreds of interviews in fifteen rural counties in upstate New York, Fitchen's book explores these interconnected changes. It describes the financial stress in dairy farming and the efforts families made to hold onto their farms. It records the stunned disbelief and difficult adjustment of rural factory workers and small communities as local plants shut down. The author chronicles the struggles of communities plagued by toxic chemicals in their drinking water and of young families slipping farther into poverty. She reports on some communities that are campaigning to "win" a state prison and others that are protesting against a proposed radioactive waste dump. The book illustrates the persistence of rural ingenuity and determination but argues that these alone cannot solve the problems of rural America. A well-informed federal and state commitment is necessary. With policies and programs appropriate for rural situations, most communities could adapt creatively to the changes, integrate around a new rural identity, and survive into the twenty-first century as enduring social settings for their residents.
Author |
: Ines Hasselberg |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2016-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781785330230 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1785330233 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enduring Uncertainty by : Ines Hasselberg
Focusing on the lived experience of immigration policy and processes, this volume provides fascinating insights into the deportation process as it is felt and understood by those subjected to it. The author presents a rich and innovative ethnography of deportation and deportability experienced by migrants convicted of criminal offenses in England and Wales. The unique perspectives developed here – on due process in immigration appeals, migrant surveillance and control, social relations and sense of self, and compliance and resistance – are important for broader understandings of border control policy and human rights.
Author |
: Arturo J. Aldama |
Publisher |
: University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages |
: 441 |
Release |
: 2010-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781607320517 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1607320517 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enduring Legacies by : Arturo J. Aldama
Traditional accounts of Colorado's history often reflect an Anglocentric perspective that begins with the 1859 Pikes Peak Gold Rush and Colorado's establishment as a state in 1876. Enduring Legacies expands the study of Colorado's past and present by adopting a borderlands perspective that emphasizes the multiplicity of peoples who have inhabited this region. Addressing the dearth of scholarship on the varied communities within Colorado-a zone in which collisions structured by forces of race, nation, class, gender, and sexuality inevitably lead to the transformation of cultures and the emergence of new identities-this volume is the first to bring together comparative scholarship on historical and contemporary issues that span groups from Chicanas and Chicanos to African Americans to Asian Americans. This book will be relevant to students, academics, and general readers interested in Colorado history and ethnic studies.
Author |
: Alycia Perry |
Publisher |
: McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0071393099 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780071393096 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Before the Brand by : Alycia Perry
This book schools businesspeople in the ABCs of traditional identity branding and describes successful long-term strategies for creating or refocusing brand identities for all types of products and services.
Author |
: Rob White |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 566 |
Release |
: 2017-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351538541 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351538543 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Transnational Environmental Crime by : Rob White
The essays selected for this volume illustrate the growing interest in and importance of crime that is both environmental and transnational in nature. The topics covered range from pollution and waste to biodiversity and wildlife crimes, and from the violation of human rights associated with the exploitation of natural resources through to the criminogenic implications of climate change. The collection provides insight into the nature and dynamics of this type of crime and examines in detail who is harmed and what can be done about it. Differential victimisation and contemporary developments in environmental law enforcement are also considered. Collectively, these essays lay the foundations for a criminology that is forward looking, global in its purview, and that deals with the key environmental issues of the present age.