Roberts Elizabeth. The Xenophobe's Guide to the Russians

SАGЕ Publications, 2004. - 234 pages. A lexicon and stimulating "rough guide" for cultural studies as it confronts and navigates the shifting sands of past, present and future. Useful book containing over 200 entries on key concepts and theorists, the Dictionary provides an unparalled guide to the terrain of cultural studies.

Specially-commissioned essays analyze Latin American history, politics, art and literature from the nineteenth century to the present and reveal the common heritage of pre-Columbian and colonial Latin America. Although the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking states created in the early 1820s differed greatly geographically and demographically (in ethnic composition and economic resources), they also shared distinct historical and cultural traits. A c...

Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. 625 pages. The Cultural Studies Reader is the ideal introduction for students. A revised introduction explaining the history and key concerns of cultural studies brings together important articles by leading thinkers to provide an essential guide to the development, key issues and future directions of cultural studies. The second edition includes essays and articles of T. Adorno & M. Horkheimer, R. Barth...

Marshall Cavendish, 2011. - 294 pages. The CultureShock! series is a dynamic and indispensable range of guides for those travellers who are looking to truly understand the countries they are visiting. Each title explains the customs, traditions, social and business etiquette in a lively and informative style.

MacMillan Reference Library, 2001. - 680 p. Like the ten-volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures (Macmillan, 1996), the four-volume Countries and Their Cultures is based on the collection of ethnographic information known as the Human Relations Area Files based at Yale University. Unlike World Cultures, which is organized by culture, the new work is organized by country. This work's strength is that readers who know very little about a country can...

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies is an introductory guide for those who need to "come to terms'' with the fields of communications and cultural studies. More 300 entries introduce the reader to key points in the areas, as well the historical underpinnings of each concept, and provides references for further reading. This edition contains more than 70 new entries, with existing entries revised to maintain currency with new developments in...

Cavendish, Marshall Corporation, 2011. - 336 pages. This bestselling series of culture & etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the globe provides a sympathetic & fun- filled crash course on the dos & don'ts in foreign cultures, and is designed to enlighten & inform through topics like language, food & entertaining, social customs, festivals & much more.

Maall Caven dish Corporation, 2009. - 292 pages. Preface: When I fi rst began research on this book, little did I know that I would soon be led astray by Portugal’s age-old history full of details, anecdotes and tales. Experiencing Portugal was like walking through the open pages of a history book, and it took me some time to get past legends, castles, ruins and cathedrals to arrive in the present and see Portugal the way it is today and not how...

Cavendish, Marshall Corporation, 2011. - 352 pages. This bestselling series of culture & etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the globe provides a sympathetic & fun-filled crash course on the dos & don'ts in foreign cultures, and is designed to enlighten & inform through topics like language, food & entertaining, social customs, festivals & much more.

Video Art A Guided Tour. Paperback: 168 pages. Publisher: I. B. Tauris (February 10, 2005). Language: English. Video art dominates the international art world to such an extent that its heady days on the radical fringes are sometimes overlooked--often unknown. This book is an essential and highly entertaining guide to video art and its history. Elwes, herself a pioneer of early video, traces the story from the weighty Portapak equipment of the '6...