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  • 雅美族歌謠:古謠

    內容簡介=族群研究系列叢書=榮獲 第四屆國家出版獎 佳作雅美族歌謠是一種沒有五線譜的曲調,唱者只憑著歌喉唱出不同的美妙歌聲。要成為一位雅美族的歌手,必須學會唱出十幾種不同韻律的歌謠。雅美族的古謠是非常難學的,這種歌謠要經過漫長的歲月才能學會。在口傳文化的社會中,雅美人利用歌謠來記錄著雅美人的生活經歷或漁牧技巧,其自編的歌詞主要是來自個人的生活經歷、工作上的各種現象及對事物的感想,例如魚撈歌顯現雅美漁夫在海洋捕魚時的勇敢、耐力、智慧與技巧的傳承。事實上,雅美歌謠不僅具有娛樂功能,同時具有教育及文化歷史的意涵。本書由雅美族的素人作家周宗經(夏本奇伯愛雅)收集編撰而成。夏本奇伯愛雅投入蘭嶼當地文史工作多年,意識到歌謠所面臨的傳承危機,早年即開始在各部落採集歌謠後,將口語的吟唱轉為文字形式呈現,並對其進行詞意解釋與文化分析,希望能夠藉由這樣的收集與整理,為保存蘭嶼雅美歌謠盡一份心力 ... Read more

    $6.20 USD

  • 恐怖电影的乐趣

    Series Book 6 - Topics in Gestalt Therapy (Chinese)
    主题6: 恐怖电影的乐趣我喜欢看好的恐怖电影。因为它们告诉我们真正的恐惧,我们对恐惧地真实反应。我也很好奇为什么有这么多的人会喜欢恐怖电影,与之相关的问题是为什么孩子经常在黑暗中看到怪物,为什么人们要去蹦极、冲浪,甚至是为什么人们在歌唱和听蓝调的时候会感觉良好?这些都说明了我们这个物种的什么特点呢?与此同时为什么会有人极力避免以上这些呢(回避也是与回避的对象之间)? ... Read more

    $3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 人与替身: 真实世界的虚拟现实

    Series Book 3 - Topics in Gestalt Therapy (Chinese)
    主题三:人和替身我们身处一个日益复杂的世界里。我们大多数人都居住在两个似乎非常不同的世界里,一个即刻体验到的世界,以及一个由邮件、文本和社交媒体组成的网络虚拟世界里。格式塔治疗强调接触和觉察,那么这里就存在一个问题:我们如何在网络空间的关系里去谈这些。网络空间的伦理是什么?网络空间一方面让我们可以创造我们自己的“替身 1 ”,让自己延伸到那个空间中。当然,这个替身可能和我们在物理世界中呈现的样子非常不同,以不同的长相、年龄、种族和情绪特质,婚姻状况甚至是性别出现。这既可以是我们在“真实世界“里感到不能表达某个方面的表达,也可以是一种操纵,特别是一些想要引诱青少年进入不正当关系的人,他们自己假扮成青少年。但是人们也会展示自己的某些方面,比如是残忍或操纵的一面,而平实他们不会冒险在其它地方表达。所以这里重要的点是,这个替身既可以是比每天的形象更“真实”也可以是更“不真实”的 ... Read more

    $3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ‘Ritual Litter' Redressed

    Series series Elements in Magic
    Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of swords in watery places and votive statuettes in temples, for example, may feel irrelevant to the modern day. However, it could be argued that ritual deposition is a more widespread feature now than in the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • საშინელებათა ფილმებით სიამოვნება

    Series Book 6 - Topics in Gestalt Therapy (Georgian)
    მე მომწონს კარგი საშინელებათა ფილმები. ისინი გვატყობინებენ იმას, თუ რისიგვეშინია სინამდვილეში და როგორ ვრეაგირებთ შიშზე. საინტერესოა, ამდენ ადამიანსრატომ მოსწონს საშინელებათა ფილმები, ან რატომ ხედავენ ბავშვები სიბნელეშიმონსტრებს, ან რატომ დადიან ადამიანები ჯომარდობაზე, ან, სულაც, რატომსიამოვნებთ ბლუზის მოსმენა ან სიმღერა? რას ამბობს ეს ჩვენზე, როგორც სახეობაზე?ან, რატომ არსებობს უამრავი ადამიანი, ... Read more

    $3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Символика Русской прялки

    Книга выдающегося этнографа С. В. Жарниковой "Символика Русской прялки" посвящена исследованию семантики и символики важнейшего предмета индоевропейского быта – прялки. Показана связь прялки и швейки и глубин ведической мифологии.The book of the outstanding ethnographer S. V. Zharnikova "Symbols of Russian Spinning" is devoted to the study of semantics and symbolism of the most important subject ... Read more

    $9.00 USD

  • Гиперборея

    Оружие Небес и конец Старого Мира

    Многие ученые относят достижения потерянной древней культуры к Атлантам и Атлантиде, располагая ее в глубинах океана. Хотя еще Аполлодор Родосский в своей «Библиотеке» писал: «Еврисфей поручил Гераклу одиннадцатый подвиг, именно принести от гесперид золотые яблоки; они были не в Ливии, как говорили некоторые, а у атлантов в земле гипербореев».Гипербореев никто и никогда не помещал в пучинах ... Read more

    $7.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Śambūka and the Rāmāyaṇa Tradition

    A History of Motifs and Motives in South Asia

    Series series Anthem World Epic and Romance
    According to Vālmīki’s Sanskrit Rāmāyaṇa (early centuries CE), Śambūka was practicing severe acts of austerity to enter heaven. In engaging in these acts as a Śūdra, Śambūka was in violation of class- and caste-based societal norms prescribed exclusively by the ruling and religious elite. Rāma, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa epic, is dispatched to kill Śambūka, whose transgression is said to be the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • «Bis dat, qui cito dat»

    «Gegengabe» in Paremiology, Folklore, Language, and Literature – Honoring Wolfgang Mieder on His Seventieth Birthday

    Bis dat, qui cito dat – never has a proverb more aptly applied to an individual than does this Medieval Latin saying to Wolfgang Mieder. «He gives twice who gives quickly» captures the essence of his entire career, his professional as well as personal life. As a Gegengabe, this international festschrift honors Wolfgang Mieder on the occasion of his seventieth birthday for his contributions to ... Read more

    $160.99 USD

  • Zuni Ritual Poetry

    This book is a detailed ethnographic account of Zuñi religious beliefs and practices, taken from The Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1929-1930, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Chapters include: Prayers to the Ancients; Prayers to the sun; Prayers to the Uwanammi; Prayers of the war cult; Prayers and chants of priests of masked gods; and, Prayers of the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Zombie Culture

    Autopsies of the Living Dead

    Why have zombies resonated so pervasively in the popular imagination and in media, especially films? Why have they proved to be one of the most versatile and popular monster types in the growing video game industry? What makes zombies such widespread symbols of horror and dread, and how have portrayals of zombies in movies changed and evolved to fit contemporary fears, anxieties, and social issues ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

    A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology

    by Cory O'Brien ...
    Get this:Cronus liked to eat babies.Narcissus probably should have just learned to masturbate.Odin got construction discounts with bestiality.Isis had bad taste in jewelry.Ganesh was the very definition of an unplanned pregnancy.And Abraham was totally cool about stabbing his kid in the face.All our lives, we’ve been fed watered-down, PC versions of the classic myths. In reality, mythology is more ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Zeus and His Brothers- Children's Greek & Roman Myths

    What lessons can a child learn from Greek and Roman Myths? Aside from values, these stories also hold important clues on the Greek and Roman traditions and history. They reflect history and the belief systems that molded such societies. This educational book has a combination of attractive colors and texts for easy reading. Get a copy today. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Zen and Shinto

    A History of Japanese Philosophy

    This history of Japanese philosophical traditions underscores the importance of Zen and Shinto to the development of Japanese culture.How do the Japanese talk about their native philosophy, Shinto, so many years after the Western Allies abolished it as a state religion? What is its relationship to Buddhism, and particularly to Zen? How modern can this very ancient creed ever be? These are some of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zar

    Spirit Possession, Music, and Healing Rituals in Egypt

    An examination of the history and waning culture of zar in Egypt, and the world in which Muslim women negotiate relations with spiritsZar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their human hosts: living in a parallel yet invisible world, the capricious spirits manifest their anger by causing ailments for their hosts, which require ritual ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yurei Attack!

    The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide

    Series series Yokai ATTACK! Series
    Yurei Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional ghosts and spirits.Surviving encounters with angry ghosts and sexy spectres. Haunted places. Dangerous games and how to play them. And more importantly, a guided tour of what awaits in the world of the dead.Yurei is the Japanese word for "ghost." It's as simple as that. They are the souls of dead people, unable--or ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Yurei

    The Japanese Ghost

    by Zack Davisson ...
    Arriving just in time for Halloween, this collection of true stories and facts about yurei--the iconic Japanese ghosts--spans the genres of history, folklore, paranormal activity, and real-life horror.Zack Davisson blends his expert knowledge of Japanese folklore with ancient tales and firsthand accounts of yurei encounters, traversing historical documents, present-day yurei films (i.e. "The Ring" ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yuchi Folklore

    Cultural Expression in a Southeastern Native American Community

    Series Book 272 - The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    In countless ways, the Yuchi (Euchee) people are unique among their fellow Oklahomans and Native peoples of North America. Inheritors of a language unrelated to any other, the Yuchi preserve a strong cultural identity. In part because they have not yet won federal recognition as a tribe, the Yuchi are largely unknown among their non-Native neighbors and often misunderstood in scholarship. Jason ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Your Inner Zoo

    A Guide to the Meaning of Animals and the Insights They Offer Us

    by Belinda Recio ...
    What might we learn about our own human natures from the friskiness of a young goat, the focus of a hawk, the transformation of a butterfly, or the hibernation of a bear?How can animals—through their natural and cultural histories—offer us ideas that could help us better understand ourselves, navigate a relationship, or change an aspect of our lives? Do the animals that we admire or fear reveal ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Your Chinese Horoscope for Each and Every Year

    Your Chinese Horoscope for Each and Every Year is a helpful and informative guide on Chinese horoscopes. Built on the long-standing success of Your Chinese Horoscope, this new book gives insights into each of the Chinese signs as well as special success tips to help readers make the most of their sign.The book also contains inspirational quotes for each sign as well as a section in each chapter ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Your Chinese Horoscope 2017: What the Year of the Rooster holds in store for you

    The year 2017 is the Chinese Year of the Rooster – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year offering scope, awareness and much possibility.The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for thousands ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Your Chinese Horoscope 2016: What the Year of the Monkey holds in store for you

    The year 2016 is the Chinese Year of the Monkey – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an interesting year offering scope, awareness and much possibility.The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for thousands ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Your Chinese Horoscope 2014: What the year of the horse holds in store for you

    The year 2014 is the Chinese Year of the Horse – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – a lively fast-paced year favouring ideas, innovation and personal growth.The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Your Chinese Horoscope 2013: What the year of the snake holds in store for you

    The year 2013 is the Chinese Year of the Snake – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – an intriguing year containing drama, surprise and much personal possibility.The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for ... Read more

    $1.99 USD