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In the footsteps of the Rusyns in Europe: Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Poland and Hungary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

In the footsteps of the Rusyns in Europe: Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, Poland and Hungary

The aim of this monograph is to present the current situation of Rusyns in those European countries where, according to official or estimated statistics, their number is the highest - Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Serbia. In presenting the situation of the Rusyn population in these countries, an attempt has been made to indicate the number of Rusyns in the countries under study and at the same time to point out the problems of obtaining accurate data on Rusyns. Another aim of the research was to find out what the main elements of Rusyn ethnic identity are - here, regardless of geographical differences, religious affiliation or Byzantine rite (Catholic or Orthodox) stood out in the f...

Po stopách Rusínů v Evropě: Ukrajina, Slovensko, Srbsko, Polsko a Maďarsko.
  • Language: cs
  • Pages: 278

Po stopách Rusínů v Evropě: Ukrajina, Slovensko, Srbsko, Polsko a Maďarsko.

Cílem tohoto výzkumu bylo popsat současnou situaci Rusínů v těch evropských zemích, kde je podle oficiálních nebo odhadovaných statistik jejich počet nejvyšší – Ukrajina, Slovensko, Polsko, Maďarsko a Srbsko. Výzkum se zaměřoval i na posouzení velikosti rusínské populace ve sledovaných zemích, protože oficiální údaje jsou mnohdy nepřesné a úmyslně zavádějící. Dalším cílem výzkumu bylo zjistit hlavní prvky rusínské etnické identity. Bez ohledu na geografické rozdíly se zjistilo, že hlavním prvkem rusínské identity je náboženská příslušnost, resp. byzantský obřad (katolický nebo pravoslavný). Dalším významným prvkem je použív...

Population
  • Language: en

Population

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Self and Identity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

Self and Identity

This edited volume outlines the latest meta-theoretical and theoretical contexts of self-research. Self and Identity examines theoretical accounts of human experience within the contemporary socio-cultural milieu and attempts to answer the question of what it means to be human. It provides a clear structure within which to conceptualize contemporary empirical research on self and identity in terms of personal, social, and symbolic aspects. In so doing, it identifies the symbolic aspect as an emerging area of contemporary significance. Featuring contributions from a distinguished group of scholars and therapists, the book is organized into four parts. The editors provide section introductions...

Gay and Lesbian Subculture in Urban China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 233

Gay and Lesbian Subculture in Urban China

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-09-10
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it presents its resistances as China continues to open up to global power relations. Equally important, the book will 1) sharpen knowledge of China’s recent socio-economic change and political agenda, 2) build a greater awareness of Chinese cultural, sexual and ethical values and 3) offer new perspectives on ‘Chineseness’ and Chinese same-sex identity. Uniquely, it explores the emergence of Chinese same-sex identity through understanding the everyday, lived same-sex experience, amid China’s opening up to cultural, sexual and economic globalisation. This understanding is based on a culturally sensitive framework which accommodates the diverse and sometimes paradoxical articulation of same-sex identity in urban China. It come sto the conclusion that same–sex identity in china is articulated in a paradoxical way: open and decentred, but at the same time, nationalist and conforming to state control. This book will be of interest to scholar and students in Chinese studies, Gender Studies, sexuality and cultural studies.

Undoing Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 191

Undoing Culture

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1995-09-21
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  • Publisher: SAGE

Written with the clarity and insight that readers have come to expect of Mike Featherstone Undoing Culture is a notable contribution to our understanding of modernism and postmodernism. It explores the formation and deformation of the cultural sphere and the effects on culture of globalization. Against many orthodox postmodernist accounts,the author argues that it is wrong to regard our present state of fragmentation and dislocation as an epochal break. Existing interdependencies and power balances are not so easily broken down. Nonetheless some important cultural changes have occurred since World War II. In particular, the book examines some of the processes which have uncoupled culture fro...

Handbook of Self and Identity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 703

Handbook of Self and Identity

The self has emerged as a central construct in many domains of behavioral and social science. This state-of-the-science volume brings together an array of leading authorities to comprehensively review theory and research in this burgeoning area. Coverage includes the content, structure, and organization of the self; processes related to agency, regulation, and self-control; self-evaluation and self-related motivation and emotion; interpersonal and cultural issues; and self-development across evolutionary time and the lifespan. Also examined are ways that the development of the self can go awry, resulting in emotional and behavioral problems.

Growing Up in Central Australia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Growing Up in Central Australia

Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education, of those growing up in contemporary Central Australia or with strong links to the region. Focusing on the remote communities – roughly 1,200 across the continent – the volume includes case studies of language and family life in small country towns and urban contexts. These studies expertly show that forms of consciousness have changed enormously over the last hundred years for Indigenous societies more so than for the rest of Australia, yet equally notable are the continuities across generations.

An Introduction to Gerontology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 459

An Introduction to Gerontology

With the world's population getting increasingly older, there has never been a more pressing need for the study of old age and ageing. An Introduction to Gerontology provides a wide-ranging introduction to this important topic. By assuming no prior expert knowledge and avoiding jargon, this book will guide students through all the main subjects in gerontology, covering both traditional areas, such as biological and social ageing, and more contemporary areas, such as technology, the arts and sexuality. An Introduction to Gerontology is written by a team of international authors with multidisciplinary backgrounds who draw evidence from a variety of different perspectives and traditions.