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Vols. 2-19, 21-22 include section: Bibliographie über die schweizerische Volkskundeliteratur, 1897-1917.
A Companion to Folklore
A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The Companion covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore’s commoditization. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklo...
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Switzerland – an Urban Portrait
Designing a new national map of urban topography for Switzerland. The classic volume Switzerland. An Urban Portrait was published in three languages by Birkhäuser Verlag in 2005 and has lost none of its relevance to this day. The result of several years of research by ETH Studio Basel, this three-volume work contains explorations of the multiple layers and facets of Swiss towns and cities by renowned architects Roger Diener, Jacques Herzog, Marcel Meili, Pierre de Meuron, and Christian Schmid, as well as possible and/or desirable scenarios for the future development of country’s main cities and its Alpine region. It also includes maps of urban topography. Leading Swiss architects examine Switzerland’s built environment An important contribution to the discussion of how Switzerland might look in the future Visionary urban topographies in a globalized world
Deutsche Erde
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Schnittstelle Alltag
'Unsere besondere (volkskundliche) Zuständigkeit sehe ich genau da: qualitative Durchdringung kulturaler Alltäglichkeit in gesellschaftlichen Mikrobereichen.' Der Alltag ist nicht nur grau, monoton und bedrückend. Wer ihn als Erfahrungsraum analysiert, stösst auf bunte und komplexe Lebenswelten mit populären Handlungsnormen, Traditionen und Deutungen. Eine Auswahl von alltagskulturellen Themen, mit denen sich der Zürcher Volkskundler Ueli Gyr während Jahrzehnten beschäftigt hat, belegen dessen breites Forschungsfeld und das Sensorium für Entwicklungen in aktuellen Debatten. Inhaltlich gruppiert führen seine Beiträge in die Brauchpraxis, in die Migrations-, Tourismus-, Stadt- und N...
Legend and Belief
Industrial advancement has not changed the basic fragility of human life, and the commercialization and consumer orientation of the mass media has actually helped legends travel faster and farther. Legends are communicated not only orally, face to face, but also in the press, on radio and television, on countless Web sites, and by e-mail, perpetuating new waves of the "culture of fear.""--BOOK JACKET.
