Cultures of Commemoration

Commemorated annually on 24 April, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is an important part of national identity in both Armenia and the diaspora.This book is a historical and anthro...

The texts that make up postcolonial print cultures are often found outside the archival catalogue, and in lesser-examined repositories such as personal collections, the streets, or...

Chapter 8 studies the commemoration of the youngest members of society and their depiction in funerary art in Europe and the Mediterranean. Epigraphic evidence for age at death and...

Apprendre une langue étrangère, c’est se confronter inévitablement à une distance à la fois culturelle et linguistique, inégale selon les langues ; c’est cette distance elle-même q...

Who did the ancient Greeks describe as the world's best athlete? What does the Koran say about women's rights? How has the digital revolution changed life in the modern age? From t...

This volume focuses on the Native American cultures that have existed across the Dakotas in relative isolation from external influences. A chapter entitled Prehistory contains cita...

How did objects move between places and people, and how did they reshape the Republic’s arts, cultures and sciences? ‘Objects’ were vitally significant for the early modern Dutch R...

What are the components of youth cultures today? This encyclopedia examines the facets of youth cultures and brings them to the forefront. Although issues of youth culture are...