Questa serie offre un'esplorazione approfondita del ricco arazzo culturale di diverse nazioni. Ogni volume esamina meticolosamente le sfaccettature chiave, che spaziano dalla storia e dalle arti alla politica e alle dinamiche sociali. Con saggi accademici di esperti di spicco, questi libri approfondiscono le caratteristiche e le influenze distintive che plasmano le identità nazionali. Servono come risorse indispensabili per studenti e chiunque cerchi una comprensione completa delle culture globali.
This highly successful Companion has now been updated to include post-Soviet trends and new developments in Russian culture of the twenty-first century in this second edition. Each chapter has been revised or rewritten to take account of current conditions and the further reading brought up to date.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture, first published in 2003, provides information and analysis on such topics as national identity, architecture, the mass media, food, literature, cinema, intellectual culture and music. The volume is well supported by supplementary material including a chronology, illustrations and suggestions for further reading. schovat popis
An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects.
This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture from its beginnings in the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Leading experts analyse historical and political issues, the culture of major regions including Castile, Catalonia, and the Basque Country, and the country's literary and artistic endeavours.
This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture without assuming prior knowledge of China or the Chinese language. Invaluable for students of Chinese studies, this book includes a glossary of key terms, a chronology and a guide to further reading.
The Victorian era produced artistic achievements, technological inventions and social developments that continue to shape how we live today. This Companion offers authoritative coverage of that period's culture and its contexts in a group of specially commissioned essays reflecting the current state of research in each particular field. Covering topics from music to politics, art to technology, war to domestic arts, journalism to science, the essays address multiple aspects of the Victorian world. The book explores what ‘Victorian' has come to mean and how an idea of the ‘Victorian' might now be useful to historians of culture. It explores too the many different meanings of ‘culture' itself in the nineteenth century and in contemporary scholarship. An invaluable resource for students of literature, history, and interdisciplinary studies, this Companion analyses the nature of nineteenth-century British cultural life and offers searching perspectives on their culture as seen from ours.
Specially-commissioned essays analyse the history, politics, art and literature of Latin America from the nineteenth century to the present day. A chronology and guides to further reading are included, making this volume an invaluable introduction to the rich and varied culture of modern Latin America.
This Companion provides students and scholars alike with an interdisciplinary approach to literary modernism.
An introduction to medievalism offering a balance of accessibility and sophistication, with comprehensive overviews as well as detailed case studies.
This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture is an invaluable source of materials for courses on all aspects of modern Italy. schovat popis
An accessible introduction to the political, economic, literary, and artistic heritage of the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.
Leading international contributors present a lively and interdisciplinary panorama of the Italian Renaissance as it has developed in recent decades.
A lively and informative set of perspectives on the key themes that shape modern Britain.
A compact collection of focused introductions to and inquiries into medieval England, representing both history and literature.