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"This volume explores, from the perspective of several academic disciplines, the role of the performing arts in American culture, as much as the many ways in wh

Urban ceremonial in the Middle Ages took various forms and served a number of different ends--private, collegial, political, and religious. Broadly construed, u

From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, World Dance Cultures introduces an ex

Equal parts nature guide, adventure story, and coffee table book! People are captivated by wild animals—by their strength and their size and by the things the

This volume provides a new perspective on civic history by focussing on the precarious position and power of the German bishop. While the author explores the de