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The stories we tell, published or otherwise, condition our mountain
experiences in practice and reinforce cultural memory and
representation. Yet, as this book and the authors within it set out
to demonstrate, if we look beyond the boundaries of this
‘singular white history’ there is a rich diversity of stories
to tell. This volume contributes to a growing body of scholarship
that calls for a heterogeneity of voices in mountain memoir genres.
For the first time, this diverse scholarship interrogates how
mountaineering literary and media culture impact bodies, spaces,
and places, in order to nuance how commodification intersects
across social categories and is embodied in multi-dimensional ways.
In this volume, we explore a burgeoning tradition of mountaineering
literature, of cinema and of memoir to appreciate difference,
beyond the habitual heroic, white male, adventurer that dominates
screens and bookshelves. Through exploring multidimensional axes of
social differentiation from gender, race, class, and age to
dis/ability and sexuality, the book will demonstrate how
commodification is embodied through representation in
mountaineering literature, media, film and memoir in mountaineering
spaces. Amongst our aims, this book intends to understand how
multiple social dimensions overlap and work to produce independent
systems of exclusion and inclusion that focus on untraditional ways
to be a mountaineer.
This book is the first edited collection to offer an intersectional
account of gender in mountaineering adventure sports and leisure.
It provides original theoretical, methodological, and empirical
insights into mountain spaces as sites of socio-cultural production
and transformation. The book shows how gender matters in the
twenty-first century, and illustrates that there is a need for
greater efforts to mainstream difference in representations and
governance structures if we are to improve equality in adventure,
sporting and leisure spaces. The interdisciplinary volume
represents scholars from theoretical as well as applied
perspectives across adventure, tourism, sport science, sports
coaching, psychology, geography, sociology and outdoor
studies.Â
Highlighting aspects of birth often taken for granted, ignored or
left silenced, this book questions the art and meaning of
childbirth. Addressing spirituality in and around the start of life
from a variety of thought-provoking perspectives, it examines the
apparent paradox of impersonal biomedical-technocratic systems
operating alongside the meaningful experiences encountered by those
involved. Themes covered include: Notions of holism and
spirituality, culture, religion and spirituality Childbirth
significance at societal level Spiritual care in maternity care
provision Birth environment, mood, space and place Spiritual
experience of all those involved, including health professionals
Spiritual experience when birth is complex and challenging When
birth and death are juxtaposed. Although there is considerable
literature on spirituality at the end of life, this is the only
book that draws together a global and multidisciplinary selection
of academic researchers and practitioners to reflect on
spirituality at the start of life. Each chapter explores the
relevant theoretical background and makes links to practice, using
case studies from research and practice. The chapters conclude by
discussing: how spiritual care is, and should be, provided in this
context; what practice approaches are beneficial; cross-cultural
perspectives; and future directions for research. It is an
important read for all those interested in childbirth, maternity
care, social science perspectives on health and illness, and
spirituality.
Highlighting aspects of birth often taken for granted, ignored or
left silenced, this book questions the art and meaning of
childbirth. Addressing spirituality in and around the start of life
from a variety of thought-provoking perspectives, it examines the
apparent paradox of impersonal biomedical-technocratic systems
operating alongside the meaningful experiences encountered by those
involved. Themes covered include: Notions of holism and
spirituality, culture, religion and spirituality Childbirth
significance at societal level Spiritual care in maternity care
provision Birth environment, mood, space and place Spiritual
experience of all those involved, including health professionals
Spiritual experience when birth is complex and challenging When
birth and death are juxtaposed. Although there is considerable
literature on spirituality at the end of life, this is the only
book that draws together a global and multidisciplinary selection
of academic researchers and practitioners to reflect on
spirituality at the start of life. Each chapter explores the
relevant theoretical background and makes links to practice, using
case studies from research and practice. The chapters conclude by
discussing: how spiritual care is, and should be, provided in this
context; what practice approaches are beneficial; cross-cultural
perspectives; and future directions for research. It is an
important read for all those interested in childbirth, maternity
care, social science perspectives on health and illness, and
spirituality.
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Londinium and Beyond (Paperback)
John Clark, Jonathan Cotton, Jenny Hall, Roz Sherris
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R1,124
R1,025
Discovery Miles 10 250
Save R99 (9%)
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This exciting volume pays tribute to the work of the archaeologist
Harvey Sheldon, who has been involved in the archaeology of London
for over four decades. The papers, written by his friends and
colleagues in the archaeological community, cover a wide range of
subjects connected with the archaeology of Roman London. These are
presented under four main themes and are prefaced by a short
introduction explaining how they relate to the research framework
document for London published in 2002. The volume begins with a
section on the chronology and cartography of Roman London,
including papers on antiquarian sources, estimates of population,
and the city after the departure of the Romans. The second section
examines the landscape and environment of Roman London and its
hinterland, drawing from a variety of disciplines: subjects covered
include the evidence for Roman gardens; the route of the road from
London to Colchester; and a gazetteer of tree-ring dates for Roman
London. The third part of the book examines themes which are more
difficult to identify through the archaeological record, such as
education, cults and attitudes to death and burial. In the fourth
section of the volume, the rich material culture of Roman London is
examined through a series of papers on artefacts, including
brooches, inkwells and toilet implements. The book concludes with a
review of Harvey Sheldon's work and a bibliography.
In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers
are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics
to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing, including kimono) for modern
life. Japan beyond the Kimono explores these shifts, highlighting
developments in the Kyoto fashion industry such as its integration
of digital weaving and printing techniques and the influence of
social media on fashion distribution systems. Through case studies
of designers, artisans, and retailers, Jenny Hall provides a
comprehensive picture of the reasons behind the production and
consumption of these rejuvenated fashion goods. She argues that
conceptualisations of Japanese tradition include innovation and
change, which is vital to understanding how Japanese cultural
heritage is both sustained and evolving. Essential reading for
students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and Japanese
studies, Jenny Hall's sensory ethnography is the first of its kind,
describing the lived experiences of people in the Kyoto textiles
industry, explaining the renewal of traditional techniques and
styles, and placing them both within contexts such as transnational
'craftscapes' and fast or slow fashion systems.
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Viking Tales (Paperback)
Jennie Hall; Illustrated by Victor R. Lambdin
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R333
Discovery Miles 3 330
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Nights were long in Iceland winters of long ago. A whole family sat
for hours around the fire in the middle of the room. That fire gave
the only light. Shadows flitted in the dark corners. Smoke curled
along the high beams of the ceiling. The children sat on the dirt
floor close by the fire. The grown people were on a long narrow
bench that they had pulled up to the light and warmth. Everybody's
hands were busy with wool. As the family worked in the red
fire-light, the father told of the kings of Norway, of long voyages
to strange lands, of good fights. And in farmhouses all through
Iceland these old tales were told over and over until everybody
knew them and loved them. Men who could sing and play the harp were
called "skalds," and they called their songs "sagas." Eventually
these stories were written down on sheepskin or vellum so that we
can enjoy them today. We follow the fortunes of Harald from the
time he is acknowledged by his father as a baby and given his own
thrall at the cutting of his first tooth, through his exploits as a
viking adventurer, to his crowning as King of Norway. It is when
Harald is King of Norway that population pressures at home and
eagerness for adventure and booty from other lands combine to drive
some of the bolder Vikings to set forth from their native land.
Sailing ever westward across the Atlantic, they hop along the chain
of islands that loosely connects Norway with America-Orkneys and
Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland. It is from link to link
of this chain that the characters in our story sail in search of
home and adventure. Discoveries are made by accident. Ships are
driven by the wind into unknown ports, resulting in landings and
settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and America. The crude courage
of these men and strangeness of their adventures appeal strongly to
children, while their love of truth, hardy endurance, and
faithfulness to the promised word make them characters to emulate.
Suitable for children ages 9 and up to read to themselves and for
children as young as 6 as a read-aloud.
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Viking Tales (Hardcover)
Jennie Hall; Illustrated by Victor R. Lambdin
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R1,111
Discovery Miles 11 110
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers
are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics
to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing, including kimono) for modern
life. Japan Beyond the Kimono explores these shifts, highlighting
developments in the Kyoto fashion industry such as its integration
of digital weaving and printing techniques and the influence of
social media on fashion distribution systems. Through case studies
of designers, artisans, and retailers, Jenny Hall provides a
comprehensive picture of the reasons behind the production and
consumption of these rejuvenated fashion goods. She argues that
conceptualisations of Japanese tradition include innovation and
change, which is vital to understanding how Japanese cultural
heritage is both sustained and evolving. Essential reading for
students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and Japanese
studies, Jenny Hall's sensory ethnography is the first of its kind,
describing the lived experiences of people in the Kyoto textiles
industry, explaining the renewal of traditional techniques and
styles, and placing them both within contexts such as transnational
'craftscapes' and fast or slow fashion systems.
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