Spritz: Italy's Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail
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Ambiguous Pleasures: Sexuality and Middle Class Self-perception in Nairobi
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Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a...
Daoism and Anarchism: Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China
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This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series focuses on anti-statist critiques in...
Illegible Will: Coercive Spectacles of Labor in South Africa and the Diaspora
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In Illegible Will Hershini Bhana Young engages with the archive of South African and black diasporic...
The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain
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Britain has often found groups within its borders whom it does not trust, whom it feels have a...
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Brutality Garden: Tropicalla and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture
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In the late 1960s, Brazilian artists forged a watershed cultural movement known as Tropicália....
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Section Roads
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When attorney Cullen Molloy attends his fortieth high school reunion, he doesn’t expect to be...
The Walker
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The Walker is based in a time where traditional Chinese culture is on the crossroads of...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Christmas Past in Books
Dec 15, 2022 (Updated Dec 15, 2022)
This book is purely looking at the secular, pop culture celebration of Christmas, although the religious aspect does pop up occasionally, most noticeably in the chapter on “Silent Night.” A couple of chapters seem a bit vague, and the writing can be dry at times, but those are minor complaints. On the whole, this was a fascinating look at where our traditions came from, both those we still use today and those that have faded over time. I am not familiar with the author’s pod cast, but my understanding is much of this material first appeared there. As a Christmas lover, I enjoyed learning more about the holiday. If that’s you, you’ll enjoy this book as well.
