The Stranger in Medieval Society (Medieval Cultures, Vol 12)
This is a collection of medieval studies concentrating on the notion of the stranger showing how outsiders influenced the culture of Europe during the Middle Ages.
There are so many ways to embarrass yourself in this world. It's easy enough in your own culture, where you know most of the rules, but when you visit a foreign country, social interactions are fraught with gaffe potential. You could shake hands when air kisses were expected, make eye contact in a culture that deems it aggressive and boorish, or bring a hostess a gift of funeral flowers. Even smiles can be misinterpreted; what may seem like a friendly, open gesture to you can signal anger, embarrassment, or disrespect in other cultures.
Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
Americans’ infatuation with their cars is critiqued in this readable treatment. Replete with the ironic and irrational aspects of owning and driving cars, it partakes of car psychology to deliver its message about the statistical costs of four-wheeled freedom. Emphasizing the attachment of values such as personal independence to car ownership, not to mention self-image and status, Lutz and Fernandez cheerily saunter through automobile advertising and movies to show how mass media exploit people’s desire to buy cars.
Las Vegas Weekly is a weekly newspaper with an emphasis on arts, entertainment and popular culture. The Weekly is the city's source for an utterly unique, combustible mix of embedded nightlife coverage, thoughtful arts and cultural criticism, sassy lifestyle features, provocative essays and edgy journalism. From the bottle-serviced tables of the latest ultra lounge to the front rows of the hottest concerts; wherever the movers are shaking, the Weekly is there, helping readers make sense of this crazy town.
Semantics, Culture, and Cognition: Universal Human Concepts in Culture-Specific Configurations
Not everything that can be said in one language can be said in another. The lexicons of different languages seem to suggest different conceptual universes. Investigating cultures from a universal, language-independent perspective, this book rejects analytical tools derived from the English language and Anglo culture and proposes instead a "natural semantic metalanguage" formulated in English words but based on lexical universals.
