The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words

The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words
Author: Łukasz Zarzycki
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2024-01-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027247307

Swearing plays an important role in everyday language. We swear in the streets, at school, universities, at work and at home, on the means of transport, with family and friends. People have used swear words for centuries and they will continue to use them. The Anatomy of Polish Offensive Words examines offensive and vulgar language of young Poles in their everyday life including its forms, uses, manifestations and the ways in which people censor their words and sentences. The book presents a novel viewpoint on people’s psyche since we observe how society reacts to other humans so as to impose taboos by censoring Polish language. This book is the first book written in English on Polish swearing intended for the international reader (both linguists and non-linguists) who can benefit from it. It offers an intriguing look into Polish swear words, their classification in terms of offensiveness both from the perspective of quantitative and qualitative research but also from the AI (Artificial Intelligence) viewpoint. Mixed methods research, i.e., a questionnaire-based study and a corpus-based study, makes the research original. The findings deepen our understanding of swearing and its role in language.

Curating Contemporary Music Festivals

Curating Contemporary Music Festivals
Author: Brandon Farnsworth
Publisher: Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9783837652437

Brandon Farnsworth lays out a theory for understanding curatorial practices in contemporary music and how they could be a solution to the field's diminishing social relevance. He focuses on two case studies, the Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre, and the Maerzmusik Festival at the Berliner Festspiele.

Festival Places

Festival Places
Author: Chris Gibson
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845412095

Festivals have burgeoned in rural areas, revitalising old traditions and inventing new reasons to celebrate. How do festivals contribute to tourism, community and a rural sense of belonging? What are their cultural, environmental and economic dimensions? This book answers such questions - featuring contributions from leading geographers, historians, anthropologists, tourism scholars and cultural researchers. It draws on a range of case studies: from the rustic charm of agricultural shows and family circuses to the effervescent festival of Elvis Presley impersonators in Parkes; from wildflower collecting to the cosmopolitan beats of ChillOut, Australia’s largest non-metropolitan gay and lesbian festival. Festivals as diverse as youth surfing carnivals, country music musters, Aboriginal gatherings in the remote Australian outback, Scottish highland gatherings and German Christmas celebrations are united in their emphasis on community, conviviality and fun.

Choreographing Identities

Choreographing Identities
Author: Anthony Shay
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 078645153X

Throughout its history, the United States has become a new home for thousands of immigrants, all of whom have brought their own traditions and expressions of ethnicity. Not least among these customs are folk dances, which over time have become visual representations of cultural identity. Naturally, however, these dances have not existed in a vacuum. They have changed--in part as a response to ever-changing social identities, and in part as a reaction to deliberate manipulations by those within as well as outside of a particular culture. Compiled in great part from the author's own personal dance experience, this volume looks at how various cultures use dance as a visual representation of their identity, and how "traditional" dances change over time. It discusses several "parallel layers" of dance: dances performed at intra-cultural social occasions, dances used for representation or presentation, and folk dance performances. Individual chapters center on various immigrant cultures. Chiefly the work focuses on cultural representation and how it is sometimes manipulated. Key folk dance festivals in the United States and Canada are reviewed. Interviews with dancers, teachers, and others offer a first-hand perspective. An extensive bibliography encompasses concert programs and reviews as well as broader scholarly sources.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 1955
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Different Bodies

Different Bodies
Author: Marja Evelyn Mogk
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2013-10-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0786465352

This collection of 19 new essays by 21 authors from the United States, the UK, Canada, Australia and India focuses on contemporary film and television (1989 to the present) from those countries as well as from China, Korea, Thailand and France. The essays are divided into two parts. The first includes critical readings of narrative film and television. The second includes contributions on documentaries, biopics and autobiographically-informed films. The book as a whole is designed to be accessible to readers new to disability studies while also contributing significantly to the field. An introduction gives background on disability studies and appendices provide a filmography and a list of suggested reading.

Country Music

Country Music
Author: Irwin Stambler
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2000-07-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780312264871

A comprehensive reference source on the history, impact, and current state of country music, offering portraits of figures in the country music world.

Circular

Circular
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1964
Genre: Education
ISBN: