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Adriana Helbig - Culture and Customs of Ukraine - 9780313343636 - V9780313343636
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Culture and Customs of Ukraine

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Description for Culture and Customs of Ukraine Hardback. Helps readers explore Ukraine's contemporary life and culture. This book enables readers to delve into Ukraine's modern society by looking at its religious practices, language conflicts, gender issues, education policies, and media censorship struggles, as well as its cuisine, holidays, literature, music, and performing arts. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFC; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
Ukraine's tumultuous history has left it standing on unstable ground, wrought with the devastation of the 20th century's wars, famines, and other struggles. Today, life in Ukraine is moving forward, stepping out of the shadows of Communism and into a modern, urban, and multicultural light, finally gaining for itself a sense of national identity. Now a cultural hotspot that serves as a crossroads between Europe and Asia, Ukraine's traditions of yesterday are evolving into today's daily life and customs. High school and undergraduate students will have the opportunity to delve into Ukraine's modern society by looking at its religious practices, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Cultures and Customs of the World
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313343636
SKU
V9780313343636
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
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About Adriana Helbig
Adriana Helbig is assistant professor of music and affiliated faculty with the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from Columbia University (2005) where she has also taught in the Ukrainian Studies Program. Her articles on Romani (Gypsy) music, post-socialist cultural policy, and global hip-hop have appeared in edited ... Read more

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