Looks at the history and celebration of holidays across the world. Includes such holidays as April Fools' Day, Chinese New Year, Dewali, Double Fifth, Hajj, Hopi Snake Dance ...

Offers an overview of the time-keeping and holiday traditions of the world's major religions.

This book offers an exciting new perspective on Shakespeare's relation to popular culture.

Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we create and perpetuate our representations of folklife and culture. Ethnomimesis is Robert ...