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Under the sky of Seoul

Subjects: “…Comedy films Korea (South)…”
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Performance on Behalf of the Environment. by Besel, Richard D.

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FIV à papa : Le parcours drôle et rocambolesque d'un homme pour enfin devenir père. by Canuhèse, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Prologue; 1re partieLe désir; 2e partieLe choc; 3e partieLe serment; 4e partieLa comédie; 5e partieLa science; 6e partieLes héros; 7e partieLe passage; Épilogue.…”
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Destination dictatorship : the spectacle of Spain's tourist boom and the reinvention of difference by Crumbaugh, Justin

Table of Contents: “…Prosperity and freedom under Franco : the grand invention of tourism -- On the public persona and political theory of a minister of information and tourism : Manuel Fraga Iribarne's "pedagogy of leisure" -- The power of inauthenticity : the "Spain is different" tourism campaign as a change of paradigm -- Blondes in bikinis and beachside Don Juans : from the comedy of sex tourism to a state of perversion -- Epilogue : Tourism, nostalgia, and historical memory.…”
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The Performance Arts in Africa : a Reader. by Harding, Frances

Table of Contents: “…10 Creativity, participation and change in Theatre for Development practice11 Playing the puppets: innovation and rivalry in Bamana youth theatre of Mali; PART III Voice, language and words in performance; 12 Storytelling theatre in Sierra Leone: the example of Lele Gbomba; 13 The language of anglophone Cameroon drama; 14 Congolese playwrights as cultural revisionists; 15 Purity and pollution in Freetown masked performance; 16 Comic Opera in Ghana; 17 Folklore and tradition in the drama of Cliff Lubwa p'Chong; 18 Horrific comedy: cultural resistance and the Hauka movement in Niger.…”
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How the Red Sox Explain New England. by Chattman, Jon

Table of Contents: “…Backyard Fenway; 3. Misery Is Comedy; 4. Wakefield of Dreams; 5. For the Love of the Game by Jess Lander; 6. …”
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Barnstorming to Heaven : Syd Pollock and his great black teams by Pollock, Alan J.

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Congress of nations

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Fashioning Jews : clothing, culture an commerce

Table of Contents: “…s New Woman -- Photographers, Jews, and the Fashioning of Women in the Weimar Republic -- Weimar Jewish Chic: Jewish Women and Fashion in 1920s Germany -- Unbuttoned: Clothing as a Theme in American Jewish Comedy -- “What a Strange Power There Is in Clothingâ€?…”
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Fashioning Jews : clothing, culture an commerce

Table of Contents: “…s New Woman -- Photographers, Jews, and the Fashioning of Women in the Weimar Republic -- Weimar Jewish Chic: Jewish Women and Fashion in 1920s Germany -- Unbuttoned: Clothing as a Theme in American Jewish Comedy -- “What a Strange Power There Is in Clothingâ€?…”
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A Kosher Christmas : 'tis the season to be Jewish by Plaut, Joshua Eli

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Choreonarratives : dancing stories in Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : narratives in motion / Laura Gianvittorio-Ungar and Karin Schlapbach -- Dance and narrative in Greek comedy / Bernhard Zimmermann -- Narrative dance : imitating ethos and pathos through schēmata / Sophie M. …”
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Martha Clarke : light & dark, a dancer's journal

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Talking about food : the social and global in eating communities

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : food and talk in social life / Susanne Mühleisen and Sofia Rüdiger -- How less means more in the comments section of vegan food blogs : exgredients such as gluten-free and extreme case formulations / Cornelia Gerhardt -- The moral taste of food : a discourse analysis of social media discussions about vegetarianism and veganism / Martina Drescher -- The local and the global in airline food / Markus Bieswanger -- Language in transnational communities of consumption : indexical functions of English in third wave coffee culture / Britta Schneider -- Craft beer and linguistic life-style emblematization / Theresa Heyd and Marius Eckert -- (Un)healthy food discourses : the contradictory roles of health in food discourses and identities in the production of a TV show about food / Jana Declercq -- Dinner for one : the use of language in eating shows on YouTube / Sofia Rüdiger -- "Tell me about food and I tell you who you are" : expert identity in intercultural food discourse via Skype / Stefan Diemer and Marie-Louise Brunner -- Formality and informality in cooking shows : Paula Deen and the development of a genre / Susanne Mühleisen -- A rich sauce of comedy : talking and laughing about Italian food in digital spaces / Delia Chiaro -- Naming practices in Singapore's hawker centres : echoes of itineracy / Jakob R.E. …”
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Focus on world festivals : contemporary case studies and perspectives.

Table of Contents: “…-- 10 Rock in Rio: The Festival -- 11 Building the Festival Team: A case study of Saint Petersburg art festivals -- 12 Large Festivals -- Great Struggles -- 13 Community Perceptions on the Impacts of Art Festivals on Overall Quality of Life: A case study of the Innibos National Arts Festival, South Africa -- 14 Valuing Arts Festivals: A case study of the South African National Arts Festival -- 15 Festivals on the High Street: Revitalising business and communities in the UK -- 16 Are You Having a Laugh? Comedy and Festivals in the 21st Century -- SECTION 3 -- Introduction -- 17 'Appealing for Grace': The Guinea Corn Festival of the Nawuris of Northern Ghana1 -- 18 Visualising National Life: The Hornbill Festival as Culture and Politics -- 19 The World's Largest Water Fight, or the Battle for the Soul of a Festival: Songkran in Thailand and South East Asia -- 20 China: Rehabilitating Festivals -- 21 Festivals that Change Lives -- 22 A Holy Week Carnival? …”
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Building houses out of chicken legs : Black women, food, and power by Williams-Forson, Psyche A.

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Death in the Middle Ages and early modern time : the material and spiritual conditions of the culture of death

Table of Contents: “…Taylor -- "And Thus She Will Perish" : Gender, Jurisdiction, and the Execution of Women in Late Medieval France / Patricia Turning -- "Je viens d'estrange contrée" : Medieval French Comedy Envisions the Afterlife / Sharon Diane King -- Gallows Humor in the Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea / Connie L. …”
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The Story of Men's Underwear. by Cole, Shaun

Table of Contents: “…Targeting a Gay AudienceSexual Ambiguity and Camp; Domestic Spaces -- Bedrooms and Dressing Rooms; Male Spaces -- Locker Rooms; Sporting Poses and Equipment; Sports Endorsement; Women in Men's Underwear Advertising; Selling Men's Underwear to Women; Comedy Pants; New Ways to sell and Promote Underwear; Conclusion; GLOSSARY; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements.…”
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The folkloresque : reframing folklore in a popular culture world

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Choreography and the specific image : nineteen essays and a workbook by Nagrin, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Choreography for the Theatre, Musical Comedy and Opera; 16. Mindsets; 17. The Criticism of Choreography; 18. …”
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Food, masculinities, and home : interdisciplinary perspectives

Table of Contents: “…: Home Cooking and Masculinity Makeover in Le Chef Contre-Attaque -- Jonatan Leer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Chapter 10: Kitchen Mishaps: Performances of Masculine Domesticity in American Comedy Films -- Fabio Parasecoli, The New School, USA Chapter 11: Chefs at Home? …”
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Sailing - Philosophy For Everyone : Catching the Drift of Why We Sail. by Allhoff, Fritz

Table of Contents: “…Some Existentialist ReflectionsCruising; The Social Dimensions of Sailing; "Hard a' Lee" or Coming About; Sailing Close-Hauled; Noticing the "Presence of the Absence" (Heavy Sailing Ahead); The Broad Reach; Practical Wisdom; Capsizing; Human Experience; Returning to the Pier; Pleasure, Elegance, and Truth; Final Tasks; Notes; 4 SOLO SAILING AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: A Phenomenology of Mastery and Failure at Sea; A Phenomenology of Moral Presence at Sea; Tragic Comedy (or Comic Tragedy): The Paradox of Sailing; Notes; PART 2 THE MEANING OF THE BOAT THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.…”
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Sports on television by Marill, Alvin H.

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Dance on. Lavinia Williams

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