ISBN:
1442608986
,
9781442608986
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 157 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Series Statement:
Teaching culture: UTP ethnographies for the classroom
Parallel Title:
Print versionManning, Paul, 1964- Love stories
DDC:
305.899/969
Keywords:
Khevsurs Sexual behavior
;
Khevsurs Social life and customs
;
Ethnology
;
Ethnology
;
Liebe
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Romantik
;
Brauchtum
;
Ethnologie
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Georgia (Republic) ; Xevsuretʻi
;
Georgien
;
Chevsuretija
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Introduction : Setting the stage for romance -- The ambassador -- Spending the night together -- Going steady -- Invisible love poetry -- Demons, danger, and desire : the "aragvian" sexual revolution -- Intelligentsia and people : a love story -- Echoes of love lost : socialist novels and films.
Abstract:
Love Stories offers an ethnography of language and desire that doubles as an introduction to key linguistic genres and to the interplay of language and culture
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index
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