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  • Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World

    Fresh Air on My Face

    by Lorraine Robertson, Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Johanna M. Wigg, Caren Price-Hunt, Peter J. Whitehouse, Rachael Litherland, Brett Joseph, Marcus Fellows, Daniel R. George, Lynda Hughes, Neil Mapes, James McKillop, Trevor Jarvis, Claire Craig, David G McNair, Brian Hennell, June Hennell, Malcolm Goldsmith, Simone de de Bruin, Javier Sánchez Sánchez Merina, Manjit Kaur Kaur Nijjar, Mr John Killick ...
    This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways in which people with dementia can experience and interact with nature through pursuits such as ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Kattaikkuttu

    A Rural Theatre Tradition in South India

    by Hanne M. de Bruin, Mr Simon Shepherd ...
    Series series Forms of Drama
    This is the first book to offer a clear introduction to Kattaikkuttu (or Terukkuttu**), a vibrant, vocal and physical outdoor Tamil theatre tradition from India. It describes the theatre's characteristic heroic nature as expressed through its principal, male kattai characters, explores its history, social status and ritual context, and examines the production of all-night plays.**After placing ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    by Osho ...
    Series series OSHO Singles
    This small eBook deals with human emotions, specifically here with 'anger'.This first book in a new series of 'OSHO SOLUTIONS" consists of a single talk by Osho and uses a Zen story as a teaching tool to deepen the readers understanding how to deal with anger. Understanding is totally different approach compared to 'self-help' or 'how-to' models which often try to give outside solutions for an ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Between Theater and Anthropology

    by Richard Schechner, Victor Turner ...
    In performances by Euro-Americans, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians, Richard Schechner has examined carefully the details of performative behavior and has developed models of the performance process useful not only to persons in the arts but to anthropologists, play theorists, and others fascinated (but perhaps terrified) by the multichannel realities of the postmodern world.Schechner ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Art of Stillness

    The Theater Practice of Tadashi Suzuki

    by Paul Allain ...
    For over forty years, Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theater, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions including his famous production of The Trojan Women, which subsequently toured around the world. An intergral part of his work has been the development and teaching of his rigorous and controversial training system, the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Celluloid Classicism

    Early Tamil Cinema and the Making of Modern Bharatanatyam

    by Hari Krishnan ...
    Received a special citation from The de la Torre Bueno© First Book Award Committee of the Dance Studies Association (2020). The book has been hailed as "an invaluable addition to the scholarship on Bharatanatyam."Celluloid Classicism provides a rich and detailed history of two important modern South Indian cultural forms: Tamil Cinema and Bharatanatyam dance. It addresses representations of dance ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theatre and the World

    Performance and the Politics of Culture

    by Rustom Bharucha ...
    In this passionate and controversial work, director and critic Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a 'Third World' perspective.Bharucha questions the assumptions underlying the theatrical visions of some of the twentieth century's most prominent theatre practitioners and theorists, including Antonin Artaud, Jerzsy Grotowski, and Peter Brook. He contends ... Read more

    $74.99 CAD

  • Onnagata

    A Labyrinth of Gendering in Kabuki Theater

    by Maki Isaka ...
    Kabuki is well known for its exaggerated acting, flamboyant costumes and makeup, and unnatural storylines. The onnagata, usually male actors who perform the roles of women, have been an important aspect of kabuki since its beginnings in the 17th century. In a “labyrinth” of gendering, the practice of men playing women’s roles has affected the manifestations of femininity in Japanese society. In ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Winged Faith

    Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement

    by Tulasi Srinivas ...
    The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "New Age"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Kathakali Dance-Drama

    Where Gods and Demons Come to Play

    by Phillip Zarrilli ...
    Kathakali Dance-Drama provides a comprehensive introduction to the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India for the first time. This landmark volume:* explores Kathakali's reception as it reaches new audiences both in India and the west* includes two cases of controversial of Kathakali experiments* explores the implications for Kathakali of Keralan politicsDuring these ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • The Secret World of Shugendō

    Sacred Mountains and the Search for Meaning in Post-Disaster Japan

    by Shayne A. P. Dahl ...
    Series series Where Religion Lives
    In this compelling narrative of discovery set in Japan’s remote Dewa Sanzan mountain range, Shayne A. P. Dahl describes Shugendō, a secretive religious tradition that combines aspects of Shinto, Buddhism, and mountain worship. As a participant-observer, Dahl invites readers into the practices of contemporary ascetics who see the sacred mountains as wombs within which cycles of life, death, and ... Read more

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  • Studying Buddhism in Practice

    Edited by John S. Harding ...
    Series series Studying Religions in Practice
    This book introduces the rich realities of the Buddhist tradition and the academic approaches through which they are studied. Based on personal experiences of Buddhism on the ground, it provides a reflective context within which religious practices can be understood and appreciated. The engaging narratives cover a broad range of Buddhist countries and traditions, drawing on fieldwork to explore ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD