A pie in the face of elegance: Victor Borge at the American Swedish Institute; ‘Freaks’ at the Heights | Max About Town
MinnPost photo by Max Sparber Swedish painter Jesper Löfvenborg There’s a guy in the basement of the American Swedish Institute working on a painting. His name is Jesper Löfvenborg, and he hails from just outside Karlstad, Sweden , although he spent some of his teen years in Sioux Falls, where he learned to skateboard. His paintings are rather daffy creations. I don’t know if they have the style …
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A Spanish Marriage $4.09 "It would be a marriage on paper. I wouldn't expect you to share my bed." Javier has married Zoe purely to protect the young heiress from male predators who are tempted by her money and her beauty. But as their paper marriage continues, Javier finds it increasingly hard to resist his wife…. |
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Marriage in Culture: Practice And Meaning Across Diverse Societies $45.64 MARRIAGE IN CULTURE is an innovative text that makes accessible to a broad audience the rich insights anthropology provides into the meaning of marriage in different cultures. Marriage practices in the four societies discussed contrast with each other in dramatic ways-from number of spouses to the meaning of postmarital residence arrangements. The author provides compelling ethnographic accounts of the !Kung San (Bushman), Chinese, Iroquois, and Tibetan societies to familiarize students with anthropologists’ unique perspective on marriage in culture. Each chapter places marriage within the context of the whole culture, exploring the ways in which different economic, political, family, and gender systems shape the practice and meaning of marriage. The author makes an original contribution by highlighting the importance of postmarital residence in defining different experiences of marriage for husbands and wives in each society. |
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