[PDF] Exotic Switzerland eBook

Author : Noémie Étienne
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,84 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783035802276

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Why is an object, an artwork, or a person deemed ?exotic?? How does one?s gaze get directed onto things or people seemingly belonging to other regions or cultures? These questions are examined here in relation to a specific context: the Enlightenment era from the Swiss perspective. This publication brings together research by academics and museum specialists for the first time in order to rethink this time period and geography. It contains essays and shorter texts centered on pictures, objects, books, and natural specimens from Swiss museum collections. ?Exotic? in this context refers to things that come from elsewhere and that can be used and ?improved? for the benefit of European powers. The term invites us to reconsider both the long eighteenth century and the international history of Switzerland.00Exhibition: Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland (24.09.2020 - 28.02.2021).

Author : Rebecca Rowell
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1614808813

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Explore diverse landscapes, travel back in time, and discover unique populations, all without leaving your chair! Start your international tour in Switzerland, land of Lake Geneva, the Alps, cheese, chocolate, and so much more. This colorful, informative book introduces Switzerland's history, geography, culture, climate, government, economy, and other significant features. Sidebars, maps, fact pages, a glossary, a timeline, historic images and full-color photos, and well-placed graphs and charts enhance this engaging title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN :

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Vols. for 1893-1923 includes section: "Reviews."

Author : Felicity J. Rash
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 39,42 MB
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110868504

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The series Studia Linguistica Germanica, founded in 1968 by Ludwig Erich Schmitt and Stefan Sonderegger, is one of the standard publication organs for German Linguistics. The series aims to cover the whole spectrum of the subject, while concentrating on questions relating to language history and the history of linguistic ideas. It includes works on the historical grammar and semantics of German, on the relationship of language and culture, on the history of language theory, on dialectology, on lexicology / lexicography, text linguisticsand on the location of German in the European linguistic context.

Author : Kate McIntyre
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 2004-12-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780312335427

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Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: Austria and Switzerland is your insider's guide to the Alpine countries. Our forty-five years of travel savvy deliver must-have tips and insights--from listings for regional festivals and arts events to a guide to eating Swiss fondue. This edition features expanded coverage of skiing, hiking, biking, and extreme sports. Brand-new features, updated political and current events coverage, and more listings for study abroad and volunteer opportunities help you connect to Austrian culture and make a difference. Whether you'd rather listen to the ethereal song of the Vienna Boys' Choir or the shouts of leather-clad wrestlers at Schwingfest, Let's Go can take you there.

Author : Chris Walton
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1580463002

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Places the Swiss composer Schoeck, master of a late-Romantic style both sensuous and stringent, in context and gives insight into his increasingly popular musical works.

Author : Barbara Lüthi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 3319942476

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This book explores the history of migration in Switzerland from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It brings together recent scholarship on Switzerland in the field of cultural and migration studies, as well as migration history, and combines various research approaches from postcolonial studies, transnational studies, border studies, and history of knowledge. Since the late nineteenth century, Switzerland has gradually transformed into a migration society, becoming one of the countries in Europe with the highest percentage of migrant population. While migration has become one of most contentious issues in Swiss public and political debates, the volume also shows how migrants have developed various strategies to deal with the country’s discriminatory policies and distinct institutional settings. The authors of the volume convincingly challenge the view that Switzerland still does not represent a migration (or even post-migrant) society and substantially contributes to the long overdue acknowledgement of Switzerland in migration history and studies at the international level.

Author : P. Purtschert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1137442743

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States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at Switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally entangled scientific community, constitutes a perfect case in point.