Ergebnis für "In the Shadows of Love" in Politik & Sozialwissenschaften

In Praise of Shadows is an eloquent tribute to the austere beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetics. Through architecture, ceramics, theatre, food, women, and even toilets, Tanizaki explains the essence of shadows and darkness, and how they are able to augment beauty. He laments the heavy electric lighting of the West and its introduction to Japan, and shows how the artificial, bright, and polished aesthetic of the West contrasts unfavorably with the moody and natural light of the East.

Of Kenya's largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu, Ngugi wa Thiongo was born in 1938 in the backlands of his country (Kiambu district) to a father whose four wives bore him two dozen or so children. Ngugi was the fifth child of the third wife. His father was a peasant farmer forced to become a squatter after the British Imperial Act of 1915. Before going off to school, he had what was then considered a bizarre and inexplicable thirst for learning....

Siete pronti a intraprendere un viaggio di profonda scoperta di voi stessi e di guarigione all'interno della comunità LGBTQ+? Scritto da Callie Parker, che ha affrontato queste stesse sfide, questo libro vi offre una guida passo dopo passo per comprendere profondamente voi stessi senza conformarvi alle norme sociali.