Download or read book Culture and Customs of Spain written by Edward F. Stanton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Spain is a revelation in this up-to-date overview. Stanton vibrantly describes the startling variety of landscape, people, and culture that make up Spain today. Included are a context chapter and others on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts. Students of Spanish and a general audience will be rewarded with engrossing insights into what writer Ernest Hemingway called the very best country of all. Spain is a modern European nation, yet Spaniards are fiercely tied to their individual towns and regions—with their distinct social customs, dialects or languages, foods, landscape, and lifestyles—more than to a united country. Culture and Customs of Spain conveys the extremes, such as the hard-working Catalan contrasted to the leisurely paced Castilian, coexisting in first and third world conditions, and the love/hate relationship with the Catholic Church. Spain's institutions are described, and its contributions to the world—from unparalleled literature and cuisine to flamenco and filmmaker Pedro Almodovar—are celebrated. A chronology and glossary complement the text.
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Spain written by Edward F. Stanton and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Spanish traditions, culture, religion, media, literature, and arts.
Download or read book Spain Culture Smart written by Culture Smart! and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. In the popular imagination Spain conjures up a picture of rapacious conquistadores, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough but how closely does everyday life in modern Spain conform to these dramatic stereotypes? Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of contemporary Spanish life. It describes how Spain s history and geography have created both strongly felt regional differences and shared values and attitudes. It reveals what the Spaniards are like at home, and in business, how they socialize, and how to build lasting relationships with them. The better you understand the Spanish people, the more you will be enriched by your experience of this vital, warm, and varied country where the individual is important, and the enjoyment of life is paramount. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.
Download or read book France written by Andrew Whittaker and published by Thorogood Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrase-book what to say when you get there. Only Speak the Culture: France will lead you to the nation's soul. This easy-to-use cultural companion reflects what it means to have grown up with Camus, Cézanne, De Gaulle and Bardot; it captures the spirit of France and delves deep into the Gallic psyche. Through exploring the people, the movements and the lifestyles that have shaped the French experience, you will come to an intimate understanding of France and the French. There are many travel guides and manuals on living in France. Speak the Culture: France is different: a superbly designed, informed and entertaining insight into French life and culture and who the French really are. Recommended by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, the Official French Government Centre of Language and Culture in the UK For new residents, business travellers, holidaymakers, students and lovers of France everywhere, Speak the Culture: France is an engaging companion and guide to an enviably rich civilization at the heart of Europe. Excerpt "It would be wrong to imagine that your average Frenchwoman just pops into Chanel on the Rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré whenever she needs a new bag, cardy or fragrance. While a significant minority do indulge in ready-to-wear lines produced by designer labels, most are happy with less brand-conscious garments. Small boutiques and historic department stores like Le Bon Marché and Les Galeries Lafayette sell the big brands, but many French are happy to buy anonymous clothes at knockdown prices in chain stores like Tati, or even in the hypermarket."
Download or read book Culture Shock Spain written by Marie Louise Graff and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are conducting business, traveling for pleasure, or even relocating abroad, one mistake with customs or etiquette can leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth. International travelers, now more than ever, are not just individuals from the United States, but ambassadors and impression makers for the country as a whole.Newly updated, redesigned, and resized for maximum shelf appeal for travelers of all ages, Culture Shock! country and city guides make up the most complete reference series for customs and etiquette you can find. These are not just travel guides; these are guides for a way of life.
Download or read book Spain Culture Smart written by Bélen Aguado Viguer and published by Bravo Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, Spain conjures up images of rapacious conquistadors, the unworldly Don Quixote, brave bullfighters, fiery flamenco dancers, and brilliant artists. All true enough--but how does the reality conform to these stereotypes? The Spanish people are certainly distinctive. Visitors are often astounded by their vitality, entranced by their friendliness, and driven mad by their frequent indulgence of their friends and relatives. They tend to be proud, passionate, spontaneous, generous, and loyal; they can also be procrastinators, individualistic to a fault, suspicious, and, not least, very noisy! Spain has had a major impact on European and world history. This is the nation that enjoyed a golden age of enlightenment, that discovered America and gathered in its riches, and that left the great legacy of its culture and its language, today spoken by over four hundred million people. In the early twentieth century, Spain suffered a bitter civil war and a stultifying dictatorship, from which it emerged in the late seventies to become again an integral part of Europe and the international arena. Culture Smart! Spain explores the complex human realities of modern Spanish life. It describes how history and geography have created both regional differences and shared values and attitudes. It reveals what the Spaniards are like at home, and in business, and how they socialize. It prepares you for their boundless energy and widespread religious devotion; and offers practical tips on how to behave and make the very most of your visit. The better you understand the Spanish people, the more you will be enriched by your experience of this vital, warm, and varied country--where the individual is important, and the enjoyment of life is paramount.
Download or read book CultureShock Spain written by Marie Louise Graff and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2009 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Spain is the definitive manual for adjusting to life in Spain. Not only does it translate local customs and culture and warn against making any social faux pas, but it also provides practical information to enable readers to live and work in Spain with ease. Understand the Spanish love of socialising and take part in the ritual evening paseo. Learn the concept behind the term mañana and how best to adapt your daily life to all that mañana entails. Discover the A-Z of Spanish food, the famous tapas culture and how best to fit in with Spaniards' late eating hours. On a practical level, check the documents needed for opening a Spanish bank account, the do's and don'ts in the workplace and how to address locals without giving offence. Written from an outsider's perspective, CultureShock! Spain is all you'll need for life in Spanish society.
Download or read book Documenting Spain Artists Exhibition Culture and the Modern Nation 1929 1939 written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The news media have given us potent demonstrations of the ambiguity of ostensibly truthful representations of public events. Jordana Mendelson uses this ambiguity as a framework for the study of Spanish visual culture from 1929 to 1939--a decade marked, on the one hand, by dictatorship, civil war, and Franco's rise to power and, on the other, by a surge in the production of documentaries of various types, from films and photographs to international exhibitions. Mendelson begins with an examination of El Pueblo Español, a model Spanish village featured at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona. She then discusses Buñuel's and Dalí's documentary films, relating them not only to French Surrealism but also to issues of rural tradition in the formation of regional and national identities. Her highly original book concludes with a discussion of the 1937 Spanish Pavilion, where Picasso's famed painting of the Fascist bombing of a Basque town--Guernica--was exhibited along with monumental photomurals by Josep Renau. Based upon years of archival research, Mendelson's book opens a new perspective on the cultural politics of a turbulent era in modern Spain. It explores the little-known yet rich intersection between avant-garde artists and government institutions. It shows as well the surprising extent to which Spanish modernity was fashioned through dialogue between the seemingly opposed fields of urban and rural, fine art, and mass culture.
Download or read book Culture Shock written by Marie Louise Graff and published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives informative tips on the do's and don'ts of custom in Spain and provides interesting insights into the social and business attitudes of the Spanish people.
Download or read book The A to Z of Spanish Culture written by Pilar Orti and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author Pilar Ort' was born and bred in Spain. She grew up in a society trying to figure out how to adapt to its new found freedom and how best to join the rest of Europe. Having lived in London now for over twenty years (time flies!), Pilar has written this ""A to Z of Spanish Culture"" with plenty of perspective, a bit of nostalgia and above all, a desire to demystify a country that is still represented abroad by toros and flamenco. This light book about Spain is divided into different chapters, each headed by a Spanish word that opens up a whole aspect of Spanish culture: Spain's history, its society, traditions, art, gastronomy or language
Download or read book Culture Wise Spain written by Joanna Styles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Little Spanish Cousin written by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A part of "The Little Cousin" series. Written by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet; it surrounds a boy known as Fernando. This book discusses the story of this Spanish boy and his journey through life. It discusses the origin and nature of the Spanish people and their amazing culture.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture written by Professor Eamonn Rodgers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 750 alphabetically-arranged entries provide insights into recent cultural and political developments within Spain, including the cultures of Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque country. Coverage spans from the end of the Civil War in 1939 to the present day, with emphasis on the changes following the demise of the Franco dictatorship in 1975. Entries range from shorter, factual articles to longer overview essays offering in-depth treatment of major issues. Culture is defined in its broadest sense. Entries include: *Antonio Gaudí * science * Antonio Banderas * golf * dance * education * politics * racism * urbanization This Encyclopedia is essential reading for anyone interested in Spanish culture. It provides essential cultural context for students of Spanish, European History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies.
Download or read book Forms of Tradition in Contemporary Spain written by Jo Farb Hernandez and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative study of artists balancing tradition with creativity
Download or read book Spain is Different written by Helen Wattley Ames and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the Spanish people and culture, and examines how Spaniards and Americans can interact with each other successfully.
Download or read book Spanish Culture written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 91. Chapters: Zarzuela, Tomatina, Hispanism, Spanish naming customs, Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain, Culture of Spain, Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain, Running of the Bulls, Instituto Cervantes, Carnival of La Baneza, List of Spanish flags, Don Juan, Botellon, Generation of '27, Spanish Christmas Lottery, El Centro Espanol de Tampa, Tuna, Cross of Burgundy flag, Ghosts in Spanish culture, Torero, List of coats of arms of Spain, Biblioteca Nacional de Espana, Carnival of Cadiz, List of equestrian statues in Spain, Collegio di Spagna, Juan Nicolas Bohl de Faber, Las arras, Gaceria, Spanish garden, Ateneo de Madrid, Moros y cristianos, Castizo, Plus ultra, El Espanol de la Historia, Saulo Mercader, Southeastern Iberian script, Gigantes y cabezudos, Benidorm International Song Festival, Plaza de Espana, Comillas Foundation, Wedding cord, Greco-Iberian alphabet, Art Madrid, Romeria, Picador, Punk rock in Spain, Palloza, Skull and crossbones, Running of the Nudes, Verbena, Bien de Interes Cultural, Flags of the autonomous communities of Spain, Dolores, Fiesta patronal, Anthems of the autonomous communities of Spain, Paso, Twelve Grapes, Max de Esteban, Tertulia, Haro Wine Festival, Monument, Botijo, Ruta Quetzal, A lo divino, Els Enfarinats, Indalo, Thomas Rodd, Xavier, TBO, UFO sightings in Spain, Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, Altamiro de la Cueva, National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Saint John of the Mountain Festival, Fundacion Valparaiso, Allegory of Hispania, National Archives of Spain, Pixuetu dialect. Excerpt: Hispanism (sometimes referred to as Hispanic studies) is the study of the literature and culture of the Spanish-speaking world, principally that of Spain and Latin America. It can also entail studying Spanish language and culture in the United States and in other presently...
