German Holidays and Folk Customs
Author : Dieter Kramer
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 26,26 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9788013002709
Author : Dieter Kramer
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 26,26 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9788013002709
Author : Dieter Kramer
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 30,56 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Festivals
ISBN :
Author : Dieter Kramer
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9787800534744
Author : Dieter Kramer
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Festivals
ISBN :
Author : Jennifer M. Russ
Publisher : Berg Publishers
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Joe Perry
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0807833649
"Perry's work is original, comprehensively researched, and a major contribution to understanding the central importance of the evolution of a consumer culture in modern Germany. The scholarship is sound, impressive, and provocative."ùRudy Koshar, University of Wisconsin-Madison --
Author : Lynn Peppas
Publisher : Cultural Traditions in My Worl
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,68 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778780601
From the Oktoberfest folk festival to Christmas markets, follow a year of holidays and festivals in Germany that honor religious, historic, and family traditions.
Author : Nicolette Hannam
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0857472984
This invaluable, time-saving resource provides intercultural ideas for every month of the year. For each festival and tradition you will find background information, key vocabulary, detailed lists of possible teaching activities and optional pupil sheets. Ideas range from making cards and reading/writing poems to playing game and cooking traditional recipes.
Author : Joe Perry
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0807899410
For poets, priests, and politicians--and especially ordinary Germans--in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the image of the loving nuclear family gathered around the Christmas tree symbolized the unity of the nation at large. German Christmas was supposedly organic, a product of the winter solstice rituals of pagan "Teutonic" tribes, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, and the age-old customs that defined German character. Yet, as Joe Perry argues, Germans also used these annual celebrations to contest the deepest values that held the German community together: faith, family, and love, certainly, but also civic responsibility, material prosperity, and national belonging. This richly illustrated volume explores the invention, evolution, and politicization of Germany's favorite national holiday. According to Perry, Christmas played a crucial role in public politics, as revealed in the militarization of "War Christmas" during World War I and World War II, the Nazification of Christmas by the Third Reich, and the political manipulation of Christmas during the Cold War. Perry offers a close analysis of the impact of consumer culture on popular celebration and the conflicts created as religious, commercial, and political authorities sought to control the holiday's meaning. By unpacking the intimate links between domestic celebration, popular piety, consumer desires, and political ideology, Perry concludes that family festivity was central in the making and remaking of public national identities.
Author : Lisa Hill
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Easter
ISBN :
Describes common religious customs and traditions related to Easter and Holy Week observations that have their origins in Germanic culture. Defines the significance of the days of Holy Week, including Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday, as well as the customs and folklore associated with each day. Traces the origins of various Easter symbols to pre-Christian Germanic folklore and post-Reformation religious edicts. Describes how German immigrant groups, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch, brought these customs and beliefs to America in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.