2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com

KATHPUTLI: KATHPUTLI: THE THE THE ART ART OOF
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RAJASTHANI RAJASTHANI PUPPETEER
PUPPETEERS
PUPPETEER
PUPPETEER
Explores the unique and colorful world of
kathputli puppet theater as it is maintained
and performed by itinerant families in
Rajasthani, India. Puppeteers
demonstrate the construction and
manipulation of the wood-and-string
creations used in this ancient art form.
Includes a performance of the legend of
the Rajput chief Amar Singh Rathor.
Item no. : GE07860217
Format : DVD
Duration : 28 minutes
Price : USD 195.00
KOREAN KOREAN ONGGI ONGGI POTTER POTTER, POTTER ,
THE
THE
Although onggi pots and jars have been
used for centuries by Koreans for the
storage of foodstuffs, such as the national
delicacy kim-chi, the creators of this
handmade pottery have worked at their
craft in relative obscurity. Archival
photographs and historical film footage
provide a detailed look at the unique skills
and construction techniques of these
artisans.
Item no. : MD07860219
Format : DVD
Duration : 24 minutes
Price : USD 155.00
LARGE LARGE DAMS, DAMS, SMALL
SMALL
PEOPLE: PEOPLE: MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OOF
O F
AN AN AFRICAN AFRICAN RIVER
RIVER
As on many rivers in the tropical
developing world, dam constructions on
the Senegal--or rather, conventional dam
management strategies, threaten not only
the riverine environment but also human
rights and economic productivity of
hundreds of thousands of people, whose
livelihoods depend on the annual flooding
of the plain.
Item no. : RT07860221
Format : DVD
Duration : 29 minutes
Price : USD 155.00
MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN IN A A TH THIRD TH IRD
WORLD WORLD COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
Designed to give students and
professionals who have not had extensive
Third World experience a clearer idea of
the ecology of malnutrition. Shot in a rural
Philippines community, the film covers
infant-feeding practices and shows the
difficulties a family faces due to poverty,
limited home production of food, and
inadequate supplies of pure water.
Item no. : EH07860237
Format : DVD
Duration : 26 minutes
Price : USD 245.00
MICROCULTURAL
MICROCULTURAL
MICROCULTURAL
INCIDENTS INCIDENTS IN IN TEN TEN ZOO ZOOS ZOO
A program based on a lecture by R.L.
Birdwhistell to the American
Anthropological Association,
demonstrating the context control method
for comparative analysis of cross-cultural
situations. Short film excerpts illustrate the
interaction of members of families with
each other and with animals in zoos in
England, France, Italy, Hong Kong, India,
Japan, and the United States. An epilogue
illustrates observer and, particularly,
cameraman biases in recording
interactional data.
Item no. : TV07860270
Format : DVD
Duration : 34 minutes
Price : USD 215.00
NDANDO NDANDO YAWUSIWANA
YAWUSIWANA
(SONG (SONG OF OF SADNESS)
SADNESS)
Song (ndando) functions in a wide variety
of ways for the Chopi of Mozambique. In
this performance by Chopi composer
Venancio Mbande, the ballad-like text
alludes poetically to an event in his family
history in which his sister is accidentally
and brutally murdered. As the narration
presents the underlying events that led up
to this tragedy, some sense of the
relationship between performance of song
and the larger social world of the Chopi
can be gained. Also see The Chopi
Timbila Dance (40354).
Item no. : AS07860280
Format : DVD
Duration : 18 minutes
Price : USD 195.00
NOMADS NOMADS ON ON THE THE SAVANN SAVANNA
SAVANN
Ethnographic study of the Hawazma
Baggara, cattle pastoralists in the Sudan,
during the rainy season. Shows a variety
of activities: building houses and sun
shelters, milking and marketing, animal
husbandry, political meetings, feasts, and
afternoon socializing.
Item no. : WH07860281
Format : DVD
Duration : 30 minutes
Price : USD 155.00
OLD OLD CAMP CAMP SITES SITES AT AT TI TIKA TI KA
TIKA TIKA
TIKA
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Item no. : SZ07860283
Format : DVD
Duration : 11 minutes
Price : USD 160.00
PEASANT PEASANT ECOLOGY ECOLOGY ECOLOGY IN IN IN TTHE
T HE
RURAL RURAL PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
Examines the ecology of the rural
Philippines, describing the physical
environment, housing, and the complexity
of relationships among cultural patterns.
Looks at the limited technology of village
industries and at food production,
including wet rice,vegetable, and fruit
cultivation. Notes the effect of poor diets
on the health and growth of children.
Item no. : BC07860293
Format : DVD
Duration : 26 minutes
Price : USD 260.00
PYATACHOK
PYATACHOK
In the 1920s, Russian peasants from the
countryside began migrating to Moscow in
search of employment. Seeking diversion
from their hard labor, they borrowed from
earlier years the concept of pyatachok, the
place where rural young people held
Sunday dances, and transformed it into a
common event in the capital's principal
parks. These migrants tell how pyatachok
helped them preserve a sense of
community in the city.
Item no. : BT07860305
Format : DVD
Duration : 58 minutes
Price : USD 255.00
SIGNS SIGNS SIGNS OF OF THE THE TIMES
TIMES
Overview of the austere and
ultraconservative Old-School Baptists who
once thrived in Roxbury, New York, but
who have virtually disappeared. Interviews
with people who grew up in the Roxbury
church, the town historian, a denomination
librarian, a minister, and university and
seminary professors create a portrait of
Old-School Baptist philosophy, rites, music,
and architecture. Evokes a time when life
was simpler and religious life was the
basis of a deep sense of community.
Item no. : GU07860361
Format : DVD
Duration : 28 minutes
Price : USD 210.00
SONGS SONGS OF OF THE THE BADIUS BADIUS
BADIUS
Considers the music of Africa's Kriolu
people, descendants of Portugese
colonists and African slaves. Explains that
on the Kriolus' home of Santiago Island in
Cape Verde, the dance music of Tabanka,
Funana, and Batuko still persists from
earlier times, and was developed through
the creolization of African and European
music genres. Also focuses on the Badiu,
runaway slaves who defended their
freedom on Santiago Island, and
describes the difficult living conditions
there brought on by persistent drought and
a weak local economy.
Item no. : LS07860372
Format : DVD
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