What qualifies as pop? Pop music is the genre of popular music that produces the most hits. A hit is a song that sells many copies, and the latest hits are listed every week on the charts. Most pop songs are between two and five minutes long, and the lyrics are usually about the joys […]
How do you organize a small kitchen counter space?
How do you organize a small kitchen counter space? Small Kitchen Counter Organization Tips Relocate The Clutter. Use Organizers in Your Drawers. Harness The Power of Hanging Storage. Create Levels. Put Walls and Backsplashes to Work. How do I decorate my kitchen counter space? How to Decorate Your Kitchen Counter—Without Sacrificing Space 3 Good-Looking Ways […]
What aspect of instruments was improved during the Romantic period?
What aspect of instruments was improved during the Romantic period? The use of the pedal was much more evident, because the piano as we know today, only consolidated in the romantic period. Therefore, the pieces created on this period explore much better the sound possibilities of the instrument. Which change was made to the piano […]
What is the monastic community in Buddhism called?
What is the monastic community in Buddhism called? Sangha, Buddhist monastic order, traditionally composed of four groups: monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen. The sangha is a part—together with the Buddha and the dharma (teaching)—of the Threefold Refuge, a basic creed of Buddhism. What is another name for a Buddhist stupa? Alternative Titles: chorten, tope. Stupa, […]
The theatre lovers. A game with multiple scenes
The theatre lovers. A game on several stages. A book of Thomas Morinière (Editions du Croquant, 2007, 222 p, 22€) The theatre lovers is the result of an ethnographic survey carried out by Thomas Morinière in a village located at the outskirts of the town of Cholet, la Séguinière. This joint is the place of […]
consumption
Consumption. A book of Dominique Desjeux (Puf, coll. “What do I know ? “, 2006) The book of Dominique Desjeux provides an overview of a domain in the most classic of the social sciences, with an ambition of accessibility and simplicity that is its strength, but also some of its weaknesses : the small size […]
The order sexed. The perception of inequalities between women and men
Order sexual. The perception of inequalities between women and men. A book of Réjane Sénac-Slawinski (Puf, coll. “The social bond “, 2007, 364 p., 29€) As be sexed, we experience two universalismes contradictory, that of belonging to a community of equals in our quality of citizen, and that of the difference as a source of […]
Confidants. A structural analysis of social networks
Confidants. A structural analysis of social networks. A book by Alexis Ferrand (L’harmattan, coll. “Social logic “, 187 p., 18€) In this book, Alexis Ferrand, a specialist in the analysis of social networks, mobilizes this equipment conceptual and methodological approach to study the networks of confidence about sexuality. He has conducted work involving the structural […]
Become Media. Activism on the Internet, between defection and experimentation
Become Media. Activism on the Internet, between defection and experimentation .A book by Olivier Blondeau, with the collaboration of Laurence Allard (Editions Amsterdam, November 2007) The first pages of Becoming media are devoted to virulent criticism, but firmly argued, by the reinforcement of many bibliographical references, of an article by Serge Halimi published in Le […]
Employment and work. The large gap
Employment and work. The large gap. A book of Françoise Piotet (Armand Colin, 2007, 261 p.) The work of Françoise Piotet is established on the distinction between the two notions, non-synonymous, those of work and employment. The thread of the book is to analyze the way in which the two realities covered by these terms […]