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Escaping Culture : Finding Your Place In the World.
Başlık:
Escaping Culture : Finding Your Place In the World.
Yazar:
Wilson, Frederico.
ISBN:
9781626526976
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Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (159 pages)
İçerik:
Cover Page -- Dedication -- Prologue -- Part One: EMPOWERMENT -- Going Rogue -- Only Women Can Save Us -- A Cowboy Thing -- How Old Is Your Soul? -- Good Morning, Virginia -- Cultural Self-Preservation -- Parents Behaving Badly -- The Baker Within Us -- A Rooster Tale -- Part Two: PEOPLE -- A Higher Revelation -- Searching For A Dead Man -- More Than Nothing -- Silent Mornings -- Madre of Puget Sound -- Fog Of Doubt -- She Works Without A Net -- Sanctuary In The Sun -- Shakespearean Arizona Queen -- Veinticinco Años Maria -- Part Three: SOCIAL -- The Oregon Resurrection -- One Trick Pony -- In The Land Of The Blind -- Foodie Philosophy -- My Corinthian Taxi Driver -- Mexicans With Money -- The Perfect Game -- Ron's Gift -- Acknowledgements -- Author Page -- Image Attribution.
Özet:
Through a series of essays, profiles and memoirs, Escaping Culture opens our eyes to a world seen through an independent and different colored lens. It makes the case that we can transform our lives by breaking away from cultural traditions, customs and misplaced loyalties, and in the process gain fresh perspectives, personage and balance. The author explores how introspection and self-sufficiency liberates us from animus, bias, conformity and captivity. His life-altering observations advocate individual autonomy over group dominion, away from the overpowering decree and edicts of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, politics, work, friendships, family and nationality. Consider the author's observations as a handshake between friends. Peruse short, introspective vignettes over morning coffee, at lunch, while traveling, over a cocktail, or in the comfort of your favorite chair after a hectic day..
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Yer Numarası | Demirbaş Numarası | Shelf Location | Lokasyon / Statüsü / İade Tarihi |
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DB958.2 .W87 2014 | 1149876-1001 | Ebook Central | Arıyor... |
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