The Dictionary of Global Culture - Hardcover

The first authoritative reference overview of global culture to emphasize the achievement of the non-Western world. Ranging from the Abawa Society to zydeco music, THE DICTIONARY OF GLOBAL CULTURE provides a vast survey of cultural subjects from all over the world: East Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Australasia, as well as on Europe and North America. It contains more than 1,200 entries on writers, musicians, deities, rulers, philosophies, literary forms, all of which have been prepared by a team of regional experts from every part of the world, including scholars from other cultures in addition to Western scholars of other cultures.