Speak the Culture Spain

Name: Speak the Culture Spain
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ISBN: 9781854186058

ISBN-10: 1854186051

ISBN-13: 9781854186058

Edition: 2008

Authors: Andrew Whittaker

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* Provides a deeper, long-term understanding of the nation and its people * Designed to supplement the "usual suspect" guide books A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrasebook what to say when you get there. Only Speak the Culture: Spain will lead you to the nation's soul. Spain boasts a rich and sometimes misunderstood culture, itself infused with the influences of other great and distant civilizations. Spanish life, language and culture in its widest sense is a major force of growing influence. How many outside it understand its origins and significance? Through exploring the people, the movements and the lifestyles that have shaped the Spanish experience, you will come to an…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Thorogood
Publication date: 6/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Andrew Whittaker is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at London South Bank University. He has taught nursing students since the early-nineties and teaches research skills to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has worked in adult and child mental health and was the director of a mental health voluntary organization.



Be Fluent in Spanish Life and Culture


Introduction



Identity: The Foundations of Spanish Culture: Geography


Topography, Climate, Population


History


Language and Psyche



Literature and Philosophy: Literature


Philosophy



Art and Architecture


Art


Architecture



Performing Arts: Music


Theatre



Cinema and Fashion: Cinema


Fashion



Media and Communications: Media


Communications



Food and Drink: Food


Drink



Living Culture: A Day in the Spanish Life: Layers of Society


Religion and Values


Politics and Issues


Economics


Crime and the Law


Education


Festivals, Free Time and Holidays


Sport