Unlocking the Love-Lock

Unlocking the Love-LockExplores the worldwide popularity of the love lock as a ritual token of love and commitment by considering its history, symbolism, and heritage. [T]his is an eminently enjoyable and thorough investigation of a popular phenomenon through the lens of heritage and folk tradition.Sara De Nardi, Western Sydney University A padlock is a mundane object, designed to fulfil a specific and secular purpose. A contemporary custom has given padlocks new

New partnerships have been established between cultural and scientific institutions and indigenous communities

Technology is transforming Earth in increasingly extensive ways

Included here is an in-depth treatment of the sport film that identifies a close interrelationship between sport

with chapters devoted to such popular sites as Aswan

Great value for money textbook by two established scholars

for the strategic defence of its interests

and scientific development by which our contemporary perspective of the Mediterranean emerges

Poems on nature and the human condition

providing information on prehistoric social structures

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Ranging from South America and the southwestern United States to North Africa

and a pilgrimage to P'u-t'o