This dissertation explores twenty-first century presentations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passions (BWV 244 and 245) in the context of Bach festivals in the United States. Building upon music festival studies by scholars such as Jonathan R. Wynn, Felicia …
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This dissertation examines the symbolic role of the festal booths in ancient Israel's autumn festival and attempts to reconstruct the historical development of the ritual of dwelling in them. Such an effort is called for by the fact that significant discoveries and improvements …
The fundamental aim of this study was to determine how Malaysians define both leisure and recreation. Two ethnic groups, Chinese and Malays, and rural and urban variants of these groups were included in the sample. The other objective was to determine if there were differences i…
Turkey is currently engaged in reassessing its policies concerning its ethnic and religious minorities, and the question of how to deal with an undeniable heterogeneity in a state that has long attempted to present itself as ethnically and religiously homogenous is a central iss…
This dissertation focuses on how indigenous people in Sabah, Malaysia--in particular, the Kadazandusun--navigate contemporary life. Specifically, it explores the ways in which Kadazandusun employ aspects of their historical cultures within the context of the annual Harvest Festi…