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Since 1898, residents of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, have reached across the US-Mexico border to celebrate George Washington's birthday. The celebration can last a whole month, with parade goers reveling in American and Mexican symbols; George Washington saluting; and “Pocahontas” riding on horseback. An international bridge ceremony, the heart and soul of the festivities, features children from both sides of the border marching toward each other to link the cities with an embrace. ¡Viva George! offers an ethnography and a history of this celebration, which emerges as both symbol and substance of cross-border community life. Anthropologist and Laredo native Elaine A. Peña shows how generations of border officials, civil society organizers, and everyday people have used the bridge ritual to protect shared economic and security interests as well as negotiate tensions amid natural disasters, drug-war violence, and immigration debates. Drawing on previously unknown sources and extensive fieldwork, Peña finds that border enactments like Washington's birthday are more than goodwill gestures. From the Rio Grande to the 38th Parallel, they do the meaningful political work that partisan polemics cannot.

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This book argues that the promulgation of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework and Communal Land Rights Acts runs the risk of compromising South Africa's democracy. The acts establish traditional councils with land administration powers. These structures are dominated by unelected members.

Chiefdoms --- Tribal government --- Political customs and rites --- Democracy --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Customs and rites, Political --- Political rituals --- Rituals, Political --- Manners and customs --- Political anthropology --- Rites and ceremonies --- Tribes --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Xalanga (South Africa) --- Xhalanga (South Africa) --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- Political sociology --- Political systems --- South Africa --- Democracy. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology

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La cour de Ménélik II (r. 1889-1913) est un véritable laboratoire iconographique. Le roi des rois est le premier à recourir de façon méthodique à la photographie, importée sur les hauts plateaux de l’Éthiopie par des missionnaires, des commerçants et d’autres voyageurs. Nombre de portraits parvenus jusqu’à nous en témoignent : les dignitaires éthiopiens posent avec des insignes royaux ou des armes, autant d’attributs laissant à penser que ces images ont été élaborées avec soin. À quels enjeux répondait leur fabrication ? Comment s’interroger sur leurs significations et leurs usages ? Quel éclairage apportent-elles à l’histoire de l’Éthiopie et de ses relations avec le monde extérieur ? L’auteur retrace les modalités d’appropriation de la photographie à l’aide de sources écrites éthiopiennes et européennes. Les clichés sont mis en perspective avec d’autres images, comme des peintures d’église, des timbres-poste ou des pièces de monnaie. L’ensemble témoigne des recherches menées à la cour sur la forme, les supports et les usages des images à des fins politiques, au gré des innovations techniques. Ces documents comptent parmi les réponses apportées par la royauté aux bouleversements engendrés par le triomphe de la colonisation européenne sur le continent africain. À l’heure où l’Europe exporte ses médias et ses imaginaires dans le reste du monde, ils révèlent la souveraineté politique du pays et une idéologie royale relayée tant par l’écrit que par l’iconographie. Souverain modernisateur, Ménélik II revendique aussi une ascendance salomonide trois fois millénaire. Féru de nouvelles techniques, il met l’image au service du mythe.

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In this new book on early modern diplomacy, Jan Hennings explores the relationship between European powers and Russia beyond the conventional East-West divide from the Peace of Westphalia to the reign of Peter the Great. He examines how, at a moment of new departure in both Europe and Russia, the norms shaping diplomatic practice emerged from the complex relations and direct encounters within the world of princely courts rather than from incompatible political cultures. He makes clear the connections between dynastic representation, politics and foreign relations and shows that Russia, despite its perceived isolation and cultural distinctiveness, participated in the developments and transformations that were taking place more broadly in diplomacy. The central themes of this study are the interlocking manifestations of social hierarchy, monarchical honour and sovereign status in both text and ritual. Related issues of diplomatic customs, institutional structures, personnel, negotiation practice, international law, and the question of cultural transfer also figure prominently.

Diplomacy --- Political customs and rites --- Customs and rites, Political --- Political rituals --- Rituals, Political --- Manners and customs --- Political anthropology --- Rites and ceremonies --- History --- International relations --- History. --- Europe --- Russia --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Foreign relations --- Kings and rulers --- Court and courtiers --- #KVHA:Cultuurgeschiedenis; Rusland --- #KVHA:Diplomatie; Rusland --- #KVHA:17de eeuw; Rusland --- #KVHA:Taalkunde; Russisch --- Russie --- Rossīi︠a︡ --- Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ --- Russia (Provisional government, 1917) --- Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) --- Russland --- Ṛusastan --- Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) --- Russian Empire --- Rosja --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920)