1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461658603321

Autore

Bosi Alfredo

Titolo

Brazil and the dialectic of colonization / / Alfredo Bosi ; translated by Robert Patrick Newcomb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2015]

©1992

ISBN

0-252-09735-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

981

Soggetti

National characteristics, Brazilian, in literature

Brazilian literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Brazil Colonial influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of Dialetica da colonização.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Author's note to the North American edition -- 1. Colony, cult, and culture -- 2. Anchieta, or the crossed arrows of the sacred -- 3. From our former state to the mercantile machine -- 4. Vieira, or the cross of inequality -- 5. Antonil, or the tears of trade goods -- 6. A sacrificial myth: Alencar's Indianism -- 7. Slavery between two liberalisms -- 8. Under the sign of ham -- 9. The archeology of the welfare state -- 10. Brazilian culture and Brazilian cultures -- Postscript to "Brazilian culture and Brazilian cultures" (1992) -- A retrospective glance -- Epilogue (2001).

Sommario/riassunto

A classic of Brazilian literary criticism and historiography, Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization explores the unique character of Brazil from its colonial beginnings to its emergence as a modern nation. This translation presents the thought of Alfredo Bosi, one of contemporary Brazil's leading intellectuals, to an English-speaking audience. Portugal extracted wealth from its Brazilian colony. Slaves--first indigenous peoples, later Africans--mined its ore and cut its sugarcane. From the customs of the colonists and the aspirations of the enslaved rose Brazil. Bosi scrutinizes signal points in the creation of Brazilian culture--the plays and poetry, the sermons of missionaries and Jesuit priests, the



Indian novels of Jose de Alencar and the Voices of Africa of poet Castro Alves. His portrait of the country's response to the pressures of colonial conformity offers a groundbreaking appraisal of Brazilian culture as it emerged from the tensions between imposed colonial control and the African and Amerindian cults--including the Catholic-influenced ones--that resisted it.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910219863203321

Titolo

Arcticness : power and voice from the North / / edited by Ilan Kelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 184 pages) : illustrations (some colour); digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

998

Soggetti

Arctic peoples

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world – or so we are told. But what about the views, interests and needs of the peoples who live in the region? This volume explores the opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the changes, socially and physically. With essays by both academics and Arctic peoples, integrating multiple perspectives and multiple disciplines, the book covers social, legal, political, geographical, scientific and creative questions related to Arcticness, to address the challenges faced by the Arctic as a region and specifically by local communities. As well as academic essays, the contributions to the book include personal reflections, a graphic essay, and poetry, to ensure wide and varied coverage of the Arctic experience – what the contributions all have in common is the fundamental human perspective. Topics covered in the essays include indigenous identity and livelihoods such as reindeer



herding, and adapting to modern identities; a graphic essay on the experience of Arctic indigenous peoples in residential schools; the effects of climate change; energy in the Arctic; and extractive industries and their impacts on local communities. The book includes reflections on the future of Arcticness, engaging with communities to ensure meaningful representation and as a counterpoint to the primacy of environmental, national and global issues.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819924503321

Autore

Yuen Derek M. C.

Titolo

Deciphering Sun Tzu : how to read 'The art of war' / / Derek M. C. Yuen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; : , : New York, New York, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-025711-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Sunzi <active 6th century B.C.>

Disciplina

355.02

Soggetti

Military art and science - China

China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.