1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971071803321

Titolo

Gender reversals and gender cultures : anthropological and historical perspectives / / edited by Sabrina Petra Ramet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-82211-1

0-203-29571-4

1-280-32061-3

1-134-82212-X

0-203-42893-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RametSabrina P. <1949->

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sex role

Gender identity

Cross-dressing

Transsexualism

Taboo

Androgyny (Psychology)

Transgenderism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; GENDER REVERSALS AND GENDER CULTURES An Introduction; TRAVERSING GENDER Cultural context and gender practices; SUMER Gender, gender roles, gender role reversals; CROSS-DRESSING AND CROSS-PURPOSES Gender possibilities in the Acts of Thecla; MARTYRS, ASCETICS, AND GNOSTICS Gender-crossing in early Christianity; CROSS-DRESSING, GENDER ERRORS, AND SEXUAL TABOOS IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE; ELENA ALIAS ELENO Genders, sexualities, and ~race~ in the mirror of natural history in sixteenth-century Spain

BECOMING MALE Salvation through gender modification in Hinduism and BuddhismGENDER, POWER, AND SPECTACLE IN LATE-IMPERIAL CHINESE THEATER; EROTICISM, SEXUALITY, AND GENDER REVERSAL IN



HUNGARIAN CULTURE; SACRED GENDERS IN SIBERIA Shamans, bear festivals, and androgyny; THERE IS MORE THAN JUST WOMEN AND MEN Gender variance in North American Indian cultures; THE PROCREATIVE AND RITUAL CONSTITUTION OF FEMALE, MALE, AND OTHER Androgynous beings in the cul

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original essays explores the historical and cultural diversity of the experience of gender reversal over an exceptional geographical and chronological range. Topics cove- red include anthropology, history, literature.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300372303321

Autore

Landi Degl'Innocenti Egidio

Titolo

Atomic Spectroscopy and Radiative Processes / / by Egidio Landi Degl'Innocenti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

88-470-2808-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

UNITEXT for Physics, , 2198-7882

Disciplina

539.7

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Atomic structure

Molecular structure

Particle acceleration

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Quantum field theory

Space sciences

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra

Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

General laws of the electromagnetic field -- Spectrum and polarisation -- Radiation from moving charges -- Quantisation of the electromagnetic field -- Relativistic wave equations -- Atoms with a single valence electron -- Atoms with multiple valence electrons -- Term energies -- More details on the spectra -- Laws of thermodynamic equilibrium -- Interaction between matter and radiation -- Selection rules and line strengths -- Non-equilibrium plasmas -- Radiative transfer -- Second order processes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the basic physical principles of atomic spectroscopy and the absorption and emission of radiation in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. It summarizes the basics of electromagnetism and thermodynamics and then describes in detail the theory of atomic spectra for complex atoms, with emphasis on astrophysical applications. Both equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena in plasmas are considered. The interaction between radiation and matter is described, together with various types of radiation (e.g., cyclotron, synchrotron, bremsstrahlung, Compton). The basic theory of polarization is explained, as is the theory of radiative transfer for astrophysical applications. Atomic Spectroscopy and Radiative Processes bridges the gap between basic books on atomic spectroscopy and the very specialized publications for the advanced researcher: it will provide under- and postgraduates with a clear in-depth description of theoretical aspects, supported by practical examples of applications.