1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792288703321

Autore

Twitchell James B. <1943->

Titolo

Winnebago nation : the RV in American culture / / James B. Twitchell ; cover & interior design by Martin N. Hinze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-231-53765-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/32

Soggetti

Recreational vehicles - United States - History

Mobile homes - United States - History

United States Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Chapter One. THOREAU AT .29¢ Chapter Two. AT HOME ON THE ROAD. A Fleeting History of the American Dream in RVs -- Chapter Three. WHEEL ESCAPE. Consumption Communities on the Road -- Chapter Four. PARK IT. From Kampgrounds of America to the Slabs -- Chapter Five. THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE AND FALL ... OF THE RV IN AMERICA -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In Winnebago Nation, popular critic James B. Twitchell takes a light-hearted look at the culture and industry behind the yearning to spend the night in one's car. For the young the road trip is a coming-of-age ceremony; for those later in life it is the realization of a lifelong desire to be spontaneous, nomadic, and free. Informed by his own experiences on the road, Twitchell recounts the RV's origins and evolution over the twentieth century; its rise, fall, and rebirth as a cultural icon; its growing mechanical complexity as it evolved from an estate wagon to a converted bus to a mobile home; and its role in bolstering and challenging conceptions of American identity. Mechanical yet dreamy, independent yet needful, solitary yet clubby, adventurous yet homebound, life in a mobile home is a distillation of the American character and an important embodiment of American



exceptionalism, (Richie Rich and Hobo Hank spend time in essentially the same rig at the same campground, albeit for different reasons and in different levels of comfort.) The frontier may be tapped out but we still yearn for the exploratory life. Twitchell concludes with his thoughts on the future of RV communities and the possibility of mobile cities becoming a real part of the American landscape.

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00382514

Titolo

Fratte : il complesso monumentale arcaico / Angela Pontrandolfo ; in collaborazione con Alfonso Santoriello ; contributi di: Emanuela Citera  ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

237 p., : ill. ; 25 cm + 5 c. di tav. + [1] CD

Edizione

[[Chieti] : Edizioni Menabò]

Descrizione fisica

In testa al front.: Provincia di Salerno - Assessorato ai Beni e alle Attività Culturali

Soggetti

SITI ARCHEOLOGICI - Fratte (SA)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910373936003321

Autore

Akbari Fatemeh

Titolo

Iran’s Language Planning Confronting English Abbreviations : Persian Terminology Planning / / by Fatemeh Akbari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-35383-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Linguistics, , 2197-0017

Disciplina

491.55

Soggetti

Linguistics

Education and state

Anthropological linguistics

Language policy

Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar

Educational Policy and Politics

Linguistic Anthropology

Language Policy and Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction: Language and Terminology Planning -- Chapter 2. Language and Terminology Planning in Iran -- Chapter 3. English Abbreviated Forms: Challenges, Approaches and the Gaps -- Chapter 4. Assessment of Iran’s Language Planning: Methodology -- Chapter 5. Assessment of Iran’s Language Planning: Results -- Chapter 6. Assessment of Iran’s Language Planning: Discussions -- Chapter 7. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses one of the most crucial and common questions confronting planners of languages other than English, that is, how the impacts of global languages on local languages should be dealt with: internationalization or local language promotion? This empirical study examines the implementation of Iran’s governmental language and terminology policy to accelerate rarely used abbreviation methods in Persian in order to preserve the language from the extensiveness of borrowed English abbreviated forms. This book provides an in-depth



analysis of relevant linguistic theories as well as the structure and social context of the Persian language itself, rather than relying on personal opinions or beliefs either in favour of or against abbreviation. The text appeals to politicians, language planners, terminologists, lecturers, authors and translators of scientific works, especially those who are speakers of languages other than English and seek to promote their local languages. This book is particularly relevant to linguistics students (both undergraduate and graduate students) and language teachers and researchers in the broader areas of language education and curriculum design.