1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449693403321

Autore

Heller Wendy Beth

Titolo

Emblems of eloquence [[electronic resource] ] : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / / Wendy Heller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003

ISBN

1-282-35669-0

0-520-91934-3

9786612356698

1-59734-592-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Disciplina

782.1/082/094531

Soggetti

Opera - Italy - Venice - 17th century

Women in opera

Electronic books.

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

The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan.

Sommario/riassunto

Opera developed during a time when the position of women-their rights and freedoms, their virtues and vices, and even the most basic substance of their sexuality-was constantly debated. Many of these controversies manifested themselves in the representation of the historical and mythological women whose voices were heard on the Venetian operatic stage. Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this engaging study is the first comprehensive treatment of women, gender, and sexuality in seventeenth-century opera. Wendy Heller explores the operatic manifestations of female chastity, power, transvestism, androgyny, and desire, showing how the emerging genre was shaped by and infused with the Republic's taste for the erotic and its ambivalent attitudes toward women and sexuality. Heller begins by examining contemporary



Venetian writings about gender and sexuality that influenced the development of female vocality in opera. The Venetian reception and transformation of ancient texts-by Ovid, Virgil, Tacitus, and Diodorus Siculus-form the background for her penetrating analyses of the musical and dramatic representation of five extraordinary women as presented in operas by Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, and their successors in Venice: Dido, queen of Carthage (Cavalli); Octavia, wife of Nero (Monteverdi); the nymph Callisto (Cavalli); Queen Semiramis of Assyria (Pietro Andrea Ziani); and Messalina, wife of Claudius (Carlo Pallavicino).

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465257103316

Titolo

The White Chalk of Days : The Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series Anthology / / Mark Andryczyk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-61811-663-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Ukrainian Studies

Disciplina

891.7984

Soggetti

Ukrainian literature - Translations into English - 20th century

Ukrainian literature - Translations into English - 21st century

Ukrainian literature - 20th century

Ukrainian literature - 21st century

ANDREY KURKOV

ANDRIY BONDAR

Donbass

HRYTSKO CHUBAI

IVAN MALKOVYCH

LYUBA YAKIMCHUK

MARJANA SAVKA

OLEH LYSHEHA

OLEKSANDR BOICHENKO

Russia

SERHIY ZHADAN

SOPHIA ANDRUKHOVYCH

TARAS PROKHASKO

VASYL GABOR

VIKTOR NEBORAK



YURI ANDRUKHOVYCH

YURI VYNNYCHUK

absurdism

collection

contemporary

essays

humor

irony

modern literature

poems

poetry;fiction;short stories;Ukraine;anthology

post-Soviet

postmodernism

tragedy

translation

LITERARY CRITICISM / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Kennan Institute/Harriman Institute Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series -- Introduction -- A Note on Transliteration -- ANDREY KURKOV -- HRYTSKO CHUBAI -- OLEH LYSHEHA -- MARJANA SAVKA -- VIKTOR NEBORAK -- ANDRIY BONDAR -- YURI ANDRUKHOVYCH -- TARAS PROKHASKO -- SERHIY ZHADAN -- IVAN MALKOVYCH -- VASYL GABOR -- YURI VYNNYCHUK -- OLEKSANDR BOICHENKO -- SOPHIA ANDRUKHOVYCH -- LYUBA YAKIMCHUK -- About The Editor -- Translators -- Index -- Praise for The White Chalk of Days

Sommario/riassunto

The publication of "The White Chalk of Days: The Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series Anthology" commemorates the tenth year of the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series. Co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University and the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Series has recurrently organized readings in the US for Ukraine's leading writers since 2008. The anthology presents translations of literary works by Series guests that imaginatively engage pivotal issues in today's Ukraine and express its tribulations and jubilations. Featuring poetry, fiction, and essays by fifteen Ukrainian writers, the anthology offers English-language readers a wide array of the most beguiling literature written in Ukraine in the past fifty years.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299401403321

Titolo

Disaster Risk Governance in India and Cross Cutting Issues / / edited by Indrajit Pal, Rajib Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-3310-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (413 pages)

Collana

Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices, , 2196-4114

Disciplina

363.340954

Soggetti

Natural disasters

Physical geography

Climatology

Sustainability

Natural Hazards

Physical Geography

Climate Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Disaster Governance and its Relevance -- Disaster Risk Reduction: The Indian Landscape -- Disaster Governance and Legal Systems in India -- National level Disaster Risk Governance for Rapid Response -- Disaster Risk Reduction: Importance of Responsibilities of States -- Disaster Governance in West Bengal, India -- Multi Stakeholder Support in Disaster Risk Governance in India -- Disaster Risk Governance and Response Management for Flood – a case of Assam, INDIA -- Lessons learnt from 16/17 June 2013 Disaster of Uttarakhand, India -- Uttarakhand Calamity: A Climate Revelation in the Bhagirathi River Valley Uttarakhand, India -- Risk Governance for improving Urban Disaster Risk Reduction -- Risk Governance Measures and Actions in Sundarban Delta (INDIA) – a Holistic Analysis of post disaster situations of Cyclone AILA -- Good Governance to achieve Resiliency and Sustainable Development -- A Participatory Approach to Enhance Disaster Risk governance: The Case of Delhi, INDIA -- Impact of Natural Disasters on schools in India: Current scenario in terms of Policies and



Practices -- Enforcement of Building Construction Regulations in Urban Centers of India -- Catastrophic Insurance in South Asia: Scope in India -- Landslide Risk Assessment in Darjeeling hills using Multi-Criteria Decision Support System- A Bayesian Network approach -- Landslides and Erosion Control Measures by Vetiver System. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an analytical discussion of the status of disaster risk reduction and governance in an Indian context, drawing examples and lessons from the output of the national and regional level programs and projects and from other relevant experiences in the country. Different types of disasters faced by Indian states are covered, including geophysical and hydrometeorological hazards. The book incorporates and draws upon some of the key lessons from the pre-disaster phase through the disaster phase and finally to the post-disaster phase, thus establishing an effective framework in the form of key lessons learned. The rich content of the book is based on contributions from various stakeholders, from academicians and practitioners to decision makers and nongovernment organizations related to disaster risk management systems in an Indian context.Special emphasis is given to analyzing field experiences from academic perspectives and pointing out key issues along with the relevance of risk governance of disaster risk reduction. The book works as a comprehensive reference in disaster risk governance for disaster managers in India and other countries. The book has 19 chapters organized into four parts. Part I provides the outline and basics of disaster risk governance perspectives at the national level with supporting examples from a global point of view. Part II specifically emphasizes the detailed perspectives on risk governance at the regional and local levels. Part III is devoted to approaches and issues of disaster risk governance and development at various levels, stressing the practices and clear examples of disaster risk governance, policy options, institutional organization, risk-reduction strategies, and key lessons learned. Finally, Part IV highlights risk reduction and cross-cutting issues, focusing on risk mitigation and scientific intervention for disaster risk reduction.