1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451027403321

Titolo

NATO's southern allies [[electronic resource] ] : internal and external challenges / / edited by John Chipman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1988

ISBN

0-203-28450-X

1-280-33600-5

9786610336005

0-203-16850-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

Atlantic Institute for International Affairs research volume

Altri autori (Persone)

ChipmanJohn

Disciplina

355/.031/091821

Soggetti

Security, International

Electronic books.

Europe, Southern Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Glossary; List of Tables; Introduction; NATO and the Security Problems of the Southern Region: From the Azores to Ardahan; Allies in the Mediterranean: Legacy of Fragmentation; Portuguese Defence Policy: Internal Politics and Defence Commitments; Spain and NATO: Internal Debate and External Challenges; Italy: A New Role in the Mediterranean?; Greece and NATO: Continuity and Change; Turkey and the Southern Flank: Domestic and External Contexts; NATO's Southern Region: National versus Alliance Priorities; The Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the internal sources of foreign policy within those NATO states whose primary security concerns lie in the southern area of the Alliance. It takes a careful look at foreign and defence policy formulation and assesses the special perspective of each of these countries in turn and the military threats that they face. Attention is paid to the role of the military in society, especially in the geographically peripheral states, as the Alliance seeks to adapt to a possible shift southward of some of its security concerns. A full understanding of the politics in each of these



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996344229003316

Autore

McLaren Anne E.

Titolo

Performing Grief : Bridal Laments in Rural China / / Anne E. McLaren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

0-8248-6936-2

0-8248-6392-5

1-4416-1985-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Classificazione

LB 60440

Disciplina

392.50951

Soggetti

Country life - China - Social life and customs

Oral tradition - China

Laments - China

Rural families - China - Social conditions

Women - China - Social conditions

Brides - China - Social conditions

Arranged marriage - China

Marriage customs and rites - China

Electronic books.

China Social life and customs

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 (p. 189-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: The Bridal Laments of Nanhui -- Chapter 1. Imagining Jiangnan -- Chapter 2. The People of the Sands -- Chapter 3. The Hollow Cotton Spool: Women's Labour in Nanhui -- Chapter 4. Seizing a Slice of Heaven: The Lament Cycle of Pan Cailian -- PART II: Lament Performance in China: History and Ritual -- Chapter 5. Weeping and Wailing in Chinese History -- Chapter 6. Shaking Heaven Laments and Ritual Power -- Afterword -- Appendix 1 Nanhui Lament Transcription -- Appendix 2 Translation: The Bridal Laments of Pan Cailian of Shuyuan, Nanhui -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author



Sommario/riassunto

This is the first in-depth study of Chinese bridal laments, a ritual and performative art practiced by Chinese women in premodern times that gave them a rare opportunity to voice their grievances publicly. Drawing on methodologies from numerous disciplines, including performance arts and folk literatures, the author suggests that the ability to move an audience through her lament was one of the most important symbolic and ritual skills a Chinese woman could possess before the modern era.Performing Grief provides a detailed case study of the Nanhui region in the lower Yangzi delta. Bridal laments, the author argues, offer insights into how illiterate Chinese women understood the kinship and social hierarchies of their region, the marriage market that determined their destinies, and the value of their labor in the commodified economy of the delta region. The book not only assesses and draws upon a large body of sources, both Chinese and Western, but is grounded in actual field work, offering both historical and ethnographic context in a unique and sophisticated approach. Unlike previous studies, the author covers both Han and non-Han groups and thus contributes to studies of ethnicity and cultural accommodation in China. She presents an original view about the ritual implications of bridal laments and their role in popular notions of "wedding pollution." The volume includes an annotated translation from a lament cycle.This important work on the place of laments in Chinese culture enriches our understanding of the social and performative roles of Chinese women, the gendered nature of China's ritual culture, and the continuous transmission of women's grievance genres into the revolutionary period. As a pioneering study of the ritual and performance arts of Chinese women, it will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of anthropology, social history, gender studies, oral literature, comparative folk religion, and performance arts.



3.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0279785

Autore

Basilius, Caesariensis

Titolo

32: Tou en hagiois patros hemon Basileiou, archiepiskopou Kaisareias Kappadokias, ta euriskomena panta = S. p. n. Basilii, caesareae Cappadociae archiepiscopi, opera omnia quae exstant / opera et studio monachorum ordinis sancti Benedicti e congregatione s. Mauri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Turnhout, : Brepols, 1984

Descrizione fisica

1562 col. ; 29 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Greco antico

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In testa al front.: Saeculum 4.. -Testo latino a fronte. -Rist. anast. dell'ed.: Parisiis : Migne, 1857