1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451066403321

Titolo

Reading China [[electronic resource] ] : fiction, history and the dynamics of discourse : essays in honour of professor Glen Dudbridge / / edited by Daria Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-45786-8

9786611457860

90-474-1146-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

China studies, , 1570-1344 ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

DudbridgeGlen

BergDaria <1964->

Disciplina

895.1/09

Soggetti

Chinese literature - History and criticism

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 (p. [299]-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / D. Berg -- Chapter One. Liaozhai Zhiyi and chinese vernacular fiction / Allan H. Barr -- Chapter Two. The allusive mode of production: Text, commentary, and illustration in the Tianzhang Ge edition of Xixiang Ji (The story of the western wing) / LI-Ling Hsiao -- Chapter Three. Narrating the passage of text: Reading multiple editions of the nineteenth-century novel Huayue Hen (traces of flowers and the moon) / Chloë Starr -- Chapter Four. Conflicting discourse and the discourse of conflict: Eremitism and the pastoral in the poetry of Ruan Dacheng (C.1587-1646) / Alison Hardie -- Chapter Five. ‘Life’ as they knew it: Du Zhongyuan’s editorial strategies for the Xinsheng (new life) weekly, 1934-35 / Rana Mitter -- Chapter Six. The afterlife of a lost book—Du Ji (the record of jealous women) fifth century / Carolyn Ford -- Chapter Seven. A reading of Hou Jing’s rebellion in Zizhi Tongjian (comprehensive mirror to aid government): The construction of Sima Guang’s imperial vision / Mark Strange -- Chapter Eight. Female self-fashioning in late imperial China: How the gentlewoman and the courtesan edited her story and rewrote hi/story / Daria Berg -- Glossary / D. Berg -- List of works cited / D. Berg --



Index / D. Berg.

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking volume opens a new window on both modern and traditional Chinese literature, history and popular culture, demonstrating how a new style of reading brings us—the modern reader—closer to understanding how Chinese citizens perceived their world and what their writings reveal about the culture that produced them. Following the pioneering work of Professor Glen Dudbridge, this book brings together eight studies that develop a new style of reading Chinese sources by exploring the dynamics of discourse across open boundaries: those of fiction and history, literary and non-literary sources, official and vernacular culture, prose and poetry, records past and present, lost and extant, vernacular and classical, traditional and modern. Each chapter discusses how authors, editors and publishers use representation, editing and selection as means of self-fashioning and political propaganda.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910829937203321

Autore

Gazdar Kaevan

Titolo

Reporting nonfinancials [[electronic resource] /] / Kaevan Gazdar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2007

ISBN

1-119-20154-3

1-282-34558-3

9786612345586

0-470-06568-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

657

657.3

658.15/12

Soggetti

Corporation reports

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 (p. [307]-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : goodwill and blue skies? : getting a grip on nonfinancials -- True and fair view? : the glaring deficiencies of financial reporting --



Open sesame? : nonfinancial reporting between pressures, paradoxes and potentials -- Competitive value : brands, customers and markets -- Management value : strategy, governance and outlook -- Human resources value : productivity, motivation and potential -- Ethical value : CSR, sustainability and stakeholder dialogue -- Says who?  : addressing stakeholders and facing issues -- New wine in new bottles? : strategy, structure and style.

Sommario/riassunto

According to research carried out by Ernst & Young, 35% of all investment decisions are based on nonfinancial attributes. A substantial body of literature deals with the management and measurement of nonfinancial assets. This book, by contrast, focuses on best practice in disclosure: How do companies present their vital resources in annual, quarterly, and corporate citizenship/sustainability reports and also in other publications and on their web sites?Do they provide a coherent, consistent, and convincing view of resources like management quality, brands, and intellectual capital?