1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452157603321

Titolo

Women and religion in the African diaspora [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge, power, and performance / / edited by R. Marie Griffith, Barbara Dianne Savage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8901-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Collana

Lived religions

Altri autori (Persone)

GriffithR. Marie <1967-> (Ruth Marie)

SavageBarbara Dianne

Disciplina

200.89/96

Soggetti

Women and religion

Religion

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. [293]-356) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: DIASPORIC KNOWLEDGE; 1 É a Senzala: Slavery, Women, and Embodied Knowledge in Afro-Brazilian Candomblé; 2 "I Smoothed the Way, I Opened Doors": Women in the Yoruba-Orisha Tradition of Trinidad; 3 Joining the African Diaspora: Migration and Diasporic Religious Culture among the Garífuna in Honduras and New York; 4 Women of the African Diaspora Within: The Masowe Apostles, an African Initiated Church; 5 "Power in the Blood": Menstrual Taboos and Women's Power in an African Instituted Church; PART II: POWER, AUTHORITY, AND SUBVERSION

6 "The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is a Male Spirit": African American Preaching Women and the Paradoxes of Gender7 "Make Us a Power": African American Methodists Debate the "Woman Question," 1870-1900; 8 "Only a Woman Would Do": Bible Reading and African American Women's Organizing Work; 9 Exploring the Religious Connection: Black Women Community Workers, Religious Agency, and the Force of Faith; PART III: PERFORMING RELIGION; 10 The Arts of Loving; 11 "Truths that Liberate the Soul": Eva Jessye and the Politics of Religious Performance

12 Shopping with Sister Zubayda: African American Sunni Muslim Rituals of Consumption and Belonging13 "But, It's Bible": African American Women and Television Preachers; Notes; About the



Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143184503321

Titolo

Synthetic methods in step-growth polymers [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin E. Rogers, Timothy E. Long

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2003

ISBN

1-280-36677-X

9786610366774

0-470-24828-9

0-471-46137-7

0-471-22052-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (619 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LongTimothy E. <1969->

RogersMartin E

Disciplina

547.7

668.4

Soggetti

Plastics

Polycondensation

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

SYNTHETIC METHODS IN STEP-GROWTH POLYMERS; CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Introduction to Synthetic Methods in Step-Growth Polymers; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Structure-Property Relationships in Step-Growth Polymers; 1.3 Synthesis of Step-Growth Polymers; References; 2 Polyesters; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Structure-Property Relationships; 2.3 Synthetic Methods; 2.4 Polyester Syntheses; References; 3 Polyamides; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Structure-Property Relationships; 3.3 Overview of Chemistry and Analytical Techniques; 3.4 Synthetic Methods; References; 4 Polyurethanes and Polyureas

4.1 Introduction4.2 Structure-Property Relationships; 4.3 Synthesis and Material Characterization; 4.4 Synthetic Methods; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Polyimides and Other High-Temperature Polymers; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Structure-Property Relationships; 5.3 Overview of



Chemistry and Analytical Techniques; 5.4 Synthetic Methods; References; 6 Synthesis of Poly(arylene ether)s; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 General Approaches for the Synthesis of Poly(arylene ether)s; 6.3 Control of Molecular Weight and/or Endgroups; 6.4 Control of Topologies; 6.5 Modification of Poly(arylene ether)s

6.6 Block and Graft Copolymers6.7 Miscellaneous Poly(arylene ether)s, Poly(arylene thioether)s, and Related Polymers; References; 7 Chemistry and Properties of Phenolic Resins and Networks; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Materials for the Synthesis of Novolac and Resole Phenolic Oligomers; 7.3 Novolac Resins; 7.4 Resole Resins and Networks; 7.5 Epoxy-Phenolic Networks; 7.6 Benzoxazines; 7.7 Phenolic Cyanate Resins; 7.8 Thermal and Thermo-Oxidative Degradation; References; 7.9 Appendix; 8 Nontraditional Step-Growth Polymerization: ADMET; 8.1 Introduction

8.2 Overview of Chemistry and Analytical Techniques8.3 Structure-Property Relationships; 8.4 Synthetic Methods: Silicon-Containing Polymers, Functionalized Polyolefins, and Telechelics; 8.5 Conclusions; References; 9 Nontraditional Step-Growth Polymerization: Transition Metal Coupling; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Structure-Property Relationships; 9.3 Overview of Chemistry and Analytic Techniques; 9.4 Synthetic Methods; Acknowledgment; References; 10 Depolymerization and Recycling; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Structure-Property Relationships

10.3 Factors Affecting the use of Recycled Monomers or Oligomers10.4 Chemistry and Catalysis; 10.5 Experimental Methods; 10.6 Synthetic Methods; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Synthetic Methods in Step-Growth Polymers provides a concise source of information on synthetic techniques, purification, and characterization methods for step-growth polymers and also addresses future synthetic trends.