1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453763403321

Autore

Zaken Mordechai

Titolo

Jewish subjects and their tribal chieftains in Kurdistan [[electronic resource] ] : a study in survival / / by Mordechai Zaken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-93659-6

9786611936594

90-474-2212-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Jewish identities in a changing world, , 1570-7997 ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

305.892/405667

Soggetti

Jews - Kurdistan - History

Jews - Identity - Kurdistan - History

Jews - Kurdistan - Social conditions

Chiefdoms - Kurdistan - History

Electronic books.

Kurdistan History

Kurdistan Ethnic relations

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

pt. 1. Urban Jews and their tribal aghas -- pt. 2. Rural Jews and their tribal aghas -- pt. 3. Some aspects of daily and personal life -- pt. 4. The last generation in Kurdistan : between WWI and the immigration to Israel.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on new oral sources, carefully analyzed, this book explores the relationships between Jewish subjects and their tribal chieftains in Kurdistan, focusing on the patronage and justice provided by the chieftains and the financial support provided by the Jews to endure troubles and caprices of chieftains. New reports and vivid tales unveil the status of Jews in the tribal setting; the slavery of rural Jews; the conversion to Islam and the defense mechanisms adopted by Jewish leaders to annul conversion of abducted women. Other topics are the trade and occupations of the Jews and their financial exploitation by chieftains. The last part explores the experience of Jewish communities



in Iraqi Kurdistan between World War I and the mass-migration to Israel (1951-52).

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779296203321

Autore

Conde Maite <1971->

Titolo

Consuming visions [[electronic resource] ] : cinema, writing, and modernity in Rio de Janeiro / / Maite Conde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-67814-3

9786613655073

0-8139-3219-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

New World studies

Disciplina

791.430981

Soggetti

Brazilian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature) - Brazil

Motion pictures and literature - Brazil

Motion pictures in literature

Motion pictures - Brazil - History - 20th century

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) In literature

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) In motion pictures

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, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Writers, film, and the new visual landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Documenting new urban experiences: the cinematic work of the Crônica -- Comic visions of the new city: writers and film production during the Belle Époque of Brazilian cinema -- Writers, film, and alternative visions of Rio de Janeiro. Envisioning a new political landscape: Martin Fontes's anarchist flirtation with film -- Women, Rio's  modernity, and film's visual pleasures: Benjamin Costallat's Mademoiselle Cinema -- Conclusion. Reviving the lettered city.