1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456154003321

Titolo

Quark-gluon Plasma 4 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolph C Hwa and Xin-Nian Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2010

ISBN

1-282-76199-4

9786612761997

981-4293-29-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HwaRudolph C

WangXin-Nian

Disciplina

539.7/548

Soggetti

Quark-gluon plasma

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Energy Loss in a Strongly Coupled Thermal Medium and the Gauge-String Duality S. S. Gubser, S. S. Pufu, F. D. Rocha and A. Yarom; Quarkonium at Finite Temperature A. Bazavov, P. Petreczky and A. Velytsky; Heavy Quarks in the Quark-Gluon Plasma R. Rapp and H. van Hees; Viscous Hydrodynamics and the Quark Gluon Plasma D. A. Teaney; Hadron Correlations in Jets and Ridges Through Parton Recombination R. C. Hwa; Elliptic Flow: A Study of Space-Momentum Correlations in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions P. Sorenson

Predictions for the Heavy-Ion Programme at the Large Hadron Collider N. Armesto

Sommario/riassunto

This is a review volume containing articles written by experts on current theoretical topics in the subject of Quark-Gluon Plasma created in heavy-ion collisions at high energy. It is the fourth volume in the series with the same title sequenced numerically. The articles are written in a pedagogical style so that they can be helpful to a wide range of researchers from graduate students to mature physicists who have not worked previously on the subject. A reader should be able to learn from the reviews without having extensive knowledge of the background literature.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910134710803321

Autore

Bronner Simon

Titolo

Following tradition : folklore in the discourse of American culture / / Simon J. Bronner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Utah State University, University Libraries, 1998

Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , 1998

ISBN

1-283-07794-9

9786613077943

0-87421-364-9

0-585-03367-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (617 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

398.0973

398/.0973

Soggetti

Folklore -- United States -- History

Folklore -- United States

Oral tradition -- United States -- History

Oral tradition -- United States

United States -- Social life and customs

Folklore - United States

Oral tradition - United States

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Folklore

United States Social life and customs

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

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Past and Present in Tradition; 1. The Problem of Tradition; 2. Folklore and Ideology during the Gilded Age; 3. The English Connection, from Cultural Survivals to Cultural Studies; 4. The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm; 5. Martha Warren Beckwith and the Rise of Academic Authority; 6. Alfred Shoemaker and the Discovery of American Folklife;



7. Henry W. Shoemaker and the Fable of Public Folklore; 8. Richard Dorson and the Great Debates; 9. Displaying American Tradition in Folk Arts; Epilogue. The Future of Tradition

Sommario/riassunto

Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition—"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"—in Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meanings and its conceptual softness." As a term and a concept, it has been important in the development of all scholarly fields that study American culture. Folklore, history, American studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and others assign different value and meaning to tradition. It is a frequent point of reference in popular discourse concerning everything from politics to lifestyles to sports and entertainment. Politicians and social advocates appeal to it as prima facie evidence of the worth of their causes. Entertainment and other media mass produce it, or at least a facsimile of it. In a society that frequently seeks to reinvent itself, tradition as a cultural anchor to be reverenced or rejected is an essential, if elusive, concept. Simon Bronner's wide net captures the historical, rhetorical, philosophical, and psychological dimensions of tradition. As he notes, he has written a book "about an American tradition—arguing about it." His elucidation of those arguments makes fascinating and thoughtful reading. An essential text for folklorists, Following Tradition will be a valuable reference as well for historians and anthropologists; students of American studies, popular culture, and cultural studies; and anyone interested in the continuing place of tradition in American culture.