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UNINA9910456671703321 |
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Titolo |
American secrets [[electronic resource] ] : the politics and poetics of secrecy in the literature and culture of the United States / / edited by Eduardo Barros-Grela and José Liste-Noya |
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Lanham, Md., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2011 |
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1-283-24634-1 |
9786613246349 |
1-61147-007-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Barros-GrelaEduardo <1974-> |
Listé-NoyaJose <1962-> |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism |
Secrecy in literature |
Secrecy - Political aspects - United States |
Secrecy - Social aspects - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Secret nation/nation of secrets -- pt. 2. Secret selves -- pt. 3. (The) other('s) secrets. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Predicated upon the principles of political freedom, cultural openness, religious tolerance, individual self-reliance and ethnic diversity, the United States of America has been tempted recurrently by the lures of the secret. This political, historical and cultural phenomenon is explored here from many, often surprisingly overlapping angles in these analyses of the literary and cultural uses and abuses of secrecy within a democratic culture. These essays reveal the politics within the poetics and, indissociably, the poetics fueling the politics of secrecy in its ambivalent deployment. |
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UNINA9910455448903321 |
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Autore |
Nussbaum Martha C (Martha Craven), <1947-> |
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The clash within [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, religious violence, and India's future / / Martha C. Nussbaum |
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Cambridge, MA ; ; London, : Belknap Press, 2007 |
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9780674041561 |
0-674-04156-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (432 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Hindutva |
Communalism - India |
Hinduism and state |
Violence - Religious aspects - Hinduism |
Democracy - India |
Religious fanaticism - Hinduism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Genocide in Gujarat -- 2. The Human Face of the Hindu Right -- 3. Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru -- 4. A Democracy of Pluralism, Respect, Equality -- 5. The Rise of the Hindu Right -- 6. Fantasies of Purity and Domination -- 7. The Assault on History -- 8. The Education Wars -- 9. The Diaspora Community -- 10. The Clash Within -- Chronology -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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While America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Nussbaum reveals in this penetrating look at India today, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat to its democratic traditions and secular state. Nussbaum's long-standing professional relationship with India makes her an excellent guide to its recent history. |
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