Global masculinities and manhood [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ronald L Jackson, II and Murali Balaji ; foreword by Molefi K. Asante

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462351903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-58280-5; 9786613895257; 0-252-09355-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JacksonRonald L. <1970->; BalajiMurali <1979->
• Disciplina: 155.3/32
• Soggetti: Masculinity; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Negotiating Jamaican masculinities / Maurice Hall -- Queer(y)ing masculinities / Bryant Keith Alexander -- Disposable masculinities in Istanbul / Nil Mutluer -- Wounded masculinity and nationhood in Peru / Margarita Saona -- Postcolonial masculinity and commodity culture in Kenya / Mich Nyawalo -- War, masculinity, and Native Americans / Kathleen Glenister Roberts -- Representing Aboriginal masculinity in Howard's Australia / Shino Konishi -- Beyond Jackie Chan / Murali Balaji -- Body politics : masculinities in sport / Kath Woodward.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Global Masculinities and Manhood sets out to deconstruct the history and politics of cultured masculinities within the contexts that produced them. After the Foucauldian revolution in critical media studies, the study of masculinity has concentrated mainly on the construction of manhood and its impact on gendered discourses. In the era of globalization, masculinity continues to be studied in a Western-centric context, interrogating images of masculinity on a global scale but taking implicitly white American manhood as the norm. Bringing together an array of interdisciplinary and multi-theoretical voices, this volume examines masculinity from several perspectives: politics of identity, cultural definitions of masculinity across the globe, and how ; masculinity is interpreted and practiced through discourse. Three major themes guide the essays in this book: defining masculinity in the global sphere; mediated representations of masculinity; and the cultural practice of masculinity as a local and global phenomenon. Ultimately, the essays seek to answer the question: "What makes a man who he is within his culture?" This volume will appeal to critical studies scholars in communications, anthropology, literature, political science, history, international studies, ethnic studies, gender and women's studies, philosophy and sociology. Addressing both a national and international audience, the book has a wide potential audience and many of the contributing writers come from outside the United States and the United Kingdom"--Provided by publisher.; " Bringing together an array of interdisciplinary voices, Global Masculinities and Manhood examines the concept of masculinity from the perspectives of cultures around the world. In the era of globalization, masculinity continues to be studied in a Western-centric context. Contributors to this volume, however, deconstruct the history and politics of masculinities within the contexts of the cultures from which they have been developed, examining what makes a man who he is within his own culture. Highlighting manifestations of masculinity in countries including Jamaica, Turkey, Peru, Kenya, Australia, and China, scholars from a variety of disciplines grapple with the complex politics of identity and the question of how gender is interpreted and practiced through discourse. Topics include how masculinity is affected by war and conflict, defined in relation to race, ethnicity, and sexuality, and expressed in cultural activities such as sports or the cinema. Contributors are Bryant Keith Alexander, Molefi K. Asante, Murali Balaji, Radhika Chopra, Maurice Hall, Ronald L. Jackson II, Shino Konishi, Nil Mutluer, Mich Nyawalo, Kathleen Glenister Roberts, Margarita Saona, and Kath Woodward"--Provided by publisher.

Zeta functions in algebra and geometry : second International Workshop, May 3-7, 2010, Universitat de Les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain / / Antonio Campillo [and four others], editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821761203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society; [Madrid] : , : Real Sociedad Matematica Espanola, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 0-8218-8776-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary mathematics, ; 566 , 0271-4132
• Classificazione: 11F6611G2511L0711G5014D1014E1814G4022E5032S4057M27
• Disciplina: 515/.56
• Soggetti: Functions, Zeta; Geometry, Algebraic; Algebraic varieties
• 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 -- Part I: L-functions of varieties over finite fields and Artin L-functions -- Computational aspects of Artin -functions -- Introduction -- 1. Modular forms and Maass forms -- 2. Weight one holomorphic modular forms -- 3. Some character tables -- 4. Artin -functions -- 5. Modular forms of weight one and Artin -functions -- 6. Linear and projective Galois representations -- 7. Computation of Artin -functions -- References -- Zeta functions for families of Calabi"Yau -folds with singu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Facts about the zeta-function -- 3. Singularity analysis for some families of Fermat-type Calabi"Yau n-folds -- 4. The influence of singularity data on strong -classes -- 5. Examples of 2-parameter families -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Estimates for exponential sums with a large automorphism group -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Additive character sums for translation invariant polynomials -- 3. Multiplicative character sums for translation invariant polynomials -- 4. Additive character sums for homothety invariant polynomials -- 5. Multiplicative character sums for homothety invariant polynomials -- References -- protect oindent Part II:\Height zeta functions\and ; arithmetic -- Height zeta functions on generalized projective toric varieties -- 1. Introduction and detailed description of the problem -- 2. Notations and preliminaries -- 3. Statements of main results -- 4. Proof of Theorem 3 -- 5. Proofs of Proposition 2 and Theorems 1, 2 -- References -- Combinatorial cubic surfaces and reconstruction theorems -- References -- Height zeta functions of equivariant compactifications of semi-direct products of algebraic groups -- Introduction -- 1. Geometry -- 4. Motivic integration on rigid varieties and the analytic Milnor fiber.