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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462534103321

Titolo

Cultures of colour [[electronic resource] ] : visual, material, textual / / edited by Chris Horrocks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2012

ISBN

1-282-25418-9

9786613814838

0-85745-465-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Polygons : cultural diversities and intersections ; ; v. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

HorrocksChris

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Human skin color

Color - Psychological aspects

Color

Visual anthropology

Material culture

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

pt. 1. Colour and visual culture -- pt. 2. Colour and material culture -- pt. 3. Colour, text and race.

Sommario/riassunto

Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally constructed lines. Colour exists as a cultural as well as psycho-physical phenomenon and acquires a multitude of meanings within differing historical and cultural contexts. The contributors examine how colour becomes imbued with specific symbolic and material meanings that tint our constructions of race, gender, ideal bodies, the relationship of t



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698875503321

Autore

Bachmann Klaus J

Titolo

Zone leveling and solution growth of complex compound semiconductors in space [[electronic resource] ] : final report / / by Klaus J. Bachmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Hampton, Va.] : , : [National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center], , [1986]

Descrizione fisica

1 volume

Collana

NASA CR ; ; 179884

Soggetti

Cadmium tellurides

Crystal growth

Indium arsenides

Indium phosphates

Mercury cadmium tellurides

Photoconductors

Semiconductors (materials)

Single crystals

Space processing

Ternary alloys

Ternary systems

Zinc tellurides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed May 7, 2009)