1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462946703321

Autore

Verney Kevern <1960, >

Titolo

African Americans and US popular culture / / Kevern Verney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-47527-3

0-415-27528-8

1-315-01531-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

Introductions to history

Disciplina

305.896/073

Soggetti

African Americans in popular culture

African Americans - Race identity

African Americans - Intellectual life

Racism in popular culture - United States

Popular culture - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

United States Civilization African American influences

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 (p. 115-120) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; African Americans and US Popular Culture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: emancipation and segregation; 1. Migration and urbanization, 1915-30; 2. The Great Depression and the Second World War, 1930-45; 3. The Civil Rights era, 1945-65; 4. Black Power, 1965-76; 5. African Americans in US society since 1976; Conclusion: from Ragtime to Rap; Further reading; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines:* the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture, including sport, film, television, radio and music* how the entertainment industry has encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans.



African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African soci

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791599303321

Autore

Gerstmann Evan

Titolo

Same-sex marriage and the Constitution / / Evan Gerstmann [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-18533-5

0-511-38628-1

0-511-38830-6

0-511-61976-6

0-511-38731-8

0-511-38264-2

9786611254995

0-511-38445-9

1-281-25499-1

0-511-38047-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

346.7301/68

Soggetti

Same-sex marriage - Law and legislation - United States

Constitutional law - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reason and prejudice : is the heterosexual monopoly on marriage rational? -- Looking for stricter scrutiny : sexism, heterosexism, and class-based equal protection -- The fundamental right to marry -- Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry -- Should courts create new rights? -- Identifying fundamental rights -- Democracy, neutrality, and consistency of principle -- Principles and practicalities.

Sommario/riassunto

Following the widely reviewed success of the first edition, the updated



and expanded second edition of Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution argues that there is a long-standing constitutional protection of the right to marry that applies to same-sex couples. Balancing strong advocacy of this position with respectful engagement with those who oppose same-sex marriage, Evan Gerstmann concludes not only that the Constitution protects same-sex marriage but that it is the proper role of the courts to enforce this right. The book also takes on many of the same-sex marriage myths: that it will lead down that 'slippery slope' to such things as polygamy, that same-sex marriage has been a political albatross for liberals and progressives, and that courts are 'usurping' the democratic process. Without overheated rhetoric or legal jargon, Gerstmann makes the case for same-sex marriage as a constitutional guarantee.

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996636971203316

Autore

AETIUS <dossografo>

Titolo

Placita / Aetius ; edited and translated by Jaap Mansfeld, David T. Runia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge (Massachusetts) ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2023

Titolo uniforme

De placitis

ISBN

978-0-674-99759-2

Descrizione fisica

XC, 529 p. ; 17 cm

Collana

The Loeb classical library ; 555

Disciplina

180

Collocazione

V.1. Coll. 7/ 133

V.1. Coll. 7/ 133a

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Greco antico

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo originale a fronte

Sommario/riassunto

Placita (Tenets), generally attributed to an author named Aëtius and dating from the late first or early second century AD, was a compendium setting out in summary fashion the principal doctrines and opinions of philosophers and philosophical schools in response to questions and topics in the domain of natural philosophy. Now lost, Placita can be largely reconstructed from the work of three authors



working in the period from the second to the fifth century (Pseudo-Plutarch, Stobaeus, and Theodoret) who quote from it extensively. Placita is organized into five books: First Principles; Cosmology; Meteorology and the Earth; Psychology; and Physiology. Each chapter contains a list of short opinions or tenets, which are ascribed to an individual philosopher and/or school and usually arranged in sections that stress the variety and contrast of the teachings concerned. Designed as a multi-purpose resource, Placita long served as a manual of neatly packaged doxographic material on a wide variety of topics, to be used for study, as an aide-mémoire, for displays of erudition, for persuasion in rhetorical or apologetic contexts, and for personal enlightenment, and it remains a valuable source for our knowledge of Presocratic and Hellenistic philosophy. This edition of Aëtius’ Placita offers a fresh translation, ample annotation, and a text fully informed by the latest scholarship. (Fonte: editore)