1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467845703321

Titolo

The first ninety years : a Sumerian celebration in honor of Miguel Civil / / edited by Lluis Feliu, Fumi Karahashi and Gonzalo Rubio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-5015-0367-7

1-5015-0369-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (516 pages)

Collana

Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; ; Volume 12

Disciplina

935/.501

Soggetti

Sumerians - History

Sumerians - Antiquities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Bibliography of Miguel Civil5 (1991–2016) -- Tabula Gratulatoria -- “As I write this letter to you”: An Attempt at the Letter from Nanna-manšum to Rīm-Sîn? -- À tâtons dans le noir : À la recherche du sens de ḫabātum -- “Enlil and Namzitara” Reconsidered -- ‘Let me be your canal’: some thoughts on agricultural landscape and female bodies in Sumero-Akkadian sources -- The Eridu Project (AMEr) and a Singular Brick-Inscription of Amar- Suena from Abū Šahrain -- The Silences of the Scribes, Pt. II: An Unfinished Enlil Lament from Nippur -- A New Seal of the Scribe Ur-Nanše from Girsu -- Texts and Workers -- Emesal studies today: a preliminary assessment -- Royal Nurses and Midwives in Presargonic Lagaš Texts -- The Hymn to the Ekur: Its Literary Structure and Cultic Background -- Game of Thrones: the Years when Šu-Sin Succeeded Amar-Suen in the Kingdom of Ur -- Literary Journeys from Babylonia to Assyria: Second Millennium Copies of a Bilingual Poem Concerning Ninurta -- New Data on Garšana and the Border Zone between Umma and Girsu/Lagaš -- A New Silver Balanced Merchant Account from Umma -- A Middle Babylonian Sumerian Fragment of the Adapa Myth from Nippur and an Overview of the Middle Babylonian Sumerian



Literary Corpus at Nippur -- Sumerian Temples and Arabian Horses: On Sumerian e2-gal -- To Carry Coals to Newcastle or Observations Concerning Sign Formation as an Early Concept in Mesopotamian “Commentaries” -- Cuneiform Tablets and Other Inscribed Objects from Collections in Jerusalem -- On Images, Visibility, and Agency of Early Mesopotamian Royal Women -- Words and Grammar: Two Old Babylonian Lists -- The Seven Attendants of Hendursaĝa: A study of animal symbolism in Mesopotamian cultures -- The Abacus in Mesopotamia: Considerations from a Comparative Perspective -- Index of texts and compositions discussed -- Index of words and terms discussed -- Index of personal names discussed

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday. Civil has been one of the most influential scholars in the field of Sumerian studies over the course of his long career. This anniversary presents a welcome occasion to reflect on some aspects of the field in which he has been such a driving force.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791129603321

Autore

Anderson Kristin J. <1968->

Titolo

Benign bigotry : the psychology of subtle prejudice / / Kristin J. Anderson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-107-21089-5

0-511-84975-3

1-282-65337-7

9786612653377

0-511-80256-0

0-511-68999-3

0-511-69259-5

0-511-69147-5

0-511-69073-8

0-511-68925-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

303.3/85

Soggetti

Prejudices

Toleration

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the changing place of prejudice : a migration underground -- "Those people all look alike" : the myth of the other -- "They must be guilty of something" : myths of criminalization -- "Feminists are man-haters" : backlash myth-making -- "Gays flaunt their sexuality" : the myth of hypersexuality -- "I'm not a racist, I'm colorblind" : the myth of neutrality -- "Affirmative action is reverse racism" : the myth of merit.

Sommario/riassunto

While overt prejudice is now much less prevalent than in decades past, subtle prejudice - prejudice that is inconspicuous, indirect, and often unconscious - continues to pervade our society. Laws do not protect against subtle prejudice and, because of its covert nature, it is difficult to observe and frequently goes undetected by both perpetrator and victim. Benign Bigotry uses a fresh format to examine subtle prejudice by addressing six commonly held cultural myths based on assumptions that appear harmless but actually foster discrimination: 'those people all look alike'; 'they must be guilty of something'; 'feminists are man-haters'; 'gays flaunt their sexuality'; 'I'm not a racist, I'm color-blind' and 'affirmative action is reverse racism'. Kristin J. Anderson skillfully relates each of these myths to real world events, emphasizes how errors in individual thinking can affect society at large, and suggests strategies for reducing prejudice in daily life.