Des pauvres à la bibliothèque : Enquête au Centre Pompidou / / Serge Paugam, Camila Giorgetti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910214932003321
• Autore: Paugam Serge
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris, : Éditions de la Bibliothèque publique d’information, 2013
• ISBN: 2-13-062486-3; 2-84246-174-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.))
• Collana: Le Lien social
• Altri autori (Persone): GiorgettiCamila
• Soggetti: Information Science & Library Science; Social Issues; accès à l'information; bibliothèque; lecture publique; pauvreté; insertion sociale
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: L'image de l'analphabétisme ou de l'inculture est souvent associée à la pauvreté. Il peut sembler aller de soi que les pauvres sont peu disposés à fréquenter les bibliothèques ; il leur manquerait les ressources élémentaires pour se fondre dans un espace destiné au savoir et à la culture. Pourtant, ils sont présents dans les bibliothèques publiques et souvent beaucoup plus qu'on ne l'imagine. Ce constat prend la forme d'une énigme. Comment expliquer qu'ils les fréquentent alors que tout paraît les condamner d'avance à y tenir une place marginale, à y être dévalorisés socialement ? En se fondant sur une enquête qualitative (observations, entretiens approfondis) réalisée à la Bibliothèque publique d'information du Centre Pompidou à Paris, ce livre permet d'établir une correspondance entre les trois phases de la disqualifica-tion sociale (fragilité, dépendance et rupture) et des usages spécifiques de la bibliothèque correspondant à des attentes particu-lières, des ; relations contrastées avec les autres usagers et un rapport aux normes de la bibliothèque lui aussi différencié. Fré-quenter une bibliothèque est pour les pauvres un moyen de constituer et de renforcer leurs liens sociaux et, par là-même, de conjurer le processus de disqualification sociale.

'Punto de Vista' and the Argentine Intellectual Left / / by Sofía Mercader

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910502974803321
• Autore: Mercader Sofia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
• ISBN: 9783030790424; 3030790428
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Collana: New Directions in Latino American Cultures, , 2634-520X
• Disciplina: 320.982; 982
• Soggetti: Ethnology - Latin America; Culture; Mass media and history; Journalism; Latin American Culture; Latino Culture; Media and Communication History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Formative years -- The early dictatorship years -- The late dictatorship years -- Past, Present, and Future -- Crisis -- At the turn of the century -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: "In this engaging and fluently written work, informed by extensive archival research and the oral testimonies of the main protagonists, Sofía Mercader explores the influence of one of Latin America's most important late twentieth century magazines on Argentina's politics and culture. An interdisciplinary study of the highest order." - John King, ; Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, Author of Sur: A Study of the Argentine Literary Journal (1986) and The Role of Mexico's Plural in Latin American Literary and Political Culture (2007) "One of the great vehicles of Argentine thought, Punto de Vista was and continues to be required reading in order for us to grasp the power of social debate and artistic innovation. Mercader carefully narrates this history of crisis, resilience, and challenge, and signals Punto de Vista as an indispensable reference point for modern critical thought." - Francine Masiello, Ancker Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Emerita, University of California at Berkeley. Author, most recently, of The Senses of Democracy: Perceptions, Politics, and Culture in Latin America (Texas, 2018). This book is the first comprehensive account of the Argentine magazine Punto de Vista (1978-2008), a cultural review that gathered together prominent Argentine intellectuals throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century. Directed by cultural historian and public intellectual Beatriz Sarlo, the story of the magazine serves as a lens to study the evolution of Argentine intellectuals from the leftist mobilization of the 1960s through periods of military dictatorship and then the shifting politics of democratization in the 1980s and 1990s. The book argues that the way in which the Argentine intellectual left negotiated the political and cultural transformations of the late twentieth century can be understood as the history of twopolitical defeats: that of the revolutionary utopias of the 1960s and 1970s and that of the social democrat project in the 1980s. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book encompasses a wide range of debates taking place in Argentina, from the years prior to the dictatorship to the postdictatorship period. Sofía Mercader is Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark. She holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Warwick, UK.

Accounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan / / Sherry D. Fowler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910153136003321
• Autore: Fowler Sherry D.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 9780824872977; 0824872975; 9780824856250; 0824856252; 9780824856236; 0824856236
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 700.482943
• Soggetti: Buddhist gods in art; Buddhist art - Japan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Reconstructing Six Kannon from the Tenth to the Twelfth Centuries -- CHAPTER TWO. A Vision at Six Kannon Lake and Six Kannon/Six Kami in Kyushu -- CHAPTER THREE. Traveling Sets and Ritual Performance -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Six-Syllable Sutra Ritual Mandala and the Six Kannon -- CHAPTER FIVE. Painting the Six Kannon -- CHAPTER SIX. Bodies and Benefits: From Six to Thirty-Three Kannon -- EPILOGUE. Searching for Stones in the Unstable Landscape of Kannon -- Appendix: Inscriptions -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Buddhists around the world celebrate the benefits of worshipping Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), a compassionate savior who is one of the most beloved in the Buddhist pantheon. When Kannon appears in multiple manifestations, the deity's powers are believed to increase to even greater heights. This concept generated several cults throughout ; history: among the most significant is the cult of the Six Kannon, which began in Japan in the tenth century and remained prominent through the sixteenth century. In this ambitious work, Sherry Fowler examines the development of the Japanese Six Kannon cult, its sculptures and paintings, and its transition to the Thirty-three Kannon cult, which remains active to this day.An exemplar of Six Kannon imagery is the complete set of life-size wooden sculptures made in 1224 and housed at the Kyoto temple Daihōonji. This set, along with others, is analyzed to demonstrate how Six Kannon worship impacted Buddhist practice. Employing a diachronic approach, Fowler presents case studies beginning in the eleventh century to reinstate a context for sets of Six Kannon, the majority of which have been lost or scattered, and thus illuminates the vibrancy, magnitude, and distribution of the cult and enhances our knowledge of religious image-making in Japan.Kannon's role in assisting beings trapped in the six paths of transmigration is a well-documented catalyst for the selection of the number six, but there are other significant themes at work. Six Kannon worship includes significant foci on worldly concerns such as childbirth and animal husbandry, ties between text and image, and numerous correlations with Shinto kami groups of six. While making groups of Kannon visible, Fowler explores the fluidity of numerical deity categorizations and the attempts to quantify the invisible. Moreover, her investigation reveals Kyushu as an especially active site in the history of the Six Kannon cult. Much as Kannon images once functioned to attract worshippers, their presentation in this book will entice contemporary readers to revisit their assumptions about East Asia's most popular Buddhist deity.