1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783314303321

Autore

Clark-Decès Isabelle <1956-2017.>

Titolo

No one cries for the dead : Tamil dirges, rowdy songs, and graveyard petitions / / Isabelle Clark-Decès

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-59734-775-2

1-282-35796-4

9786612357961

0-520-93834-8

1-4175-8495-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 242 pages)

Disciplina

393/.9

Soggetti

Funeral rites and ceremonies - India - South Arcot

Tamil (Indic people) - Funeral customs and rites

Dirges - India - South Arcot - History and criticism

Folk songs, Tamil - India - South Arcot - History and criticism

Tamil (Indic people) - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. A Different Grief -- Chapter Two. Songs Of Experience -- Chapter Three. Why Should We Cry? -- Chapter Four. Life As A Record Of Failure -- Chapter Five. Between Performance And Experience -- Appendix A. A Comparison Of The Four Abridged Versions Of The Virajampuhaâ Story -- Appendix B. The Story Of Virajampuhaâ In Tamil -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Decès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the



caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703090703321

Autore

Society The Royal

Titolo

Climate Change and Ecosystems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academies Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

9780309494991

0309494990

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SciencesNational Academy of

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Biotic communities - Environmental aspects - Forecasting

Ecosystem management - Forecasting

Climatic changes - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF caption title screen (EPA, viewed Sept. 16, 2010).

"April 2010"--P. [1].

"EPA 430-F-10-004"--P. [1].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Summary -- 1 Ecosystems Are Rapidly Changing -- 2 Sustaining Ecosystems in the Face of Climate Change -- 3 Ecosystems as a Climate Solution -- 4 Advancing the Science While Moving to Action.

Sommario/riassunto

The National Academies convened a forum on November 8-9, 2018 to highlight current research frontiers such as the effects of climate extremes, interactions among climate and other stressors, the timing, sequence, and clustering of climate-related events, and tipping points for abrupt change. Topics of discussion at the forum pertained to the changes ecosystems are currently undergoing, sustaining ecosystems, the impact of ecosystems on global climate change, societal adaptation to climate change, and priorities for future research. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the forum.