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UNINA9910777501703321 |
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Autore |
Melzer Patricia <1970-> |
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Alien constructions [[electronic resource] ] : science fiction and feminist thought / / Patricia Melzer |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2006 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Science fiction, American - History and criticism |
Science fiction, English - History and criticism |
Feminism in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-315) and index. |
Includes filmography: p. 315-316. |
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Cultural chameleons : anticolonial identities and resistance in Octavia E. Butler's Survivor and dawn -- The alien in us : metaphors of transgression in the work of Octavia E. Butler -- Technoscience's stepdaughter : the feminist cyborg in Alien resurrection -- Our bodies as our selves : body, subjectivity, and (virtual) reality in The matrix -- The anatomy of dystopia : female technobodies and the death of desire in Richard Calder's Dead girls -- Beyond binary gender : genderqueer identities and intersexed bodies in Octavia E. Butler's Wild seed and Imago and Melissa Scott's Shadow man. |
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Though set in other worlds populated by alien beings, science fiction is a site where humans can critique and re-imagine the paradigms that shape this world, from fundamentals such as the sex and gender of the body to global power relations among sexes, races, and nations. Feminist thinkers and writers are increasingly recognizing science fiction's potential to shatter patriarchal and heterosexual norms, while the creators of science fiction are bringing new depth and complexity to the genre by engaging with feminist theories and politics. This book maps the intersection of feminism and science fiction through close readings of science fiction literature by Octavia E. Butler, Richard Calder, and Melissa Scott and the movies The Matrix and the Alien |
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series. Patricia Melzer analyzes how these authors and films represent debates and concepts in three areas of feminist thought: identity and difference, feminist critiques of science and technology, and the relationship among gender identity, body, and desire, including the new gender politics of queer desires, transgender, and intersexed bodies and identities. She demonstrates that key political elements shape these debates, including global capitalism and exploitative class relations within a growing international system; the impact of computer, industrial, and medical technologies on women's lives and reproductive rights; and posthuman embodiment as expressed through biotechnologies, the body/machine interface, and the commodification of desire. Melzer's investigation makes it clear that feminist writings and readings of science fiction are part of a feminist critique of existing power relations—and that the alien constructions (cyborgs, clones, androids, aliens, and hybrids) that populate postmodern science fiction are as potentially empowering as they are threatening. |
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UNISALENTO991004346128407536 |
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Autore |
Fleury, Claude |
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Catechismo istorico, che contiene in ristretto la istoria santa e la dottrina cristiana. Del signor Claudio Fleury sacerdote ... Tradotto dalla lingua francese nell'italiana. Tomo primo[-?] |
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In Trento : per Giambatista Parone stampator vescovile, 1732 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Briganti-Stajano <fam.> <sec. 18-19.>possessore precedente |
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Altri autori (Enti) |
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Parone, Giovanni Battista |
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1: Tomo primo. - 300 p. (( Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero. - Vignetta calcografica sul frontespizio. - Fregi xilografici. - Segnatura: A-L¹² M¹⁸. |
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UNINA9910298977703321 |
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Titolo |
Cloud Computing for Data-Intensive Applications / / edited by Xiaolin Li, Judy Qiu |
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New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (425 p.) |
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Computers |
Computer networks |
Application software |
Database management |
Information Systems and Communication Service |
Computer Communication Networks |
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) |
Database Management |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Scalable Deployment of a LIGO Physics Application on Public Clouds:Workflow Engine and Resource Provisioning Techniques -- The FutureGrid Testbed for Big Data -- Cloud Networking to Support Data Intensive Applications -- IaaS cloud benchmarking: approaches, challenges, and experience -- Adaptive Workload Partitioning and Allocation for Data Intensive Scientific Applications -- Federating Advanced CyberInfrastructures with Autonomic Capabilities -- Executing Storm Surge Ensembles on PAAS Cloud -- Migrating Scientific Workflow Management Systems from the Grid to the Cloud -- Efficient Task-Resource Matchmaking Using Self-Adaptive Combinatorial Auction -- Cross-Phase Optimization in MapReduce -- DRAW: A New Data-gRouping-AWare Data Placement Scheme for Data |
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Intensive Applications with Interest Locality -- Maiter: An Asynchronous Graph Processing Framework for Delta-based Accumulative Iterative Computation -- GPU-Accelerated Cloud Computing Data-Intensive Applications -- Big Data Storage and Processing on Azure Clouds: Experiments at Scale and Lessons Learned -- Storage and Data Lifecycle Management in Cloud Environments with FRIEDA -- DTaaS: Data Transfer as a Service in the Cloud -- Supporting a Social Media Observatory with Customizable Index Structures — Architecture and Performance. |
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This book presents a range of cloud computing platforms for data-intensive scientific applications. It covers systems that deliver infrastructure as a service, including: HPC as a service; virtual networks as a service; scalable and reliable storage; algorithms that manage vast cloud resources and applications runtime; and programming models that enable pragmatic programming and implementation toolkits for eScience applications. Many scientific applications in clouds are also introduced, such as bioinformatics, biology, weather forecasting and social networks. Most chapters include case studies. Cloud Computing for Data-Intensive Applications targets advanced-level students and researchers studying computer science and electrical engineering. Professionals working in cloud computing, networks, databases and more will also find this book useful as a reference. |
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