1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452628903321

Autore

Zipes Jack <1937-, >

Titolo

Happily ever after : fairy tales, children, and the culture industry / / Jack Zipes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

0-415-91850-2

0-203-94915-3

1-135-25296-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 171p. ) : ill

Disciplina

398.2

Soggetti

Fairy tales - History and criticism

Folklore and children

Fairy tales

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Of cats and men : framing the civilizing discourse of the fairy tale -- 2. The rationalization of abandonment and abuse in fairy tales : the case of Hansel and Gretel -- 3. Toward a theory of the fairy-tale film : the case of Pinocchio -- 4. Once upon a time beyond Disney : contemporary fairy-tale films for children -- 5. Lion kings and the culture industry -- 6. Revisiting Benjamin's "The storyteller" : reviving the past to move forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Zipes addresses his ongoing concern in the socialisation of children, the impact of the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as film. Zipes is the author of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779654503321

Autore

Botero Giovanni <1540-1617, >

Titolo

On the causes of the greatness and magnificence of cities, 1588 / / Giovanni Botero ; translation and introduction by Geoffrey Symcox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4426-6542-4

1-4426-6541-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Cities and towns

Urban economics

Sociology, Urban

Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Italian.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK I. 1. What Is a Great City ; 2. On Authority ; 3. On Force ; 4. On Laying Waste the Lands of Neighbours ; 5. On Removing Peoples from Their Own Countries to Our City ; 6. On Pleasure ; 7. On Utility ; 8. On the Convenience of the Site ; 9. On the Fertility of the Land ; 10. On Convenience for Transport -- BOOK II. 1. 31 ; 2. On the Particular Methods Employed by the Romans ; 3. On Colonies ; 4. On Religion ; 5. On Universities ; 6. On Courts of Justice ; 7. On Industry ; 8. On Fiscal Privileges ; On the Possession of Some Valuable Commodity ; 10. On Political Dominion ; 11. On the Residence of the Nobility ; 12. On the Residence of the Prince -- BOOK III 1. 71 ; 2. Why Cities Do Not Grow Proportionately ; 3. On the Causes That Maintain a City's Greatness -- A Treatise. How Many People Rome Might Have Contained at the Height of Its Greatness.

Sommario/riassunto

This edition of the treatise -- which includes an introduction by Geoffrey W. Symcox on the intellectual context within which it was conceived -- is a must-read for anyone interested in the life of cities both historical and contemporary.