1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786875603321

Autore

Fuentes-Vásquez Carmen Luz

Titolo

Dangerous writing [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiographies of Willa Muir, Margaret Laurence and Janet Frame / / Carmen Luz Fuentes-Vásquez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2013

ISBN

94-012-0917-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Costerus ; ; new ser., 199

Disciplina

820.935

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE WRITER AND THE TRANSLATOR -- THE WRITER AS MOTHER -- BELONGING TO THE UNIVERSE -- MOTHERHOOD AS GIFT AND TRAP -- THE DYNAMIC CONCEPT OF PLACE -- THE CRAFT OF THE WRITER: VULNERABILITY AND POWER -- APLACE FOR THE SELF -- THE WRITER’S VOCATION -- IN SEARCH OF LONELINESS -- CONCLUSION -- WILLA MUIR’S TRANSLATIONS: (In order of publication, followed in parenthesis by title of the original work and date of its publication.) -- INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR CLARA THOMAS -- ARCHIVES CONSULTED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the literary construction of personal identity through autobiographical narratives by three significant writers analysed together for the first time: the Scottish Willa Muir (1890-1970), the Canadian Margaret Laurence (1926-1987), and the New Zealander Janet Frame (1924-2004). These apparently dissimilar authors suffered not only geographical, but also political marginality: they were women from the working-class or struggling middle-class, striving to be considered as professional writers, and emerging from countries that might be felt to be under the shadows of economic and political world powers such as England and the United States. During their lifetimes, they exerted themselves to overcome prejudices about class, gender and ethnicity. They experienced war and the post-war era, and lived through most of the twentieth century, being accurate



witnesses and critics of their times. As it discusses major writers who are iconic for the development of the literatures of their respective countries, this book also attracts readers who are interested in learning more about the lives of these remarkable women, the way their socio-historical and geographical circumstances affected their writing and how they expressed such concerns in their autobiographies and other fictional and non-fictional works, besides considering them in relation to contemporary women writers —and autobiographers— who underwent similar experiences.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958700303321

Autore

Nippert-Eng Christena E

Titolo

Home and work : negotiating boundaries through everyday life / / Christena E. Nippert-Eng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, IL, : University of Chicago Press, c1996

ISBN

9786612738470

9781282738478

128273847X

9780226581477

0226581470

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 325 pages)

Disciplina

306.3/6/0973

Soggetti

Corporate culture

Organizational sociology

Social psychology

Work and family

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Territories of the Self: Recognizing the Home-Work Boundary -- Two. Cognitive Engineering: Bridging Time, Space, and Self -- Three. Structural Constraints and Personal Discretion: Work Stakes Its Claims -- Four. Be It Ever So Humble, There Are Also



Surveyors at Home -- Five. Jimmy, Eleanor, and the Logic of Boundary Work -- Conclusion. Beyond Home and Work: Boundary Theory -- Appendix. INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOME AND WORK -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Do you put family photos on your desk at work? Are your home and work keys on the same chain? Do you keep one all-purpose calendar for listing home and work events? Do you have separate telephone books for colleagues and friends? In Home and Work, Christena Nippert-Eng examines the intricacies and implications of how we draw the line between home and work. Arguing that relationships between the two realms range from those that are highly "integrating" to those that are highly "segmenting," Nippert-Eng examines the ways people sculpt the boundaries between home and work. With remarkable sensitivity to the symbolic value of objects and actions, Nippert-Eng explores the meaning of clothing, wallets, lunches and vacations, and the places and ways in which we engage our family, friends, and co-workers. Commuting habits are also revealing, showing how we make the transition between home and work selves though ritualized behavior like hellos and goodbyes, the consumption of food, the way we dress, our choices of routes to and from work, and our listening, working, and sleeping habits during these journeys. The ways each of us manages time, space, and people not only reflect but reinforce lives that are more "integrating" or "segmenting" at any given time. In clarifying what we take for granted, this book will leave you thinking in different ways about your life and work.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910377830603321

Titolo

Migration from the Newly Independent States : 25 Years After the Collapse of the USSR / / edited by Mikhail Denisenko, Salvatore Strozza, Matthew Light

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-36075-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 pages)

Collana

Societies and Political Orders in Transition, , 2511-2201

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Russia—Politics and government

Emigration and immigration

Human geography

Population

Demography

Russian and Post-Soviet Politics

Migration

Human Geography

Population Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part I General Trends of International Migration in Post-Soviet Space -- Part II New Independent States as Countries of Origin and Destination -- Part III The Old Centers of Gravitation -- Part IV New Times - New Roads.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses international migration in the newly independent states after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which involved millions of people. Written by authors from 15 countries, it summarizes the population movement over the post-Soviet territories, both within the newly independent states and in other countries over the past 25 years. It focuses on the volume of migration flows, the number and socio-demographic characteristics of migrants, migration factors and the situation of migrants in receiving countries. The authors, who include demographers, economists, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists



and political scientists, used various methods and sources of information, such as censuses, administrative statistics, the results of mass sample surveys and in-depth interviews. This heterogeneity highlights the multifaceted nature of the topic of migration movements.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968322303321

Autore

Gordon Laura B.

Titolo

Behavioral Intervention In Health Care / / by Laura B. Gordon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , [2019]

©1982

ISBN

0-429-72409-8

0-429-04817-3

0-429-70408-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 129 pages)

Collana

Behavioral sciences for health care professionals

Disciplina

615.8/51

Soggetti

Medicine and psychology

Health behavior

Behavior modification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the author presents a behavioral-psychological perspective on intervention in health care, beginning with a definition of behavioral medicine and introducing the related issues of stress and patient compliance.



5.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967602603321

Autore

Rice Michael <1928-2013.>

Titolo

The archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000-323 BC / / Michael Rice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-96792-6

1-134-96793-4

1-280-33709-5

0-203-32714-4

0-203-03726-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

The Experience of archaeology

Disciplina

953.6

Soggetti

Persian Gulf Region History

Persian Gulf Region Antiquities

Persian Gulf Region Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-357) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE ARABIAN GULF IN ANTIQUITY; THE PROGRESS OF GULF ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE, SEA-LEVELS, MAN AND HIS COMPANIONS; DILMUN, THE ANCIENT CULTURE OF THE GULF; THE POLITY OF THE ANCIENT GULF; THE MYTHS OF SUMER AND DILMUN; BAHRAIN: THE BLESSED ISLAND; DILMUN'S NEIGHBOURING LANDS; THE MERCHANTS OF DILMUN; GILGAMESH, THE GULF AND THE LAND OF THE LIVING; THE ENIGMA OF DILMUN; The Chronology of the Arabian Gulf; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area. He shows that the Gulf has been a major channel of commerce for millenia, and that its ancient culture was rich and complex, to be counted with its great contempororaries in Sumer, Egypt and south-west Persia.



6.

Record Nr.

UNISA996708678603316

Titolo

Journal of Islamic Civilization and Culture Review

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indonesia : , : Foundation of Advanced Education (Foundae)

ISSN

3109-7294

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico