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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463144003321

Autore

Ball Anna

Titolo

Palestinian literature and film in postcolonial feminist perspective / / Anna Ball

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-09866-8

1-283-86155-0

1-136-22815-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; ; 42

Disciplina

892.7/0989274

Soggetti

Arabic literature - Palestine - History and criticism

Arabic literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Feminism and literature - Arab countries

Postcolonialism in literature

Motion pictures - Palestine

Electronic books.

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. [199]-215), filmography (p. [217]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Palestinian Literature and Film in Postcolonial Feminist Perspective; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Permission to Re-narrate; 1 En-gendering Palestine:Narratives of Desire and Dis-Orientation; 2 Women Writing Resistance:Between Nationalism and Feminism; 3 Masculinity in Crisis: From Patriarchy to (Post)Colonial Performativity; 4 Bodies Beyond Boundaries? Transitional Spaces and Liminal Selves; 5 Imagining the Transnational Feminist Community; Conclusion: Postcolonial Feminist Futures; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Palestinian Literature and Film in Postcolonial Feminist Perspective is the first sustained study of gender-consciousness in the Palestinian creative imagination. Drawing on concepts from postcolonial feminist theory, Ball analyses a range of literary and filmic works by major creative practitioners including Michel Khleifi , Liana Badr, Annemarie Jacir, Elia Suleiman, Mona Hatoum and Suheir Hammad, and reveals a



hitherto unrecognized trajectory in gender-consciousness under development in the Palestinian imagination from the start of the twentieth century. The book explores how these works

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787176003321

Autore

Planck Max <1858-1947, >

Titolo

Scientific autobiography, and other papers : with a memorial address on Max Planck / / by Max von Laue ; translated from German by Frank Gaynor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Philosophical Library, , [1949]

©1949

ISBN

1-4976-7588-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

508.1

Soggetti

Science

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction - MEMORIAL ADDRESS""; ""A Scientific Autobiography""; ""Phantom Problems in Science""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""The Meaning and Limits of Exact Science""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""The Concept of Causality in Physics""; ""Religion and Natural Science""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""Notes""; ""Copyright""

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>In this fascinating autobiography from one of the foremost geniuses of twentieth-century physics, Max Planck tells the story of his life, his aims, and his thinking. Published posthumously, the papers in this volume were written for the general reader and make accessible Planck's scientific theories as well as his philosophical ideals, including his thoughts on ethics and morals.<BR /><BR /></DIV>