Malta in the European Union / / Mark Harwood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787296103321
• Autore: Harwood Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-315-59341-6; 1-317-10210-X; 1-317-10209-6; 1-4724-3667-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.458504
• Soggetti: European Union -- Malta; European Union countries -- Relations -- Malta; Malta -- Relations -- European Union countries; Business & Economics; Economic History; Malta Relations European Union countries; European Union countries Relations Malta
• 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: Cover; Contents; List of Annexes,Charts, Diagrams and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Europeanization; 3 Maltese Political Development and the Question of 'Europe'; 4 The Road to 'Europe'; 5 Malta as a Member of the EU; 6 Malta's Integration into the Customs Union; 7 EU Membership and the Maltese Agricultural Sector; 8 An Assessment of Malta's Europeanization Experience; Annexes I-IV; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Reflecting Malta's unique and often contentious road to EU membership, the book explores the historical context and outlines how Maltese processes and policies have changed since membership and whether a causative link exists between these changes and Malta's membership of the EU. A wide range of primary and secondary sources facilitate the study complemented by a series of interviews with a broad ; range of Malta's political and social actors as well as individuals from EU institutions.

From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care / / Lanita Jacobs-Huey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970410003321
• Autore: Jacobs-Huey Lanita <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 9780195345728; 019534572X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 180 p. : ill
• Collana: Studies in language and gender
• Disciplina: 391.5/089/96073
• Soggetti: Hairdressing of African Americans; Hair - Social aspects - United States; Hair - Care and hygiene - United States; African American women - History; African American women - Race identity; African American women - Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-172) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: From the Kitchen to the Parlor -- 1. Negotiating Expert and Novice Identities through Client-stylist Interactions -- 2. "We Are Like Doctors": Socializing Cosmetologists into the Discourse of Science -- 3. A License to Touch: Cosmetology as a Divine Calling -- 4. Gender, Authenticity, and Hair in African American Stand-up Comedy -- 5. "BTW, How Do You Wear Your Hair?": Gender and Race in Computer-mediated Hair Debates -- 6. Constructing and Contesting Knowledge in Women's Cross-cultural Hair Testimonies -- 7. Critical Reflections on Language, Gender, and "Native" Anthropology -- Appendix: Transcription Conventions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair, this multi-sited linguistic ethnography explores everyday interaction in beauty parlors, Internet discussions, comedy clubs, and other contexts to illuminate how and why hair matters in African American women's day-to-day experiences.