1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790889903321

Titolo

HIV in China [[electronic resource] ] : understanding the social aspects of the epidemic / / editors, Jing Jun, Heather Worth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, N.S.W, : University of New South Wales Press, 2010

ISBN

1-74223-170-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JingJun

WorthHeather

Disciplina

362.196979200951

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Government policy - China

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - China

AIDS (Disease) - China - Prevention

AIDS (Disease) - China

HIV infections - Government policy - China

HIV infections - Social aspects - China

HIV infections - China - Prevention

HIV infections - China

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

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Building HIV Social Research Capacity--Jing Jun and Heather Worth; 1 An Overview of China's HIV Epidemic--Jing Jun and Heather Worth; 2 Female Sex Workers in China: Their occupational concerns--Huang Yingying; 3 Drugs, HIV and Chinese Youth--Jing Jun; 4 'Red Oil': Blood and the role of a machine in the HIV outbreak in central China--Su Chunyan; 5 Fears of Identity Exposure among Gay Men Living with HIV--Zhang Yuping; 6 Disclosure and Condom Use after HIV Diagnosis--Sun Yongli

7 The Central Place of the Chinese Family in HIV Narratives--He Mingjie8 Stigma and HIV Discourse in China--Zhang Youchun; 9 Ethnicity and Gender in Social Research on HIV in China--Huan Jianli; Index; Back Cover



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777926303321

Autore

Stratton Kimberly B.

Titolo

Naming the witch : magic, ideology, & stereotype in the ancient world / / Kimberly B. Stratton ; designed by Vin Dang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-231-51096-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Gender, Theory, & Religion

Classificazione

NH 5285

Disciplina

133.4/3093

Soggetti

Magic, Ancient

Magic, Roman

Magic, Greek

Jewish magic

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- One. Magic, Discourse, and Ideology -- Two. Barbarians, Magic, and Construction of the Other in Athens -- Three. Mascula Libido: Women, Sex, and Magic in Roman Rhetoric and Ideology -- Four. My Miracle, Your Magic: Heresy, Authority, and Early Christianities -- Five. Caution in the Kosher Kitchen: Magic, Identity, and Authority in Rabbinic Literature -- Epilogue: Some Thoughts on Gender, Magic, and Stereotyping -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Kimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton moves beyond the popular view of these accusations as mere slander. In her view, representations and accusations of sorcery mirror the complex struggle of ancient societies to define authority, legitimacy, and Otherness.Stratton argues that the concept "magic" first emerged as a discourse in ancient Athens where it



operated part and parcel of the struggle to define Greek identity in opposition to the uncivilized "barbarian" following the Persian Wars. The idea of magic then spread throughout the Hellenized world and Rome, reflecting and adapting to political forces, values, and social concerns in each society. Stratton considers the portrayal of witches and magicians in the literature of four related periods and cultures: classical Athens, early imperial Rome, pre-Constantine Christianity, and rabbinic Judaism. She compares patterns in their representations of magic and analyzes the relationship between these stereotypes and the social factors that shaped them.Stratton's comparative approach illuminates the degree to which magic was (and still is) a cultural construct that depended upon and reflected particular social contexts. Unlike most previous studies of magic, which treated the classical world separately from antique Judaism, Naming the Witch highlights the degree to which these ancient cultures shared ideas about power and legitimate authority, even while constructing and deploying those ideas in different ways. The book also interrogates the common association of women with magic, denaturalizing the gendered stereotype in the process. Drawing on Michel Foucault's notion of discourse as well as the work of other contemporary theorists, such as Homi K. Bhabha and Bruce Lincoln, Stratton's bewitching study presents a more nuanced, ideologically sensitive approach to understanding the witch in Western history.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOPAL0214414

Autore

Graci, Giancarlo

Titolo

GIS e ambiente : guida all'uso di ArcGIS per l'analisi del territorio e la valutazione ambientale / Giancarlo Graci, Paolo Pileri, Marco Sedazzari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Palermo], : D. Flaccovio, 2008

ISBN

9788877588227

Descrizione fisica

X, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Pileri, Paolo

Sedazzari, Marco

Disciplina

526.0221

526.9

910.285574

Soggetti

Geografia fisica

Collocazione

SALA      526.9                   GRA.gi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia