1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791365303321

Titolo

Hierarchy [[electronic resource] ] : persistence and transformation in social formations / / edited by Knut M. Rio and Olaf H. Smedal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009

ISBN

1-282-62746-5

9786612627460

1-84545-883-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RioKnut Mikjel

SmedalOlaf H

Disciplina

305.5209

Soggetti

Hierarchies

Power (Social sciences)

Elite (Social sciences)

Democracy

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

Title page-Hierarchy; Contents; Acknowledgements; Ch 1-Hierarchy and its alternatives; Ch 2-Coversion, hierarchy, and cultural change; Ch 3-Gender and value; Ch 4-Can a Hierarchical religion survive without its center?; Ch 5-The headless state in inner Asia; Ch 6-The perfect sovereign; Ch 7-Marriage, rank and politics in Hawaii; Ch 8-Polynesian conceptions of sociality; Ch 9-On the value of the beast or the limit of money; Ch 10-Hierarchy is not inequality-in Polynesia, for instance; Ch 11-Hierarchy and power; Afterword; Notes on contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Louis Dumont's concept of hierarchy continues to inspire social scientists. Using it as their starting point, the contributors to this volume introduce both fresh empirical material and new theoretical considerations. On the basis of diverse ethnographic contexts in Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East they challenge some current conceptions of hierarchical formations and reassess former debates, both with regard to new theoretical issues and the new world situation-of post-colonial and neo-colonial agendas, ideas of "democratization" and "globalization," and expanding market-economies.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967466403321

Autore

Salvato Nick <1978->

Titolo

Uncloseting drama : American modernism and queer performance / / Nick Salvato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2010

ISBN

9780300160178

0300160178

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 227 p.)

Collana

Yale studies in English

Disciplina

810.9/920664

Soggetti

Gay people's writings, American

Modernism (Literature)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction:  Half in and half out -- Fronting Pound -- Bottoming Zukofsky -- Topping Stein -- Backing Barnes -- Conclusion:  Other closets, other rooms -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this elegant book, modernism is illuminated through little-known but striking works by Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and others who revived the "closet drama"-plays written largely for private reading-as a means of exploring forbidden sexualities.