1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787897403321

Autore

Gregory Steven <1954->

Titolo

The devil behind the mirror : globalization and politics in the Dominican Republic / / Steven Gregory ; with a new preface

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-520-95789-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

330.97293

Soggetti

Globalization - Dominican Republic

Globalization - Political aspects - Dominican Republic

Tourism - Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Foreign economic relations

Dominican Republic Economic conditions 1961-

Dominican Republic Social conditions 1961-

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

The politics of livelihood -- The spatial economy of difference -- Structures of the imagination -- Sex, tourism and the political economy of masculinity -- Race, identity, and the body politic -- The politics of transnational capital.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent towns of Boca Chica and Andrés, Gregory's study deftly demonstrates how transnational flows of capital, culture, and people are mediated by contextually specific power relations, politics, and history. He explores such topics as the informal economy, the making of a telenova, sex tourism, and racism and discrimination against Haitians, who occupy the lowest rung on the Dominican economic ladder. Innovative, beautifully written, and now updated with a new preface, The Devil behind the Mirror masterfully situates the analysis of global economic change in everyday lives.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806809503321

Autore

Coupe Laurence <1950->

Titolo

Kenneth Burke on myth : an introduction / / Laurence Coupe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-34907-X

0-203-95287-1

1-135-34900-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Theorists of myth

Classificazione

73.56

Disciplina

201/.3/092

Soggetti

Myth - History - 20th century

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 (pages [195]-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Myth and Society; 2. Myth and Literary Criticism; 3. Myth and ""Ritual Drama""; 4. Myth and ""Victimage""; 5. Myth and Ecology; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Kenneth Burke--rhetorician, philosopher, linguist, sociologist, literary and music critic, crank--was one of the foremost theorists of literary form. He did not fit tidily into any philosophical school, nor was he reducible to any simple set of principles or ideas. He published widely, and is probably best known for two of his classic works, A Rhetoric of Motive and Philosophy of Literary Form. His observations on myth, however, were never systematic, and much of his writing on literary theory and other topics cannot be fully understood without fleshing out his thoug