1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791750803321

Autore

Takaezu Toshiko

Titolo

The art of Toshiko Takaezu : in the language of silence / / edited by Peter Held ; foreword by Jack Lenor Larsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8078-7809-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Altri autori (Persone)

HeldPeter

LarsenJack Lenor

Disciplina

730.092

Soggetti

Art pottery, American - 20th century

Art pottery, American - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction and Acknowledgments; Foreword; Toshiko Takaezu: Six Decades; "An unsaid quality"; Life Touchstones; Plates; Checklist; A Tribute; Chronology; Teaching and Work Experience; Selected Grants and Awards; Selected One and Two Person Exhibitions; Group Exhibitions; Selected Collections; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the artistic development of renowned potter Toshiko Takaezu, this masterful study celebrates and analyzes an artist who holds a significant place in the post-World War II craft movement in America. Born in Hawaii of Japanese descent in 1922, Takaezu has worked actively in clay, fiber, and bronze for over sixty years. Influenced by midcentury modernism, her work has transformed from functional vessels to abstract sculptural forms and installations. Over the years, she has continued to draw on a combination of Eastern and Western techniques and aesthetics, as well as her love of the natural world. In particular, Takaezu's vertical closed forms have become a symbol of her work, created through a combination of wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques that allowed her to grow her vessels vertically and eased the circular restrictions of the wheel. In addition to her art, Takaezu is renowned for her teaching, including twenty years at Princeton University. This beautifully illustrated book offers the first scholarly analysis of Takaezu's life work and includes essays by Paul Smith, director emeritus of the American Craft Museum, and Janet



Koplos, former senior editor of Art in America. Jack Lenor Larsen, a textile designer, author, collector, and advocate of traditional and contemporary craftsmanship, provides a foreword.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807288203321

Titolo

Discourse, politics and women as global leaders / / edited by John Wilson, University of Ulster ; Diana Boxer, University of Florida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

90-272-6797-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, , 1569-9463 ; ; 63

Disciplina

320.082

Soggetti

Discourse analysis - Political aspects

Communication in politics

Women executives

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

Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Conclusion; Women as political leaders: What now?; John Wilson & Diana Boxer; Table of contents; introduction ; Discourse, politics and women; Introduction; Women, language and politics; Women, language and identity; Women as political leaders: What now?; References; Chapter 1: "Why can't a woman be more like a man?" ; Introduction; The voice of Thatcher; Margaret Thatcher: It's her turn; Being a parliamentarian; Women in parliament

Process and (gender) performance in prime minister's question timeThe prime minister; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 : Breaking the glass & keeping the ceiling; Introduction; Theoretical and historical frames of analysis; Critical discourse analysis and identities as semiotic potential; Women's movements in South America; The making of the presidentas;



Methodology; Creating a female presidential identity; Michelle Bachelet Jería and the crack in Chile's ceiling (text and context); Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Becoming the will of the people  (text and context)

Representation in twitter of a distinctive spoken style in the service  of a populist messageDeployment of key characteristics of CMC as identified in the literature; Emoticons; Abbreviations; "G-dropping"; Eye-dialect; Vernacular forms associated with spoken language; Intertextual devices; Conclusion; References; References from journalism and popular culture; Chapter 5: Gender and political discourse in Tunisia; Introduction; Women's role and participation in politics; Politics, power and CDA; Gender equality and issues; Pragmatic devices in the religious context

Political discourse and religious ideologyIntertextuality and interdiscursivity; Other faith-based controversial issues; Women's political discourse/Men's political discourse in Tunisia; Gender-identified political discourse and CofP; Female MPs' discursive practices; Data analysis; Women's competence and proficiency in politics; Women's political style and gender stereotypes; Women's discourse in politics and ideology; Interpretation of data; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Julia Gillard; Introduction; Analytical approach; The ascension to leadership and the "double bind"

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