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UNISALENTO991001166989707536 |
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Autore |
Cozzarelli, Nicholas R. |
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New scientific applications of geometry and topology / De Witt L. Sumners, editor ; Nicholas R. Cozzarelli ... [et al.] |
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Providence, R. I. : American Mathematical Society, c1992 |
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Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics, 0160-7634 ; 45. AMS short course lecture notes |
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AMS 53A05 |
AMS 57M25 |
AMS 82B20 |
AMS 82B41 |
AMS 82D60 |
AMS 92C40 |
AMS 92E10 |
QA641.N42 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Differential geometry - Congresses |
Knot theory - Congresses |
Science-mathematics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
"Lecture notes prepared for the American Mathematical Society Short Course, New Scientific Applications of Geometry and Topology held in Baltimore, Maryland, January 6-7, 1992" - T. p. verso |
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UNINA9910809287603321 |
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Autore |
Smith Andrea L. |
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Rebuilding shattered worlds : creating community by voicing the past / / Andrea L. Smith and Anna Eisenstein |
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Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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0-8032-9943-5 |
0-8032-9945-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Anthropology of Contemporary North America |
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Anthropological linguistics - Pennsylvania - Easton (Northampton County) |
Collective memory - Pennsylvania - Easton (Northampton County) |
Easton (Northampton County, Pa.) Social conditions |
Easton (Northampton County, Pa.) Ethnic relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Terminology and Transcription Conventions; 1. Ethnography of the Expelled; 2. The Language of Blight; 3. Narrating Diversity; 4. Voices from the Past; 5. The Material of Memory; 6. Nostalgia as Engine of Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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"An ethnography of the ways displaced residents remember the ethnic diversity of their neighborhood in a small city in eastern Pennsylvania destroyed in the name of urban renewal, where memories, linguistic patterns, and material artifacts continue to animate people's everyday lives"-- |
"Rebuilding Shattered Worlds explores the ways a demolished neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania, still resonates in the imaginations of displaced residents. Drawing on six years of ethnographic research, the authors highlight the intersecting languages of blight, race, and place as elderly interlocutors attempt to make sense of the world they lost when urban renewal initiatives razed "Syrian Town"--a densely packed neighborhood of Lebanese American, Italian |
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American, and African American residents. This ethnography of remembering shows how former residents engage collective memory-making through their shared place, language, and class position within the larger cityscape. Demonstrating the creative power of linguistic resources, material traces, and absent spaces, Rebuilding Shattered Worlds brings together insights from linguistic anthropology and material studies, foregrounding the role language plays in signaling "pastness.""-- |
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