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UNINA9910813674503321 |
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Autore |
Franco Cristiana |
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Titolo |
Shameless : the canine and the feminine in the ancient Greece : with a new preface and appendix / / Cristiana Franco ; translated by Matthew Fox |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (956 p.) |
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The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Dogs - Mythology - Greece |
Dogs in literature |
Women - History - To 500 |
Women (Greek law) |
Dogs in art |
Greece Social conditions |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Università di Siena. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the present edition -- Prologue -- 1. Offensive Epithets -- 2. The Dog in Greece -- 3. Food for Dogs -- 4. Sad Fates, Low Morals, and Heinous Behaviors -- 5. Return to Pandora -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Reflections on Theory and Method in Studying Animals in the Ancient World -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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The figure of the dog is a paradox. As in so many cultures, past and present, the dog in ancient Greece was seen as the animal closest to humans, even as it elicited from them the most negative representations. Still a loaded term today, the word bitch not only signified shamelessness and a lack of self-control but was also exclusively figured as female. Woman and dogs in the Greek imagination were intimately intertwined, and in this careful, engaging analysis, Cristiana Franco explores the ancients' complex relationship with both. By analyzing the relationship between humans and dogs as depicted in a vast array of myths, proverbs, spontaneous metaphors, |
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and comic jokes, Franco in particular shows how the symbolic overlap between dog and woman provided the conceptual tools to maintain feminine subordination. Intended for general readers as well as scholars, Shameless extends the boundaries of classics and anthropology, forming a model of the sensitive work that can be done to illuminate how deeply animals are imbricated in human history. The English translation has been revised and expanded from the original Italian edition, and it includes a new methodological appendix by the author that points the way toward future work in the emerging field of human-animal studies. |
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UNINA9910743282603321 |
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Titolo |
Advanced Thermoplastic Polymers and Composites |
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MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2023 |
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1 online resource (622 p.) |
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History of engineering and technology |
Materials science |
Technology: general issues |
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In the last decade, design and material innovations for manufacturing composites have reached new heights. Thermoplastic polymers and their composites have become the most in-demand materials in recent times as they provide numerous advantages over thermoset composites. Thermoplastic polymers have a high damage tolerance, high impact resistance, recyclability, formability, weldability, repairability, and cost-effectiveness compared with thermoset composites. Thermoplastic polymers and composites are widely used in automotive, aerospace, electrical and electronics, industrial, and |
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medical applications. Thermoplastic composites are estimated to grow from USD 28.0 billion in 2019 to USD 36.0 billion by 2024. High-performance thermoplastic materials are used in conjunction with a multitude of manufacturing processes like injection moulding, thermoforming, prepreg, liquid injection processes, automated tape placement, filament winding, pultrusion, additive manufacturing, and other processes. The material limits, design, and assembly requirements, as well as the processing constraints, are significantly important for the realisation of novel product development using a manufacturing process by simultaneously optimising reliability, safety, and other performance-related issues. The current thermoplastic material systems and manufacturing techniques still have plenty of room for optimisation and advancement. This reprint presents the latest scientific and technical advances in thermoplastic materials and their composites, processing, characterisation, product development, and manufacturing process parameter optimisations. |
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