1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969214303321

Autore

Roberts Mary <1965->

Titolo

Intimate outsiders : the harem in Ottoman and Orientalist art and travel literature / / Mary Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786612923609

9780822339564

0822339560

9781282923607

1282923609

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages) : 39 illustrations (including 32 in color)

Collana

Objects/histories

Disciplina

700/.455

700.455

Soggetti

Harems in art

Orientalism in art - England

Art, Turkish - 19th century

Travelers' writings, English - Turkey - History and criticism

Harems - Turkey - Istanbul - History - 19th century

Harems - Egypt - Cairo - History - 19th century

Women - Turkey - Social conditions - 19th century

Turkey Relations England

England Relations Turkey

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Intimate Outsiders; Part 1: John Frederick Harem Paintings; Chapter One. The Languid Lotus-Eater; Chapter Two. "Mr Lewis's Oriental Paradises"; Part 2: British Women's Travelogues; Chapter Three. Pleasures in Detail; Chapter Four. Being Seen; Chapter Five. Sartorial Adventures and Satiric Narratives; Part 3: Harem Portraiture; Chapter Six. The Politics of Portraiture behind the Veil; Chapter Seven. Oriental Dreams; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Comparative study of 19th-century representations of Ottoman harems that considers both the tradition of British paintings and writings about harems as well as the perspectives of Ottoman women who commissioned their own harem portraits.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968910203321

Autore

Cipriani Don

Titolo

Children's rights and the minimum age of criminal responsibility : a global perspective / / Don Cipriani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-315-57158-7

1-317-16759-7

1-317-16758-9

1-282-24353-5

9786612243530

0-7546-9447-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Advances in criminology

Disciplina

345.04

345/.04

Soggetti

Criminal liability

Capacity and disability

Age (Law)

Children - Legal status, laws, etc

Children (International law)

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

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Shifting Perspectives on Children, Shifting Rights and Criminal Responsibility in Juvenile Justice; 2 Children's Rights' Mediation of Welfare-Justice Tensions; 3 MACRs and States' Obligations under Regional and International Law Instruments; 4 Historical Influences on MACRs; 5 Current MACRs Worldwide and Modern Trends;



6 Practical Implications and Challenges of MACR Implementation; 7 Making MACRs Work for Children's Rights; Annex 1 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Annex 2 Worldwide MACR Provisions and Statutory Sources by CountryIndex

Sommario/riassunto

This work is the first global analysis of national minimum ages of criminal responsibility, the international legal obligations that surround them and the principal considerations for establishing and implementing respective age limits.