1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782702203321

Autore

May Regine <1971->

Titolo

Apuleius and drama [[electronic resource] ] : the ass on stage / / Regine May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-170795-3

1-280-75412-5

0-19-151397-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Oxford classical monographs

Disciplina

873/.01

Soggetti

Latin drama (Comedy) - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Revised and extended version of my Oxford DPhil thesis A comic novel? Roman and new comedy in Apuleius Metamorphoses, submitted in Hilary Term 2002."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Note on Texts and Translations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Knowledge of Drama and Archaism in the Second Century; 3. Drama Philosophy, and Rhetoric: Apuleius' Minor Works; 4. Courtroom Drama: Apuleius' Apologia; 5. The Texture of the Metamorphoses; 6. The Drama of Aristomenes and Socrates; 7. A Parasite in a Comic Household; 8. The Risus Festival: Laughing at Laughter; 9. Cupid and Psyche: A Divine Comedy; 10. Charite: How Comedies Do Not End; 11. 'Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light': Metamorphoses, Book 10; 12. The End: Isis: Dea ex machina?; 13. Conclusion

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. All Latin and Greek is translated into English. - ;Regine May discusses the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. Apuleius uses drama, especially comedy, as a basic underlying texture, and invites his reade



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970084703321

Autore

López Ann Aurelia <1945->

Titolo

The farmworkers' journey / / Ann Aurelia Lopez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007

ISBN

9786612360206

9780520940574

0520940571

9781282360204

1282360205

9781433708404

143370840X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Disciplina

331.5/4408968720794

Soggetti

Migrant agricultural laborers - California

Migrant agricultural laborers - Mexico

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Farmworkers' Journey -- 2. Mexico's Historical Farming Practices -- 3. Aspects of Mexico's Agricultural Political Economy -- 4. Migration Northward to Central California -- 5. Immigration Experiences -- 6. California's Corporate Agribusiness -- 7. Farmworkers in Central California's Corporate Agribusiness -- 8. An Impoverished, Endangered, and Overworked People in the Land of Plenty -- 9. Farmworker Household Survival in Central California -- 10. Meanwhile, Back on the Farm -- 11. Transnational Corporations and the U.S. Legacy in West-Central Mexico -- 12. Endangered Mexican Farmers -- 13. Institutional Oppression in the West-Central Mexico Countryside -- 14. Toward an Enlightened Perception of California's Mexican Agricultural Immigrants -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Agrochemical Inventories and Classifications -- Appendix B: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- References -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives a rare insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Over the course of ten years, Ann Aurelia López conducted a series of intimate interviews with farmworkers and their families along the migrant circuit. She deftly weaves their voices together with up-to-date research to portray a world hidden from most Americans-a world of inescapable poverty that has worsened considerably since NAFTA was implemented in 1994. In fact, today it has become nearly impossible for rural communities in Mexico to continue to farm the land sustainably, leaving few survival options except the perilous border crossing to the United States. The Farmworkers' Journey brings together for the first time the many facets of this issue into a comprehensive and accessible narrative: how corporate agribusiness operates, how binational institutions and laws promote the subjugation of Mexican farmworkers, how migration affects family life, how genetically modified corn strains pouring into Mexico from the United States are affecting farmers, how migrants face exploitation from employers, and more. A must-read for all Americans, The Farmworkers' Journey traces the human consequences of our policy decisions.