1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002879319707536

Autore

Sheean, Vincent

Titolo

The Amazing Oscar Hammerstein : the life and exploits of an impresario / by Vincent Sheean ; with a preface by Oscar Hammerstein II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956

Descrizione fisica

IX, 363 p., 4 c. di tav. ; 22cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Hammerstein, Oscar II

Soggetti

Impresari

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911026009903321

Autore

Marino Alessandra (Research Associate)

Titolo

Acts of angry writing : on citizenship and orientalism in postcolonial India / / Alessandra Marino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Michigan : , : Wayne State University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9780814340585

081434058X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 240 pages :) : illustrations, map ;

Collana

Series in citizenship studies

Disciplina

809.8954

Soggetti

Indic literature - Political aspects

Social problems in literature

Women authors, Indic - Political activity

Women political activists - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Mahasweta Devi. Poor, not criminals ; Devi against legal Orientalism -- "How does a law help?" Struggles for citizenship in the forests -- Modernity and modernism : "real" political subjects -- Arundhati Roy. "The cost of dams" : writing collective resistance -- Privatizing the commons, orientalizing adivasis -- Storytelling and the metamorphosis of literature -- Sampat Pal. Warrior in a pink sari : a subaltern autobiography -- Acts of violence or acts of citizenship? -- Between theory and practice. Performing citizenship : resignifying literature -- Acts of angry writing : ethics, subjectivity, and agency.

Sommario/riassunto

Its rich discussion of performativity and speech acts theory bridges the gap between the fields of literary theory, law, and citizenship.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911028723503321

Autore

Babilas Dorota

Titolo

From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Warsaw Press, 2025

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia