1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911103526503321

Autore

Pallot Judith

Titolo

Gender, geography, and punishment : the experience of women in carceral Russia / / Judith Pallot and Laura Piacentini ; with the assistance of Dominique Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-64391-X

0-19-163320-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies

Oxford geographical and environmental studies

Altri autori (Persone)

PiacentiniLaura

MoranDominique

Disciplina

304.2082

304.20820947

Soggetti

Women prisoners - Russia (Federation)

Women political prisoners - Russia (Federation)

Women prisoners - Russia

Women political prisoners - Russia

Women prisoners - Soviet Union

Women political prisoners - Soviet Union

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

pt. 1. Space and place in Russia's system of penality -- pt. 2. Women prisoners' experiences of carceral Russia.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first of its kind that brings together human geography and the sociology of punishment to explore the relationship between distance and the punishment in contemporary Russia. Using established penological and geographical theories, the book presents in-depth empirical research to show how the experiences of women prisoners are shaped by the distances that the Russian penal service sends prisoners to serve their sentences. Its most eye-catching feature is its use ofinterviews conducted by the authors and their research team with adult and juvenile women prisoners, ex-prisoners



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911136703503321

Autore

Aldhouse-Green Miranda J (Miranda Jane)

Titolo

Animals in Celtic life and myth / / Miranda Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

9780203023563

0203023560

9780203272725

0203272722

9781134665310

1134665318

9781280333668

1280333669

9781134665327

1134665326

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

398.24

398.245

Soggetti

Celts - Domestic animals

Celts - Hunting

Celts

Animals, Mythical

Animals, Mythical, in art

Mythology, Celtic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in paperback 1998"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE NATURAL WORLD OF THE CELTS; FOOD AND FARMING: ANIMALS IN THE CELTIC ECONOMY; PREY AND PREDATOR: THE CELTIC HUNTER; ANIMALS AT WAR; SACRIFICE AND RITUAL; THE ARTIST'S MENAGERIE; ANIMALS IN THE EARLIEST CELTIC STORIES; GOD AND BEAST; CHANGING ATTITUDES TO THE ANIMAL WORLD; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, consi