1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911140224603321

Titolo

Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan / / edited by M. Strubell, E. Boix-Fuster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

9786613159014

9781283159012

1283159015

9780230312531

0230312535

9780230302426

0230302424

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, , 2947-5899

Classificazione

LAN009050LAN009010LAN009000

Altri autori (Persone)

Strubell i TruetaMiquel <1949->

BoixEmili <1956->

Disciplina

306.44/9467

306.44946

Soggetti

Applied linguistics

Literature

Sociolinguistics

Comparative linguistics

Historical linguistics

Applied Linguistics

Comparative Linguistics

Historical Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction; E.Boix & M.Strubell -- La Catalanofonia: A Community in Search of Linguistic Normality; M.A.Pradilla-Cardona -- The Legal Systems of the Catalan Language; J.Vernet & E.Pons -- Policies Governing the Use of Languages in Relations Between the Authorities and the Public; I.Mari; -- Language in Education Policies; F.X.Vila i



Moreno -- Policies Promoting the Use of Catalan in Oral Communications and to Improve Attitudes Towards the Language; E.Boix, J.Melia & B.Montoya -- Language Policies in the Public Media and the Promotion of Catalan in the Private Media, Arts and Information Technologies; J.Gifreu -- Language Policy in the World of Business and Consumer Affairs: From Non-Existence to Ineffectiveness; J.Melia -- An Overview of Catalan Research into Language Policy and Planning; E.Heiderpriem-Olazabal -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911140312203321

Autore

Flaskerud Ingvild

Titolo

Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism / / Ingvild Flaskerud

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

ISBN

9786613207500

9781472548788

1472548787

9781283207508

1283207508

9781441186782

1441186786

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

297.2/67

Soggetti

Art and religion - Iran

Islam and art

Shīʻah - Doctrines

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

Note on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The portrait



of Imam Ali: 1. The emergence of a prototypical model and its survival -- 2. Imam Ali in Shia memory -- 3. The iconography of Imam Ali and its reception -- Part II. The battle at Karbala: 4. The battle at Karbala in Shia memory and piety -- 5. Visual Karbala narratives in Shia piety -- 6. The parcham wall hanging -- 7. Representation and reception of Karbala in colour posters -- Part III. Images and decorative designs in ritual space: 8. The image as a votive gift -- 9. Images in the liturgy of commemoration and celebration -- 10. Decorative programmes across gendered ritual space -- 11. Transposing iconography -- Conclusion: visualizing and seeing in the service of Islam.

Sommario/riassunto

"The representation of prophets and saints in Islam is erroneously considered nonexistent by many scholars of Islam, Muslims, and the general public. The issue is often dealt with superficially without attention to its deep roots in piety and religiosity. Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism offers new understanding of Islamic iconography and Muslim perspectives on the use of imageries in ritual contexts and devotional life. Combining iconographic and ethnographic approaches, Ingvild Flaskerud introduces and analyzes imageries (tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings), ritual contexts and interviews with male and female local viewers to discuss the representation, reception and function of imageries in contemporary Iranian Shia environments. This book presents the argument that images and decorative programmes have stimulating qualities to mentally evoke the saints in the minds of devotees and inspire their recollection, transforming emotions and stimulating cultic behaviours. Visualization and seeing are significant to the dissemination of religious knowledge, the understanding of spiritual and ethical values, the promotion of personal piety, and functions as modes of venerating God and the saints."--Bloomsbury Publishing.