Imagined states : nationalism, utopia, and longing in oral cultures / / edited by Luisa Del Giudice and Gerald Porter

• Record Nr.: UNISA996199278403316
• Autore: Porter Gerald
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Utah State University, University Libraries, 2001; Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 2001; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012; ©2001
• ISBN: 1-283-26685-7; 9786613266859; 0-87421-457-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Disciplina: 398/.42
• Soggetti: Nostalgia; Nationalism; Ethnicity; Imaginary places; Utopias; Oral tradition
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Idealized States; Demonized States; Embodied States; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An international ensemble of folklore scholars looks at varied ways in which national and ethnic groups have traditionally and creatively used imagined states of existence-some idealizations, some demonizations-in the construction of identities for themselves and for others. Drawing on oral traditions, especially as represented in traditional ballads, broadsides, and tale collections, the contributors consider fertile landscapes of the mind where utopias overflow with bliss and abundance, stereotyped national and ethnic caricatures define the lives of "others," nostalgia glorifies home and occupation, and idealized and mythological animals serve as cultural icons and guideposts to ; harmonious social life.Italian Canadian Luisa Del Giudice looks at the rich Italian variants of the traditional gastronomic utopia called Il Paese di Cuccagna, the Land of Cockaigne, "a mythic land of plenty where rivers run with 'milk and honey' (wine, beer, coffee, or rum), food falls like manna from heaven, work is banished, and no one ever grows old" and considers its persistence in immigrant worldview. From New Delhi, Sadhana Naithani examines the "preface-d space" that as India, colonial British authors imagined and passed on to readers in formulaic prefaces to collections of Indian folklore. Reimund Kvideland, of Norway, and Gerald Porter, an English scholar teaching in Finland, show how nineteenth-century Norwegian and English railway navvies (itinerant laborers) idealized their low-status occupations in song. In a second essay, Gerald Porter demonstrates through broadside ballad texts the role of caricatures of the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish in constructing "Englishness." Turks were among the "others" Germans demonized, as Tom Cheesman, who teaches in Wales, explains in his paper on their historical representations in German street ballads. Cozette Griffin-Kremer of France paints a sweeping picture of the landscape of the mind that written and popular traditions of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales built around bovine bodies, the human-cow partnership, and the mysteries of domestication, thereby providing conceptions of transcendence of the human condition. Finally, Vaira Freibergs, a scholar and the current president of Latvia, explains the images of longing for idealized childhood homes that married women, exiled by a patrilocal culture, expressed in Latvian folksong.

More than money : five forms of capital to create wealth and eliminate poverty / / Paul C. Godfrey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953983003321
• Autore: Godfrey Paul C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 9780804789202; 0804789207
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.15/2
• Soggetti: Capital; Economic development; Organization; Poverty; Self-reliance; Social capital (Sociology)
• 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: Introduction : eliminating, not alleviating poverty -- More than money -- Self-reliance : the mechanism that eliminates poverty -- Part I. The five types of capital. Institutional capital : yarn-dyed cloth -- Social capital : a double-edged sword -- Human capital : the heart of the matter -- Organizational capital : power from simple machines -- Physical capital : the last puzzle piece -- Part II. Creating effective organizations. Mission and vision : leading the fight with values -- Ecosystems of development : systems to fight a system -- Measuring impact : are we winning? -- Eudemonia : human flourishing and the end of poverty.
• Sommario/riassunto: Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world. This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of interrelated capital—institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical—enable development and sustainable ; growth. In addition to a widely-applicable model, Godfrey provides principles to guide application. Core chapters articulate each specific form of capital and provide examples of how it contributes to the triple bottom line. Not just a theoretical examination of poverty, More than Money delivers timely advice to organizations that produce goods and services, implement policies, and create meaningful change on the ground. This book will guide social innovators and entrepreneurs in business, government, and civil society settings as they create a vision, assemble a team of strong partners, and effectively measure social innovation.