1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996209837803316

Autore

Goff Barbara E

Titolo

Crossroads in the Black Aegean [[electronic resource] ] : Oedipus, Antigone, and dramas of the African diaspora / / Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-160760-6

1-281-14961-6

9786611149611

0-19-152717-3

1-4356-2170-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Classical presences

Altri autori (Persone)

SimpsonMichael <1934->

Disciplina

820.9896

Soggetti

African drama (English) - History and criticism

African drama (English) - Classical influences

African diaspora in literature

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 (p. [365]-388) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Answering Another Sphinx; 1. Intersections and Networks; 2. Back to the Motherland: Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not To Blame; 3. Oedipus Rebound: Rita Dove's The Darker Face of the Earth; 4. The City on the Edge: Lee Breuer's The Gospel at Colonus; 5. The Wine-dark Caribbean? Kamau Brathwaite's Odale's Choice and Derek Walcott's Omeros; 6. No Man's Island: Fugard, Kani and Ntshona's The Island; 7. History Sisters: Femi Osofisan's Tegonni: An African Antigone; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Crossroads in the Black Aegean is a compendious, timely, and fascinating study of African rewritings of Greek tragedy. It consists of detailed readings of six dramas and one epic poem, from different locations across the African diaspora. Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson ask why the plays of Sophocles' Theban Cycle figure so prominently among the tragedies adapted by dramatists of African descent, and how plays that dilate on the power of the past, in the inexorable curseof Oedipus and the regressive obsession of Antigone,



can articulate the postcolonial moment. Capitalizing on classical recep

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778757403321

Autore

National Research Council Staff

Titolo

Toxicity of military smokes and obscurants . volume 2 [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, USA, : National Academies Press, 1999

National Academies Press

ISBN

0-309-18422-3

1-280-18617-8

9786610186174

0-309-59692-0

0-585-08596-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Soggetti

Combustion gases - Toxicology

Smoke screens - Toxicology

Diesel fuels - Toxicology

Hexachloroethane - Toxicology

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

Military Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960039803321

Autore

Roselle Laura

Titolo

Media and the Politics of Failure : Great Powers, Communication Strategies, and Military Defeats / / by L. Roselle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611365806

9781349535903

1349535907

9781281365804

1281365807

9781403983602

1403983607

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 191 p.)

Collana

The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication, , 2945-6126

Disciplina

070.4/333

Soggetti

Communication in politics

Political science

International relations

Peace

Political Communication

Political Science

International Relations

Peace and Conflict Studies

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 (p. [173]-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Media and the Politics of Failure -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Political Communication and Policy Legitimacy: Explaining Failure -- Chapter 2 War Waging and Reassessment: Vietnam -- Chapter 3 Withdrawal and Aftermath: Vietnam -- Chapter 4 War Waging and Reassessment: Afghanistan -- Chapter 5 Withdrawal and Aftermath: Afghanistan -- Chapter 6 Conclusions and a Post-Cold War Assessment -- Appendix -- Notes --



Sources Consulted and Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Roselle analyzes how political leaders of powerful states use media to explain military defeats. The cases of the United States in Vietnam and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan highlight the role of great power identity, domestic politics, and media structure.