1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454619603321

Autore

Romeyn Esther

Titolo

Street scenes [[electronic resource] ] : staging the self in immigrant New York, 1880-1924 / / Esther Romeyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8166-6626-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

305.8009747/10903

792.097471

Soggetti

City and town life - New York (State) - New York - History

Ethnicity - New York (State) - New York - History

Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life

Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions

Minorities - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life

Minorities - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions

Performing arts - Social aspects - New York (State) - New York - History

Self - New York (State) - New York - History

Electronic books.

New York (N.Y.) Ethnic relations

New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life

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. 213-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The city as theater : performativity and urban space -- The epistemology of the city -- Detecting, acting, and the hierarchy of the social body -- Crossing the Bowery : female slumming and the theater of urban space -- Eros and Americanization : the rise of David Levinsky, or the etiquette of race and sex -- pt. 2. Stages of identity : performing ethnic subjects -- Juggling identities : the case of an Italian American clown -- My other/my self : impersonation and the rehearsal of otherness -- The truth of racial signs : civilizing the Jewish comic -- Blackface, Jewface, whiteface : racial impersonation revisited.

Sommario/riassunto

The turn of the twentieth century in New York City was characterized by



radical transformation as the advent of consumer capitalism confronted established social hierarchies, culture, and conceptions of selfhood. The popular stage existed in a symbiotic relationship with the city and uniquely captured the contested terms of immigrant identity of the time. Street Scenes focuses on the intersection of modern city life and stage performance. From street life and slumming to vaudeville and early cinema, to Yiddish theater and blackface comedy, Esther Romeyn discloses racial comedy, passing, and ma

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385058603316

Autore

Chillingworth William <1602-1644.>

Titolo

The religion of Protestants a safe way to salvation, or, An answer to a book entituled Mercy and truth, or, Charity maintained by Catholicks, which pretends to prove the contrary [[electronic resource] ] : together with The apostolical institution of episcopacy : as also Nine sermons, the first preached before His Majesty King Charles the First, the other eight upon special and eminent occasions / / by William Chillingworth ... ; to which is added, Mr. Chillingworth's letter to Mr. Lewger to persuade him to return to his mother the Church of England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by M.C., : And are to be sold by William Crook and Charles Harper ..., 1684

Edizione

[The fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

[28], 452 [i.e. 450] p

Altri autori (Persone)

ChillingworthWilliam <1602-1644.>

LewgarJohn <1602-1665.>

Soggetti

Protestantism

Episcopacy

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.

An answer to "Mercy and truth, or, Charity maintained by Catholiques" by Edward Knott [pseud. of Matthew Wilson]

"The apostolical institution of episcopacy demonstrated" and "Nine sermons" each has special t.p.

Table of contents: p. [8]-[10]



Errata: p. [10]

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0167

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779810703321

Autore

Swanwick Keith

Titolo

Musical knowledge : intuition, analysis, and music education / / Keith Swanwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-85487-0

1-134-85488-9

1-280-18207-5

0-203-42457-3

0-203-30132-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

780/.7

Soggetti

Music - Instruction and study

Music - Psychological aspects

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

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. [183]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The nature of musical knowledge; Intuition, analysis and symbolic forms; Musical knowledge in action; Research and the magic of music; The development of musical knowledge; Assessing musical knowledge; Teaching for musical knowledge; Instrumental teaching as music teaching; Curriculum and community; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the tension between intuitive and analytical ways of making sense of the world by exploring musical knowledge and experience.