1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453102703321

Titolo

Astonishment and evocation [[electronic resource] ] : the spell of culture in art and anthropology / / edited by Ivo Strecker and Markus Verne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2013

ISBN

0-85745-936-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Studies in rhetoric and culture ; ; volume 5

Altri autori (Persone)

StreckerIvo A. <1940->

VerneMarkus

Disciplina

306.4/7

Soggetti

Art and anthropology

Art and society

Visual anthropology

Visual perception

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Image -- pt. II. Performance -- pt. III. Text.

Sommario/riassunto

All societies are shaped by arts, media, and other persuasive practices that can awe, captivate, enchant or otherwise seem to cast a spell on the audience. Likewise, scholarship itself often is driven by a sense of wonder and a willingness to be open to what lies beyond the obvious. This book broadens and deepens this perspective. Inspired by Stephen Tyler's view of ethnography as an art of evocation, international scholars from the fields of aesthetics, anthropology, and rhetoric explore the spellbinding power of elusive meanings as people experience them in daily life and while gazing at wo



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386570703316

Autore

H. S (Henry Savage), <1604?-1672.>

Titolo

The dew of Hermon which fell upon the hill of Sion, or, An answer to a book entituled, Sions groans for her distressed, &c. offered to the King's Majesty, Parliament, and people [[electronic resource] ] : wherein is pretended to be proved by Scripture, reason, and authority of fifteen ancients, that equal protection under different perswasions, is the undoubted right of Christian liberty : but hereby confuted, wherein the power and proceedings of the Kings Majesty and the church are vindicated

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for H. Robinson ..., 1663

Descrizione fisica

[12], 81, [1] p

Soggetti

Religious tolerance - Great Britain

Royal supremacy (Church of England)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Epistle dedicatory" signed: H.S.

Attributed to Henry Savage by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

"Some copies are called 'Toleration, with its principal objections fully confuted, or, An answer'"--DNB.

Errata on p. [1] at end.

Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160