1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458879603321

Autore

Evans Nancy

Titolo

Civic rights [[electronic resource] ] : democracy and religion in ancient Athens / / Nancy Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-55616-9

9786612556166

0-520-94548-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

938/.505

Soggetti

Democracy - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500

Democracy - Greece - Athens - Religious aspects - History - To 1500

Religion and politics - Greece - Athens

Electronic books.

Athens (Greece) Politics and government

Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C

Athens (Greece) Religion

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction: The City of Pericles and Socrates -- One. Cleisthenes: The Family Curse behind Athenian Democracy -- Two. Athena: Religion and the Demo cratic Polis -- Three. Pericles: Empire and War in the City of Athena -- Four. Demeter: Civic Worship, Women's Rites, and the Eleusinian Mysteries -- Five. Alcibiades: Politics, Religion, and the Cult of Personality -- Six. Dionysus: Civic Rituals of Wine, Theater, and Transformation -- Seven. Socrates: Impiety Trials in the Restored Democracy -- Epilogue: The City after Socrates -- Glossary of terms -- Suggested further readings by chapter -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Civic Rites explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of fifth-century BCE Athens in the larger context of ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Deftly combining history, politics, and religion to weave together stories of democracy's first leaders and critics, Nancy Evans gives readers a



contemporary's perspective on Athenian society. She vividly depicts the physical environment and the ancestral rituals that nourished the people of the earliest democratic state, demonstrating how religious concerns were embedded in Athenian governmental processes. The book's lucid portrayals of the best-known Athenian festivals-honoring Athena, Demeter, and Dionysus-offer a balanced view of Athenian ritual and illustrate the range of such customs in fifth-century Athens.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996456647403316

Autore

Heinze Rùˆdiger

Titolo

Melting Pots & Mosaics: Children of Immigrants in US-American Literature / Rùˆdiger Heinze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2017

ISBN

3-8394-4045-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations

Collana

American Culture Studies ; 22

Classificazione

HU 1691

Disciplina

649.1

Soggetti

Literature; US-America; Immigration; 2nd Generation Immigrants; Children of Immigrants; America; Migration; American Studies; General Literature Studies; Literary Studies

America Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1  Contents    5  1. Introduction: American Children    7  2. Axioms & Methodology    19  3. Children of Immigrants in American Literature    81  4. Conclusion: Truisms, Fallacies, and Complex Contradictions    271  5. Works Cited    277

Sommario/riassunto

In the past decades, children of immigrants have drawn increased attention not only in press and media, but also in a number of academic fields, among them sociology, history, or ethnology. Surprisingly, literary and cultural studies have been somewhat more reluctant to approach the topic. While there is work on individual authors or, at the very most, particular ethnic groups, comparative approaches are rare.  This monograph aims to amend this. It provides an extensive discussion of US-American literature about children of



immigrants, comparing different authors, different ethnic groups and different literary and historical contexts.