1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003545359707536

Autore

Cary, Joyce

Titolo

Mister Johnson / Joyce Cary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harmondsworth ; New York : Penguin books, 1980

Descrizione fisica

250 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Penguin modern classics

Disciplina

823.912

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779470303321

Autore

Bailey Dale

Titolo

American nightmares [[electronic resource] ] : the haunted house formula in American popular fiction / / Dale Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bowling Green, Ohio, : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1999

ISBN

0-299-26873-X

1-283-97618-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Disciplina

813.009/355

Soggetti

American fiction - History and criticism

Haunted houses in literature

Popular literature - United States - History and criticism

National characteristics, American, in literature

Ghost stories, American - History and criticism

Horror tales, American - History and criticism

Nightmares in literature

Home in literature

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. 125-135) and index.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787970103321

Autore

Chuang YaChung

Titolo

Democracy on trial : social movements and cultural politics in postauthoritarian Taiwan / / Ya-Chung Chuang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong : , : The Chinese University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

962-996-920-3

962-996-963-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

320.95124909048

Soggetti

Democracy - Taiwan

Social movements - Taiwan

Politics and culture - Taiwan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. State and civil society -- Democracy's dawn : "quiet revolution" in a national crisis -- Democracy in action : the making of social movement webs -- Talking democracy : from normalized political processes to politicized everyday life -- Part II. Identity and ethnicity -- Reflexive democracy : Bentu and its discontent -- Democracy as dream : ethnicity and the politics of recognition -- Part III. Place and politics -- (en)gendering democracy : Shequ and urban neighborhood organizing -- Walking democracy : street life and local politics in a Taipei neighborhood -- Epilogue : democracy unbound -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Writing "an ethnography of democracy," Ya-Chung Chuang masterfully describes and analyzes a multifaceted Taiwanese society. Contradicting mainstream research on political cultures, which relies heavily on survey data and statistical analysis, Ya-Chung Chuang produces an anthropologically inspired, contextually rich study using original source materials. He traces a genealogy of pivotal concepts, such as



sovereignty, identity, and locality, at the heart of Taiwan's democratic discourse and relates the experience of democracy as "a way of life" from the viewpoints of a variety of subjects, including social movement participants, urban community members, and ethnic activists. His book explores the loaded meaning of democracy.