03114nam 2200649 a 450 991046123320332120200520144314.01-283-23192-1978661323192594-006-0009-7(CKB)2670000000108195(EBL)752436(OCoLC)746747220(SSID)ssj0000544370(PQKBManifestationID)11352947(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544370(PQKBWorkID)10552879(PQKB)11725429(MiAaPQ)EBC3327176(OCoLC)966771448(MdBmJHUP)muse54604(Au-PeEL)EBL3327176(CaPaEBR)ebr10493662(CaONFJC)MIL323192(EXLCZ)99267000000010819520110929d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe necklace of the Pleiades[electronic resource] studies in Persian literature presented to Heshmat Moayyad on his 80th birthday : 24 essays on Persian literature, culture and religion /F.D. Lewis and S. Sharma (eds.)Leiden Leiden University Press20101 online resource (391 p.)Iranian studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.90-8728-091-2 Includes bibliographical references.The Necklace of the Pleiades; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF HESHMAT MOAYYAD; I. Alexander Romance; II. The Epic Cycle; III. Religious Texts and Contexts; IV. The Poetic Text and Central Motifs; V. Center and Periphery; IV. The Modern Period; Backlist Iranian Studies Series:"The necklace of the Pleiades" is a volume on Persian literature, culture and religion by Persian scholars from around the world. This book reflects the state of the field of Persian literary studies and will be of substantial interest not only to scholars of Iranian culture, history and religions, but of Middle Eastern and South Asian studies, as well. The topics of the 24 essays range from the Persian Alexander romance, to Ferdowsi's Shahnama and other epics, the poetics and imagery of the ghazal and the qasida, Mughal court poetry, Sufism, Ismaili history, Baha'i literature, Iranian linguistics, the modern writer Sadeq Hedayat, and the reception of Salman Rushdie's novel in Persian translation.Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)Persian literatureHistory and criticismIranian literatureHistory and criticismIranCivilizationElectronic books.Persian literatureHistory and criticism.Iranian literatureHistory and criticism.891.5509Lewis F. D997698Sharma S381519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461233203321The necklace of the Pleiades2288102UNINA02703nam 2200625Ia 450 991045212580332120220131170603.00-8078-7628-3(CKB)1000000000458711(EBL)413405(OCoLC)476237395(SSID)ssj0000194931(PQKBManifestationID)11157023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194931(PQKBWorkID)10242364(PQKB)10227869(MiAaPQ)EBC413405(Au-PeEL)EBL413405(CaPaEBR)ebr10116535(CaONFJC)MIL930060(EXLCZ)99100000000045871120040423d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLydia Cabrera and the construction of an Afro-Cuban cultural identity[electronic resource] /Edna M. Rodríguez-MangualChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20041 online resource (214 p.)Envisioning CubaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5554-5 0-8078-2887-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-193) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Point of Departure: Fernando Ortiz and Afro-Cuban Studies; 2 A Disarticulation of the Gaze: Exploring Modes of Authority and Representation in the Rhetoric of El monte; 3 The Death of the King: Between Anthropology and Fiction; 4 The Anthropologist's Exile: Nation and Simulacrum; Notes; Bibliography; Index;Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991) collected oral histories, stories, and music from Cubans of African descent. Her work is often viewed as an extension of the work of her famous brother-in-law, Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz. Edna Rodriguez-Mangual challenges this, proposing that her work is an alternative to the hegemonizing national myth of Cuba.Envisioning Cuba.Black peopleCultural assimilationCubaBlack peopleCubaEthnic identityBlack peopleCubaFolkloreCubaCivilizationAfrican influencesElectronic books.Black peopleCultural assimilationBlack peopleEthnic identity.Black people868/.6409Rodríguez-Mangual Edna M1040399MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452125803321Lydia Cabrera and the construction of an Afro-Cuban cultural identity2463217UNINA