03953nam 22006975 450 991084699050332120250322110037.09781479877430147987743310.18574/9781479877430(CKB)3710000000111898(EBL)1690636(SSID)ssj0001193750(PQKBManifestationID)11784741(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193750(PQKBWorkID)11145980(PQKB)10724115(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323566(MiAaPQ)EBC1690636(OCoLC)881892358(MdBmJHUP)muse34277(DE-B1597)546844(DE-B1597)9781479877430(ODN)ODN0001755514(EXLCZ)99371000000011189820200723h20142014 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrClarity, Cut, and Culture The Many Meanings of Diamonds /Susan FallsNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4798-1066-5 1-4798-7990-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --CONTENTS --FIGURES --PREFACE: THE EMPTINESS OF DIAMONDS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --INTRODUCTION: LITTLE ROCKS --1. FROM ROCK TO GEM --2. VALUING DIAMONDS --3. A DIAMOND IS FOREVER --4. DIAMONDS AND EMOTIONS --5. DIAMONDS AND BLING --6. DIAMONDS AND PERFORMANCE --CONCLUSION: THE FULLNESS OF DIAMONDS --NOTES --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEX --ABOUT THE AUTHORImages of diamonds appear everywhere in American culture. And everyone who has a diamond has a story to tell about it. Our stories about diamonds not only reveal what we do with these tiny stones, but also suggest how we create value, meaning, and identity through our interactions with material culture in general. Things become meaningful through our interactions with them, but how do people go about making meaning? What can we learn from an ethnography about the production of identity, creation of kinship, and use of diamonds in understanding selves and social relationships? By what means do people positioned within a globalized political-economy and a compelling universe of advertising interact locally with these tiny, polished rocks? This book draws on 12 months of fieldwork with diamond consumers in New York City as well as an analysis of the iconic De Beers campaign that promised romance, status, and glamour to anyone who bought a diamond to show that this thematic pool is just one resource among many that diamond owners draw upon to engage with their own stones. The volume highlights the important roles that memory, context, and circumstance also play in shaping how people interpret and then use objects in making personal worlds. It shows that besides operating as subjects in an ad-burdened universe, consumers are highly creative, idiosyncratic, and theatrical agents.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's StudiesbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / GeneralbisacshIdentity (Psychology)SymbolismDiamondsSocial aspectsSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.Identity (Psychology)Symbolism.DiamondsSocial aspects.155.2Falls Susanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1675854DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910846990503321Clarity, Cut, and Culture4128383UNINA02739nam 2200781z- 450 991055768030332120220111(CKB)5400000000044729(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76472(oapen)doab76472(EXLCZ)99540000000004472920202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPlant-Soil InteractionsBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 online resource (150 p.)3-0365-0406-0 3-0365-0407-9 Plant-soil interactions play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems. This book presents recent research advances on the effects of soil factors on plant communities and the role of ecological complementarity and species diversity in soil properties and ecosystem services. It addresses cultivated, degraded and natural soils, in fields as well as in greenhouse experiments, at different latitudes. It may be found useful by researchers, students and practitioners.Research and information: generalbicssc15N natural abundanceabiotic stressAM fungibacteriabiodiversitybiofumigantbiological nitrogen fixationbiotic stressCasuarinacommunity weighted meanscore microbiomecover cropsdiversityendophytesfunctional diversityfunctional traitsgrapevine trunk diseaseherbaceous vegetationhydraulic roughnessland use intensityleaf and stem functional traitsn/anitrogen concentrationnitrogen transferplantplant-associated microbiomeplant-microbe interactionsplant-runoff interactionPseudomonasrehabilitationrhizospheresalinizationsoil erosion controlsoil reclamationtechnosolsultramaficyoung vine declineResearch and information: generalFaucon Michel-Pierreedt1323476Faucon Michel-PierreothBOOK9910557680303321Plant-Soil Interactions3035600UNINA