03153nam 2200673 450 991079215110332120230126204353.00-8047-9161-910.1515/9780804791618(CKB)2560000000131527(EBL)1660364(SSID)ssj0001132713(PQKBManifestationID)12482028(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132713(PQKBWorkID)11167150(PQKB)11095259(StDuBDS)EDZ0000886877(MiAaPQ)EBC1660364(DE-B1597)564615(DE-B1597)9780804791618(Au-PeEL)EBL1660364(CaPaEBR)ebr10856335(OCoLC)875819952(OCoLC)1198929985(EXLCZ)99256000000013152720140412h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPower and patronage local state networks and party-state resilience in rural China /Ben HillmanStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-8936-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Studying the Local State in China; 1. Village Politics and Social Organization; 2. The Dynamics of Village-Township Relations; 3. Political Competition in Two Townships: Elections, Violence, and Rural Social Networks; 4. The Power Center of the Local State: The County and Prefectural Governments; 5. Political Competition over State-Funded Programs; 6. Political Competition over Local Resources; Conclusion: Patterns of Local Politics in Rural China; Notes; Bibliography; IndexPower and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change.While many observers of Chinese politics have recognized the importance of informal institutions, this book explains how informal local groups actually operate, paying special attention to the role of patronage networks in political decision-making, political competition, and official corruption. While patronageLocal governmentChina, SouthwestVillagesChina, SouthwestSocial networksChina, SouthwestPatronage, PoliticalChina, SouthwestChina, SouthwestPolitics and governmentChina, SouthwestRural conditionsLocal governmentVillagesSocial networksPatronage, Political320.80951/3Hillman Ben1481114MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792151103321Power and patronage3697950UNINA05088oam 2200661 a 450 991095762950332120200520144314.097982160140729786610708277978128070827512807082719780313006968031300696210.5040/9798216014072(CKB)111056485489490(OCoLC)51389707(CaPaEBR)ebrary10004895(SSID)ssj0000245047(PQKBManifestationID)11217657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245047(PQKBWorkID)10175983(PQKB)10379384(Au-PeEL)EBL3000435(CaPaEBR)ebr10004895(OCoLC)45791343(DLC)BP9798216014072BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000435(Perlego)4202410(EXLCZ)9911105648548949020010109e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrShakespearean characterization a guide for actors and students /Leslie O'Dell1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (309 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780313311444 0313311447 Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and indexes.Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- AN ACTOR'S GUIDE TO SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CITATIONS -- QUOTATIONS -- CAPITALIZATIONS -- FIRST FOLIO ERRORS -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SELF -- LONG SPELLINGS -- HE OR SHE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Bringing Shakespeare to the Modern Stage -- AN ACTOR'S INSIGHTS -- THE DEAD HAND OF TRADITION -- LAZINESS -- ANTI-METHOD -- ROMANCE -- UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING -- BRIDGES -- 2 The Conditions of Rehearsal and Performance -- REHEARSING IN SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE -- Training Actors in Shakespeare's Company -- Rehearsing with Sides -- 3 Theatrical Conventions -- ENACTING DEATH -- Inopportune Laughter -- SOLILOQUY AND ASIDE -- RELATIONSHIPS -- ENTRANCES AND EXITS -- SHIFTING TIME AND PLACE -- DOUBLING -- 4 The Theatrical Traditions of Personification -- PLAYING PERSONIFICATIONS -- PERSONIFICATION IN IMAGERY -- Emblems -- PSYCHOMACHIA REVISITED -- And One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts -- PERSONIFICATIONS AND ARCHETYPES -- Playing an Archetypal Relationship -- AN ACTOR WRITING FOR OTHER ACTORS -- 5 A Character's Language -- EDUCATION -- EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE -- RHYTHMIC INDICATORS -- COMPLEXITY OF THOUGHT, COMPLEXITY OF CHARACTER -- EMOTION AND RHETORIC -- PROSE VERSUS POETRY -- WIT -- 6 Moving Metaphors -- A CHARACTER'S LIFE STORY IN A WORD OR TWO -- SHAKESPEARE'S LANGUAGE OF SENSE -- Visualizing Images -- Envisioning Metaphor -- Imagery As Framework -- 7 The Power of the Word -- THE MUSIC OF THE VOICE -- The Speaking Voice -- PURPLE PASSAGES -- IRONIC DISTANCE -- ANTIPOETRY -- 8 The Fallacy of Universality -- SOCIAL HISTORY -- Hypertext -- HABITS OF MIND -- Reflections -- Elizabeth -- Prefigures -- The Famous of Athens and Rome -- Biblical Allusions -- Exploration: The Book of the Revelation -- Antithesis -- CLASS -- Honorifics -- A BAWDY PLANET -- Dirty Bits -- SILENCE -- HUMORS.The Humors Game -- The Humors in the Text -- THE LIMITATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Plays and Characters -- About the Author.Shakespeare's plays were written some four hundred years ago, and while his characters are enduring, they are also alien. In grappling with the text of his plays, the modern actor must bring Shakespeare's Renaissance characters to life for a modern audience. And while it is difficult enough for twentieth-century spectators to make sense of the plays, it is also hard for modern actors to understand the Elizabethan world that created the personalities so vividly sketched in Shakespeare's texts. This reference is a convenient and practical guide for actors faced with the task of playing Shakespeare's characters. The volume begins with an overview of Elizabethan theatrical conventions, including the training of actors. It then looks at the dramatic tradition of personification, which Shakespeare's world inherited from the medieval stage. Later chapters give special attention to how language reveals character and to the social and cultural contexts of the Renaissance. Throughout, the emphasis is on how to translate Shakespeare's text into action on the stage. While the volume contains much useful information, that information is presented to meet the special needs of theater professionals. ActingActing.792.9/5O'Dell Leslie1797763DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910957629503321Shakespearean characterization4341648UNINA