From Jeremiad to Jihad : Religion, Violence, and America / / John D. Carlson, Jonathan H. Ebel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 201.763320973 |
Soggetto topico |
United States - Religion
United States -- Religion Violence - Religious aspects Violence -- Religious aspects Violence - United States Violence -- United States Violence - Religious aspects - United States Violence |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american experience american history christianity cultural history formative moments jeremiad jihad law enforcement modern history order and meaning political history religion and culture religious historians religious history religious identities religious institutions religious rituals religious texts religious violence revolution secession terrorism united states violent history war |
ISBN |
1-280-49193-0
9786613587169 0-520-95153-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction. John Brown, Jeremiad, and Jihad: Reflections on Religion, Violence, and America -- 1. From King Philip's War to September 11: Religion, Violence, and the American Way -- 2. A Nation Birthed in Blood: Violent Cosmogonies and American Film -- 3. From Covenant to Crusade and Back: American Christianity and the Late Great War -- 4. From Jeremiad to Manifesto: The Rhetorical Evolution of John Foster Dulles's "Massive Retaliation" -- 5. American Providence, American Violence -- 6. New Israel, New Amalek: Biblical Exhortations to Religious Violence -- 7. Religion and Violence in Black and White -- 8. State Violence and the Un-American West: Mormons, American Indians, and Cults -- 9. Alma White's Bloodless Warfare: Women and Violence in U.S. Religious History -- 10. Of Tragedy and Its Aftermath: The Search for Religious Meaning in the Shootings at Virginia Tech -- 11. A Just or Holy War of Independence? The Revolution's Legacy for Religion, Violence, and American Exceptionalism -- 12. Why War Is a Moral Necessity for America: Realism, Sacrifice, and the Civil War -- 13. Contemporary Warfare and American Efforts at Restraint -- 14. Enemies Near and Far. The United States and Its Muslim Allies in Radical Islamist Discourse -- 15. Varieties of "Violence": Thinking Ethically about the Use of Force in the War on Terror -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808375003321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
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From the jaws of victory [[electronic resource] ] : the triumph and tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement / / Matt Garcia |
Autore | García Matt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina |
331.88/13092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Labor leaders - United States
Migrant agricultural laborers - Labor unions - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1970s
america biographical canada cesar chavez cultural history elaine elinson europe famous figures farm laborers farm worker movement grape boycott harry kubo historians historical figures jerry brown labor contracts labor history labor organizations labor unions modern history nonfiction oral histories political history regional history retrospective revolutionaries social history social movements united farm workers united states history |
ISBN |
1-283-58410-7
9786613896551 0-520-95366-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- One. Birth of a Movement -- Two. Capitalism in Reverse -- Three. Workers of the World, Unite! -- Four. Stuck in the Middle -- Five. A Bitter Harvest -- Six. Busy Dying -- Seven. Rotting from the Inside Out -- Eight. Some Were More Equal Than Others -- Epilogue: Beyond the Legend -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785539203321 |
García Matt | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From the jaws of victory [[electronic resource] ] : the triumph and tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement / / Matt Garcia |
Autore | García Matt |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina |
331.88/13092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Labor leaders - United States
Migrant agricultural laborers - Labor unions - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
1970s
america biographical canada cesar chavez cultural history elaine elinson europe famous figures farm laborers farm worker movement grape boycott harry kubo historians historical figures jerry brown labor contracts labor history labor organizations labor unions modern history nonfiction oral histories political history regional history retrospective revolutionaries social history social movements united farm workers united states history |
ISBN |
1-283-58410-7
9786613896551 0-520-95366-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- One. Birth of a Movement -- Two. Capitalism in Reverse -- Three. Workers of the World, Unite! -- Four. Stuck in the Middle -- Five. A Bitter Harvest -- Six. Busy Dying -- Seven. Rotting from the Inside Out -- Eight. Some Were More Equal Than Others -- Epilogue: Beyond the Legend -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826574403321 |
García Matt | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia [[electronic resource] ] : an exploration of the comparative method / / edited by Thomas A. Gregor and Donald Tuzin |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (403 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.3/0981/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GregorThomas
TuzinDonald F |
Soggetto topico |
Sex role - Amazon River Region
Sex role - Melanesia Gender identity - Amazon River Region Gender identity - Melanesia Sex differences Kinship - Amazon River Region Kinship - Melanesia |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
amazon amazonia comparative gender cultural history cultural studies cultural feminine gender identity gender issues gender roles gender studies gender health and wellness human sexuality identity lgbtq masculine political scholarly sexuality social history social studies women and gender studies |
ISBN |
0-520-93581-0
9786612762482 1-59734-630-6 1-282-76248-6 |
Classificazione | LB 44690 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Comparing Gender in Amazonia and Melanesia: A Theoretical Orientation -- 2. Two Forms of Masculine Ritualized Rebirth: The Melanesian Body and the Amazonian Cosmos -- 3. The Variety of Fertility Cultism in Amazonia: A Closer Look at Gender Symbolism in Northwestern Amazonia -- 4. Reproducing Inequality: The Gender Politics of Male Cults in the Papua New Guinea Highlands and Amazonia -- 5. The Genres of Gender: Local Models and Global Paradigms in the Comparison of Amazonia and Melanesia -- 6. Age-Based Genders among the Kayapo -- 7. Women's Blood, Warriors' Blood, and the Conquest of Vitality in Amazonia -- 8. Damming the Rivers of Milk? Fertility, Sexuality, and Modernity in Melanesia and Amazonia -- 9. Worlds Overturned: Gender-Inflected Religious Movements in Melanesia and the Amazon -- 10. Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Relations: Some Internal Comparisons -- 11. The Gender of Some Amazonian Gifts: An Experiment with an Experiment -- 12. "Strength" and Sexuality: Sexual Avoidance and Masculinity in New Guinea and Amazonia -- 13. The Anguish of Gender: Men's Cults and Moral Contradiction in Amazonia and Melanesia -- 14. Reflections on the Land of Melazonia -- References -- Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450138603321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Genealogisches Wissen in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit : Konstruktion - Darstellung - Rezeption |
Autore | Cusa Giuseppe |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin/München/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 pages) |
Altri autori (Persone) | DorfnerThomas |
Collana | Cultures and Practices of Knowledge in History Series |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Modern / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Genealogy
cultural history history of knowledge premodernity |
ISBN | 3-11-079309-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996556967703316 |
Cusa Giuseppe | ||
Berlin/München/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Genetic nature/culture [[electronic resource] ] : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GoodmanAlan H
HeathDeborah <1952-> LindeeM. Susan |
Soggetto topico |
Human population genetics
Human genetics - Research Human genetics - Moral and ethical aspects Anthropological ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
african american amazonia amazons ancient world anthropologist anthropology cloning critique cultural anthropology cultural divide cultural history cultural studies culture discourse dna dolly the sheep essay anthology essay collection eugenics genes genetics health sector healthcare human evolution human genome indigenous people natural world nature scholarly virtual reality |
ISBN |
1-59734-631-4
0-520-92997-7 1-282-35710-7 9786612357107 |
Classificazione | LB 29000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anthropology in an Age of Genetics -- Chapter 1. Indigenous Peoples, Changing Social and Political Landscapes, and Human Genetics in Amazonia -- Chapter 2. Provenance and the Pedigree -- Chapter 3. Flexible Eugenics -- Chapter 4. The Commodification of Virtual Reality -- Chapter 5. Kinship, Genes, and Cloning -- Chapter 6. For the Love of a Good Dog -- Chapter 7. 98% Chimpanzee and 35% Daffodil -- Chapter 8. From Pure Genes to GMOs -- Chapter 9. Future Imaginaries -- Chapter 10. Reflections and Prospects for Anthropological Genetics in South Africa -- Chapter 11. The Genetics of African Americans -- Chapter 12. Human Races in the Context of Recent Human Evolution -- Chapter 13. Buried Alive -- Chapter 14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783089903321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Genetic nature/culture [[electronic resource] ] : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GoodmanAlan H
HeathDeborah <1952-> LindeeM. Susan |
Soggetto topico |
Human population genetics
Human genetics - Research Human genetics - Moral and ethical aspects Anthropological ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
african american amazonia amazons ancient world anthropologist anthropology cloning critique cultural anthropology cultural divide cultural history cultural studies culture discourse dna dolly the sheep essay anthology essay collection eugenics genes genetics health sector healthcare human evolution human genome indigenous people natural world nature scholarly virtual reality |
ISBN |
1-59734-631-4
0-520-92997-7 1-282-35710-7 9786612357107 |
Classificazione | LB 29000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anthropology in an Age of Genetics -- Chapter 1. Indigenous Peoples, Changing Social and Political Landscapes, and Human Genetics in Amazonia -- Chapter 2. Provenance and the Pedigree -- Chapter 3. Flexible Eugenics -- Chapter 4. The Commodification of Virtual Reality -- Chapter 5. Kinship, Genes, and Cloning -- Chapter 6. For the Love of a Good Dog -- Chapter 7. 98% Chimpanzee and 35% Daffodil -- Chapter 8. From Pure Genes to GMOs -- Chapter 9. Future Imaginaries -- Chapter 10. Reflections and Prospects for Anthropological Genetics in South Africa -- Chapter 11. The Genetics of African Americans -- Chapter 12. Human Races in the Context of Recent Human Evolution -- Chapter 13. Buried Alive -- Chapter 14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825935503321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Die Geschichtlichkeit des Briefs : Kontinuität und Wandel einer Kommunikationsform / / hrsg. von Robert Vellusig, Norman Kasper, Jana Kittelmann, Jochen Strobel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 373 p.) |
Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Communication theory
cultural history epistolary culture history of the letter |
ISBN | 3-11-071256-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Geschichte und Geschichtlichkeit des Briefs. Zur Einführung -- Spuren lesen. Evolvierte Voraussetzungen brieflicher Kommunikation -- Brief und Netzwerk -- Der Brief als Denkform -- Distanz oder Nähe? Das parousia-Motiv bei Paulus und Seneca im Vergleich -- Das Billet im Brief und die Fabel vom Nymphenbad. Der galante Brief am Beispiel von Aurora von Königsmarck -- Garten - Kabinett - Schlachtfeld. Räume des empfindsamen Briefes -- Nach Bohrer. Überlegungen zum ,romantischen Brief' -- Materialisierte Höflichkeit. Etikette und sozialer Code in der Briefkommunikation der Goethezeit am Beispiel der Korrespondenz August Wilhelm Schlegels -- Lange Briefe. Überlegungen zu einem Medienformat am Beispiel der Briefe Dorothea Schlegels -- Die "Nähe unseres Glücks". Zur Dialektik der Abwesenheit in Johannes von Müllers Briefen an Graf Louis Batthyány Szent-Iványi -- "von einer menschlichen Mitte aus". Symmetrie(n) und Asymmetrie(n) im Briefwechsel zwischen Johann Heinrich Christian Bang und Friedrich Carl von Savigny -- Schau-Objekte: Funktionen des Briefs in Sammlungen und Ausstellungen des frühen und des späten neunzehnten Jahrhunderts -- Erzwungene Distanz, ungewohnte Kommunikation, öffentliches Interesse. Deutsche Feldpostbriefe im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert -- Widerstrebende Modernität. Die Brief- und Arbeitsbeziehung zwischen Rainer Maria Rilke und seinem Verleger Anton Kippenberg -- Wissensbegriff - Weltanschauungsform. Ernst Jüngers epistolare Autorschaft in der Tradition gelehrter Korrespondenz -- "Und ja, ich weiß, dass wir uns nicht kennen, aber ...". Epistolare Distanzspiele -- Die Bildung von Akteur-Netzwerken in Liebesbriefen und -botschaften. Ein Brautbrief des letzten Jahrhunderts und amouröse Postings in Facebook im Vergleich -- Bildnachweis -- Personenregister |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996435446503316 |
Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Die Geschichtlichkeit des Briefs : Kontinuität und Wandel einer Kommunikationsform / / hrsg. von Robert Vellusig, Norman Kasper, Jana Kittelmann, Jochen Strobel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 373 p.) |
Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Communication theory
cultural history epistolary culture history of the letter |
ISBN | 3-11-071256-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Geschichte und Geschichtlichkeit des Briefs. Zur Einführung -- Spuren lesen. Evolvierte Voraussetzungen brieflicher Kommunikation -- Brief und Netzwerk -- Der Brief als Denkform -- Distanz oder Nähe? Das parousia-Motiv bei Paulus und Seneca im Vergleich -- Das Billet im Brief und die Fabel vom Nymphenbad. Der galante Brief am Beispiel von Aurora von Königsmarck -- Garten - Kabinett - Schlachtfeld. Räume des empfindsamen Briefes -- Nach Bohrer. Überlegungen zum ,romantischen Brief' -- Materialisierte Höflichkeit. Etikette und sozialer Code in der Briefkommunikation der Goethezeit am Beispiel der Korrespondenz August Wilhelm Schlegels -- Lange Briefe. Überlegungen zu einem Medienformat am Beispiel der Briefe Dorothea Schlegels -- Die "Nähe unseres Glücks". Zur Dialektik der Abwesenheit in Johannes von Müllers Briefen an Graf Louis Batthyány Szent-Iványi -- "von einer menschlichen Mitte aus". Symmetrie(n) und Asymmetrie(n) im Briefwechsel zwischen Johann Heinrich Christian Bang und Friedrich Carl von Savigny -- Schau-Objekte: Funktionen des Briefs in Sammlungen und Ausstellungen des frühen und des späten neunzehnten Jahrhunderts -- Erzwungene Distanz, ungewohnte Kommunikation, öffentliches Interesse. Deutsche Feldpostbriefe im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert -- Widerstrebende Modernität. Die Brief- und Arbeitsbeziehung zwischen Rainer Maria Rilke und seinem Verleger Anton Kippenberg -- Wissensbegriff - Weltanschauungsform. Ernst Jüngers epistolare Autorschaft in der Tradition gelehrter Korrespondenz -- "Und ja, ich weiß, dass wir uns nicht kennen, aber ...". Epistolare Distanzspiele -- Die Bildung von Akteur-Netzwerken in Liebesbriefen und -botschaften. Ein Brautbrief des letzten Jahrhunderts und amouröse Postings in Facebook im Vergleich -- Bildnachweis -- Personenregister |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774782303321 |
Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ghosts of futures past [[electronic resource] ] : spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America / / Molly McGarry |
Autore | McGarry Molly |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 133.90973/09034 |
Soggetto topico |
Spiritualism - United States - History - 19th century
Religion and culture - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
academic afterlife american culture american history american spiritualism belief communication cultural history cultural studies faith ghosts immaterial magic marginalized groups marginalized voices material world medium new religion occult otherworldly parlor game political politics religion religious studies scholarly secular secularism social history social studies spirits spiritualism spiritualist spirituality uncanny |
ISBN |
9786612359309
1-282-35930-4 0-520-93406-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Mourning, media, and the cultural politics of conjuring the dead -- Indian guides : haunted subjects and the politics of vanishing -- Spectral sexualities : free love, moral panic, and the making of U.S. obscenity law -- Mediomania : the spirit of science in a culture of belief and doubt -- Secular subjects : a queer genealogy of untimely sexualities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787593603321 |
McGarry Molly | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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