Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski |
Autore | Zlolniski Christian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/272079473 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Foreign workers, Mexican - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Unskilled labor - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
california economy california community politics economic analysis ethnographers ethnographic study globalism immigrant experience janitors labor policies labor politics labor practices latino immigrants low wage jobs mexican americans mexican immigrants mexico nonfiction study regional study silicon valley social activists street vendors subcontracting technological developments united states us economy working conditions |
ISBN |
9786612772009
0-520-93917-4 1-282-77200-7 1-4237-4553-1 1-59875-927-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley -- 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry -- 3. Working in the Informal Economy -- 4. Mexican Families in Santech -- 5. Community Politics in the Barrio -- Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy -- Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783670803321 |
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Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski |
Autore | Zlolniski Christian |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/272079473 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
Foreign workers, Mexican - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Unskilled labor - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
california economy california community politics economic analysis ethnographers ethnographic study globalism immigrant experience janitors labor policies labor politics labor practices latino immigrants low wage jobs mexican americans mexican immigrants mexico nonfiction study regional study silicon valley social activists street vendors subcontracting technological developments united states us economy working conditions |
ISBN |
9786612772009
0-520-93917-4 1-282-77200-7 1-4237-4553-1 1-59875-927-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley -- 2. The Subcontracting of Mexican Janitors in the High-Tech Industry -- 3. Working in the Informal Economy -- 4. Mexican Families in Santech -- 5. Community Politics in the Barrio -- Conclusion: Subproletarians in a Postindustrial Economy -- Epilogue: After the Dot-Com Demise -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815951403321 |
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Life and words [[electronic resource] ] : violence and the descent into the ordinary / / Veena Das ; foreword by Stanley Cavell |
Autore | Das Veena |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.60954 |
Collana | A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Riots - India - History - 20th century
Sikhs - Crimes against - India Suffering - India Violence - India |
Soggetto non controllato |
1947
1984 anthropologists anthropology case studies collective violence contemporary thought critical analysis ethnographers ethnography fieldwork gender studies gendered violence historical history of violence human condition india indira gandhi interdisciplinary massacre of sikhs men and women nonfiction partition of india philosophical political theory sectarian conflict social science understanding violence violent cultures violent societies |
ISBN |
9786612358401
1-282-35840-5 0-520-93953-0 1-4294-1914-8 1-60129-532-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. The Event and the Everyday -- 2. The Figure of the Abducted Woman: The Citizen as Sexed -- 3. Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain -- 4. The Act of Witnessing: Violence, Gender, and Subjectivity -- 5. Boundaries, Violence, and the Work of Time -- 6. Thinking of Time and Subjectivity -- 7. In the Region of Rumor -- 8. The Force of the Local -- 9. The Signature of the State: The Paradox of Illegibility -- 10. Three Portraits of Grief and Mourning -- 11. Revisiting Trauma, Testimony, and Political Community -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784412003321 |
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Life and words [[electronic resource] ] : violence and the descent into the ordinary / / Veena Das ; foreword by Stanley Cavell |
Autore | Das Veena |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.60954 |
Collana | A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies |
Soggetto topico |
Riots - India - History - 20th century
Sikhs - Crimes against - India Suffering - India Violence - India |
Soggetto non controllato |
1947
1984 anthropologists anthropology case studies collective violence contemporary thought critical analysis ethnographers ethnography fieldwork gender studies gendered violence historical history of violence human condition india indira gandhi interdisciplinary massacre of sikhs men and women nonfiction partition of india philosophical political theory sectarian conflict social science understanding violence violent cultures violent societies |
ISBN |
9786612358401
1-282-35840-5 0-520-93953-0 1-4294-1914-8 1-60129-532-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. The Event and the Everyday -- 2. The Figure of the Abducted Woman: The Citizen as Sexed -- 3. Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain -- 4. The Act of Witnessing: Violence, Gender, and Subjectivity -- 5. Boundaries, Violence, and the Work of Time -- 6. Thinking of Time and Subjectivity -- 7. In the Region of Rumor -- 8. The Force of the Local -- 9. The Signature of the State: The Paradox of Illegibility -- 10. Three Portraits of Grief and Mourning -- 11. Revisiting Trauma, Testimony, and Political Community -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827297903321 |
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Life histories of the Dobe !Kung [[electronic resource] ] : food, fatness, and well-being over the life-span / / Nancy Howell |
Autore | Howell Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 613.2089/961 |
Collana | Origins of human behavior and culture |
Soggetto topico |
!Kung (African people) - Food
!Kung (African people) - Nutrition !Kung (African people) - Health and hygiene Food habits - Kalahari Desert Food - Caloric content - Kalahari Desert |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropological data set
anthropology biographical bushmen cultural anthropology discussion books dobe kung ethnographers evolutionary implications food generational good health harsh environment human behavior human culture hunter gatherers kalahari desert life analysis life histories life spans life stages low calorie diets nonfiction physical anthropology remote places retrospective scientists sharing culture sociology anthropology weight issues |
ISBN |
1-282-55620-7
9786612556203 0-520-94617-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Another Look at the !Kung: A Life History Approach -- 2. Life History Stages -- 3. Body Size and Growth -- 4. Calories Required -- 5. Caloric Productivity and Caloric Balance -- 6. Caloric Balance and Residential Units: Waterholes, Living Groups, Households -- 7. Kinship Relations as a Support System for Children -- 8. Motives for Sharing Food and Other Prosocial Behavior -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792599503321 |
Howell Nancy
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Life histories of the Dobe !Kung [[electronic resource] ] : food, fatness, and well-being over the life-span / / Nancy Howell |
Autore | Howell Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 613.2089/961 |
Collana | Origins of human behavior and culture |
Soggetto topico |
!Kung (African people) - Food
!Kung (African people) - Nutrition !Kung (African people) - Health and hygiene Food habits - Kalahari Desert Food - Caloric content - Kalahari Desert |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropological data set
anthropology biographical bushmen cultural anthropology discussion books dobe kung ethnographers evolutionary implications food generational good health harsh environment human behavior human culture hunter gatherers kalahari desert life analysis life histories life spans life stages low calorie diets nonfiction physical anthropology remote places retrospective scientists sharing culture sociology anthropology weight issues |
ISBN |
1-282-55620-7
9786612556203 0-520-94617-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Another Look at the !Kung: A Life History Approach -- 2. Life History Stages -- 3. Body Size and Growth -- 4. Calories Required -- 5. Caloric Productivity and Caloric Balance -- 6. Caloric Balance and Residential Units: Waterholes, Living Groups, Households -- 7. Kinship Relations as a Support System for Children -- 8. Motives for Sharing Food and Other Prosocial Behavior -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810238203321 |
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The life of cheese [[electronic resource] ] : crafting food and value in America / / Heather Paxson |
Autore | Paxson Heather <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 637/.3 |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Cheesemaking - United States
Cheese industry - United States Cheese - Social aspects - United States Food habits - United States Local foods - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
anthropological study anthropologists artisanal cheeses artisans cheese consumption cheese lovers cheese production cheese cheesemakers cheesemaking consumers craft cheeses cultural value dairy farmers dairy industry economic value ethnographers food and culture food and value food labor handmade cheeses land use living products microorganisms nonfiction study plants and animals politics of food taste and value |
ISBN |
1-78402-443-0
1-283-64634-X 0-520-95402-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. American Artisanal -- 2. Ecologies of Production -- 3. Economies of Sentiment -- 4. Traditions of Invention -- 5. The Art and Science of Craft -- 6. Microbiopolitics -- 7. Place, Taste, and the Promise of Terroir -- 8. Bellwether -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Crafting food and value in America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786197103321 |
Paxson Heather <1968->
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The life of cheese : crafting food and value in America / / Heather Paxson |
Autore | Paxson Heather <1968-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 637/.3 |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Cheesemaking - United States
Cheese industry - United States Cheese - Social aspects - United States Food habits - United States Local foods - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
anthropological study anthropologists artisanal cheeses artisans cheese consumption cheese lovers cheese production cheese cheesemakers cheesemaking consumers craft cheeses cultural value dairy farmers dairy industry economic value ethnographers food and culture food and value food labor handmade cheeses land use living products microorganisms nonfiction study plants and animals politics of food taste and value |
ISBN |
1-78402-443-0
1-283-64634-X 0-520-95402-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. American Artisanal -- 2. Ecologies of Production -- 3. Economies of Sentiment -- 4. Traditions of Invention -- 5. The Art and Science of Craft -- 6. Microbiopolitics -- 7. Place, Taste, and the Promise of Terroir -- 8. Bellwether -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Crafting food and value in America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812754403321 |
Paxson Heather <1968->
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Little India [[electronic resource] ] : diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius / / Patrick Eisenlohr |
Autore | Eisenlohr Patrick <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of California Press, : Berkeley, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.44096982 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropological linguistics - Mauritius
Hindus - Mauritius - Ethnic identity Hindu diaspora |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancestral languages
anthropology cultural practices diaspora communities diaspora ethnographers ethnography ethnolinguistics ethnolinguists generational hindi hindusim historians historical perspective homeland india indian ancestry language and culture linguistic connection linguistics linguists lingustic plurality mauritius nonfiction politics religious language use religious practices shared language |
ISBN |
0-520-93996-4
9786612358586 1-282-35858-8 1-4337-0000-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Creole island or little India? : the politics of language and diaspora -- An Indo-Mauritian world : "ancestral culture," Hindus, and their others -- Social semiotics of language : shifting registers, narrative, and performance -- Colonial education, ethnolinguistic identifications, and the origins of ancestral languages -- Performing purity : television and ethnolinguistic recognition -- Calibrations of displacement : diasporization, ancestral language, and temporality. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784417603321 |
Eisenlohr Patrick <1967->
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University of California Press, : Berkeley, c2006 | ||
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Little India [[electronic resource] ] : diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius / / Patrick Eisenlohr |
Autore | Eisenlohr Patrick <1967-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of California Press, : Berkeley, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.44096982 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropological linguistics - Mauritius
Hindus - Mauritius - Ethnic identity Hindu diaspora |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancestral languages
anthropology cultural practices diaspora communities diaspora ethnographers ethnography ethnolinguistics ethnolinguists generational hindi hindusim historians historical perspective homeland india indian ancestry language and culture linguistic connection linguistics linguists lingustic plurality mauritius nonfiction politics religious language use religious practices shared language |
ISBN |
0-520-93996-4
9786612358586 1-282-35858-8 1-4337-0000-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Creole island or little India? : the politics of language and diaspora -- An Indo-Mauritian world : "ancestral culture," Hindus, and their others -- Social semiotics of language : shifting registers, narrative, and performance -- Colonial education, ethnolinguistic identifications, and the origins of ancestral languages -- Performing purity : television and ethnolinguistic recognition -- Calibrations of displacement : diasporization, ancestral language, and temporality. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816552903321 |
Eisenlohr Patrick <1967->
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