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Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski
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
Zlolniski Christian  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006
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Janitors, street vendors, and activists [[electronic resource] ] : the lives of Mexican immigrants in Silicon Valley / / Christian Zlolniski
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
Zlolniski Christian  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006
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Life and words [[electronic resource] ] : violence and the descent into the ordinary / / Veena Das ; foreword by Stanley Cavell
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
Das Veena  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
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Life and words [[electronic resource] ] : violence and the descent into the ordinary / / Veena Das ; foreword by Stanley Cavell
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
Das Veena  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
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Life histories of the Dobe !Kung [[electronic resource] ] : food, fatness, and well-being over the life-span / / Nancy Howell
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  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
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Life histories of the Dobe !Kung [[electronic resource] ] : food, fatness, and well-being over the life-span / / Nancy Howell
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
Howell Nancy  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
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The life of cheese [[electronic resource] ] : crafting food and value in America / / Heather Paxson
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->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013
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The life of cheese : crafting food and value in America / / Heather Paxson
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->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013
Materiale a stampa
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Little India [[electronic resource] ] : diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius / / Patrick Eisenlohr
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->  
University of California Press, : Berkeley, c2006
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Little India [[electronic resource] ] : diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius / / Patrick Eisenlohr
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->  
University of California Press, : Berkeley, c2006
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