Seeing double [[electronic resource] ] : intercultural poetics in Ptolemaic Alexandria / / Susan A. Stephens |
Autore | Stephens Susan A |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 881/.09932 |
Collana |
Hellenistic culture and society
The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico |
Greek poetry, Hellenistic - Egypt - Alexandria - History and criticism
Egyptian poetry - Egypt - Alexandria - History and criticism Comparative literature - Greek and Egyptian Comparative literature - Egyptian and Greek Language and culture - Egypt - Alexandria Poetics - History - To 500 |
Soggetto non controllato |
alexandrian court
alexandrian poetry alexandrian poets ancient egypt ancient greece apollonius argonautica callimachus egypt egyptian culture egyptian history egyptian people egyptian poetry greek poetry helen hellenism heracles hiero of syracuse hymns literary criticism literary theory mythology nonfiction pharoah poetics poetry political values ptolemaic court ptolemies ptolemy philadelphus regencies royalty rulers theocritus theogonies |
ISBN |
9786612356674
0-520-92738-9 1-282-35667-4 1-59734-889-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptualizing Egypt -- 2. Callimachean Theogonies -- 3. Theocritean Regencies -- 4. Apollonian Cosmologies -- 5. The Two Lands -- Select Bibliography -- Index of Passages Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821451503321 |
Stephens Susan A
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Servants of the dynasty [[electronic resource] ] : palace women in world history / / edited by Anne Walthall |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.84/109 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WalthallAnne |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Courtesans - History
Courts and courtiers - History Ladies-in-waiting - History Favorites, Royal - History Harems - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african royal harem
anthropology archeology attendants aztec royalty benin chinese imperial courts concubines drudges entertainers french royalty gender and power gender studies global history history human history japanese shogun maids male rulers mayan states men and women monarchy mothers mughal india nigeria nobility officials patriarchal society productive power reproductive power royal courts royalty sex versailles wives women in royal courts world history |
ISBN |
1-281-75265-7
0-520-94151-9 9786611752651 1-4356-8475-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCING PALACE WOMEN -- 1. WOMEN AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 2. WOMEN IN CLASSIC MAYA ROYAL COURTS -- 3. WOMEN AND POWER AT THE BYZANTINE COURT -- 4. BEYOND HAREM WALLS -- 5. MUGHAL PALACE WOMEN -- 6. POLITICS IN AN AFRICAN ROYAL HAREM -- 7. QING IMPERIAL WOMEN -- 8. THE ROYAL WOMEN OF IVAN IV'S FAMILY 8 AND THE MEANING OF FORCED TONSURE -- 9. SERVANTS OF THE INNER QUARTERS -- 10. WOMEN OF VERSAILLES, 1682-1789 -- 11. CONCUBINES AND CLOTH -- 12. WOMEN, ROYALTY, AND INDIGO DYEING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, CIRCA 1500-1807 -- 13. GENDER AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE SONG COURT -- 14. THE VANISHED WOMEN OF KOREA -- THE PERILS OF THE SENTIMENTAL FAMILY FOR ROYALTY IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY FRANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782563503321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Servants of the dynasty [[electronic resource] ] : palace women in world history / / edited by Anne Walthall |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.84/109 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WalthallAnne |
Collana | The California world history library |
Soggetto topico |
Courtesans - History
Courts and courtiers - History Ladies-in-waiting - History Favorites, Royal - History Harems - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
african royal harem
anthropology archeology attendants aztec royalty benin chinese imperial courts concubines drudges entertainers french royalty gender and power gender studies global history history human history japanese shogun maids male rulers mayan states men and women monarchy mothers mughal india nigeria nobility officials patriarchal society productive power reproductive power royal courts royalty sex versailles wives women in royal courts world history |
ISBN |
1-281-75265-7
0-520-94151-9 9786611752651 1-4356-8475-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCING PALACE WOMEN -- 1. WOMEN AND THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 2. WOMEN IN CLASSIC MAYA ROYAL COURTS -- 3. WOMEN AND POWER AT THE BYZANTINE COURT -- 4. BEYOND HAREM WALLS -- 5. MUGHAL PALACE WOMEN -- 6. POLITICS IN AN AFRICAN ROYAL HAREM -- 7. QING IMPERIAL WOMEN -- 8. THE ROYAL WOMEN OF IVAN IV'S FAMILY 8 AND THE MEANING OF FORCED TONSURE -- 9. SERVANTS OF THE INNER QUARTERS -- 10. WOMEN OF VERSAILLES, 1682-1789 -- 11. CONCUBINES AND CLOTH -- 12. WOMEN, ROYALTY, AND INDIGO DYEING IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, CIRCA 1500-1807 -- 13. GENDER AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE SONG COURT -- 14. THE VANISHED WOMEN OF KOREA -- THE PERILS OF THE SENTIMENTAL FAMILY FOR ROYALTY IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY FRANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815849903321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Speaking to history [[electronic resource] ] : the story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China / / Paul A. Cohen ; with a foreword by John R. Gillis |
Autore | Cohen Paul A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 931/.03092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GillisJohn R |
Collana | Asia--local studies/global themes |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Asia / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century chinese history
5th century chinese history antiquity bai hua chiang kai shek china chinese culture chinese history collective memory crisis and response cross cultural perspectives cultural narratives cultural studies folklore folktales history hope insider cultural knowledge inspiration king goujian late qing years national humiliation nobility past story political allegory political present reality privatizing china republican years royalty taiwan woxin changdan fever xiao jun |
ISBN |
1-283-29174-6
9786613291745 0-520-94239-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Goujian story in antiquity -- The burden of national humiliation : late Qing and republican years -- The plight of Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan -- Crisis and response: the Woxin changdan fever of the early 1960s -- Political allegory in the 1980s : Xiao Jun and Bai Hua -- The Goujian story in a privatizing China -- Conclusion : cross-cultural perspectives. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781748503321 |
Cohen Paul A
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Speaking to history [[electronic resource] ] : the story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China / / Paul A. Cohen ; with a foreword by John R. Gillis |
Autore | Cohen Paul A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
Disciplina | 931/.03092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GillisJohn R |
Collana | Asia--local studies/global themes |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Asia / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century chinese history
5th century chinese history antiquity bai hua chiang kai shek china chinese culture chinese history collective memory crisis and response cross cultural perspectives cultural narratives cultural studies folklore folktales history hope insider cultural knowledge inspiration king goujian late qing years national humiliation nobility past story political allegory political present reality privatizing china republican years royalty taiwan woxin changdan fever xiao jun |
ISBN |
1-283-29174-6
9786613291745 0-520-94239-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Goujian story in antiquity -- The burden of national humiliation : late Qing and republican years -- The plight of Chiang Kai-shek's Taiwan -- Crisis and response: the Woxin changdan fever of the early 1960s -- Political allegory in the 1980s : Xiao Jun and Bai Hua -- The Goujian story in a privatizing China -- Conclusion : cross-cultural perspectives. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812925503321 |
Cohen Paul A
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Two eyes of the Earth [[electronic resource] ] : art and ritual of kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran / / Matthew P. Canepa |
Autore | Canepa Matthew P. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 425 p. ) |
Disciplina | 303.48/237035 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Monarchy - Social aspects - Rome
Monarchy - Social aspects - Iran Rites and ceremonies - Rome Rites and ceremonies - Iran Sassanids - Social life and customs |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient societies ancient world art byzantium china classical heritage classical history court life engaging europe global politics global powers historical iranian history islam kingship medieval europe medieval society medieval times near east nonfiction study persian empire pivotal period political history roman empire rome royal intrigue royalty sacred kingship sasanian iran south asia |
ISBN |
1-282-55627-4
9786612556272 0-520-94457-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Art and Ritual of Kingship within and between Rome and Sasanian Iran -- 3. The Lure of the Other and the Limits of the Past -- 4. Šāpūr I, King of Kings of Iran and Non-Iran -- 5. Rome's Troubled Third Century and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium -- 6. Contested Images of Sacral Kingship and New Expressions of Triumph -- 7. Unceasing Embassies -- 8. City as Stage and Art as Statecraft -- 9. The Late Antique Kosmos of Power -- Epilogue. The Legacy of the Two Eyes of the Earth -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780864503321 |
Canepa Matthew P. <1975->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Two eyes of the Earth : art and ritual of kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran / / Matthew P. Canepa |
Autore | Canepa Matthew P. <1975-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 425 p. ) |
Disciplina | 303.48/237035 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Monarchy - Social aspects - Rome
Monarchy - Social aspects - Iran Rites and ceremonies - Rome Rites and ceremonies - Iran Sassanids - Social life and customs |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient societies ancient world art byzantium china classical heritage classical history court life engaging europe global politics global powers historical iranian history islam kingship medieval europe medieval society medieval times near east nonfiction study persian empire pivotal period political history roman empire rome royal intrigue royalty sacred kingship sasanian iran south asia |
ISBN |
1-282-55627-4
9786612556272 0-520-94457-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Art and Ritual of Kingship within and between Rome and Sasanian Iran -- 3. The Lure of the Other and the Limits of the Past -- 4. Šāpūr I, King of Kings of Iran and Non-Iran -- 5. Rome's Troubled Third Century and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium -- 6. Contested Images of Sacral Kingship and New Expressions of Triumph -- 7. Unceasing Embassies -- 8. City as Stage and Art as Statecraft -- 9. The Late Antique Kosmos of Power -- Epilogue. The Legacy of the Two Eyes of the Earth -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248233203316 |
Canepa Matthew P. <1975->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Two eyes of the Earth : art and ritual of kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran / / Matthew P. Canepa |
Autore | Canepa Matthew P. <1975-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 425 p. ) |
Disciplina | 303.48/237035 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Monarchy - Social aspects - Rome
Monarchy - Social aspects - Iran Rites and ceremonies - Rome Rites and ceremonies - Iran Sassanids - Social life and customs |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient history
ancient rome ancient societies ancient world art byzantium china classical heritage classical history court life engaging europe global politics global powers historical iranian history islam kingship medieval europe medieval society medieval times near east nonfiction study persian empire pivotal period political history roman empire rome royal intrigue royalty sacred kingship sasanian iran south asia |
ISBN |
1-282-55627-4
9786612556272 0-520-94457-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Art and Ritual of Kingship within and between Rome and Sasanian Iran -- 3. The Lure of the Other and the Limits of the Past -- 4. Šāpūr I, King of Kings of Iran and Non-Iran -- 5. Rome's Troubled Third Century and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium -- 6. Contested Images of Sacral Kingship and New Expressions of Triumph -- 7. Unceasing Embassies -- 8. City as Stage and Art as Statecraft -- 9. The Late Antique Kosmos of Power -- Epilogue. The Legacy of the Two Eyes of the Earth -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808390803321 |
Canepa Matthew P. <1975->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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