Bodies of work [[electronic resource] ] : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / / Edward Slavishak
| Bodies of work [[electronic resource] ] : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / / Edward Slavishak |
| Autore | Slavishak Edward Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/62097488609034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AppaduraiArjun
ComaroffJean L FarquharJudith |
| Collana | Body, Commodity, Text |
| Soggetto topico |
Working class - History - Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
Industrialization - Social aspects - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Industries - Social aspects - Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania City promotion - History - Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania Business & Economics Labor & Workers' Economics |
| ISBN | 0-8223-8934-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on usage; Introduction; 1 The Magic of the Nineteenth Century: Industrial Change and Work in Pittsburgh; 2 Working-Class Muscle in the Battle of Homestead; 3 The Working Body as a Civic Image; 4 The Pittsburgh Survey and the Body as Evidence; 5 ''Delicately Built'': The ''Problem'' of Working Women in Pittsburgh; 6 Hiding and Displaying the Broken Body; Epilogue. ''That's Work, and That's What People Like to Watch!''; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777991103321 |
Slavishak Edward Steven
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| Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fluent Bodies [[electronic resource] ] : Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance
| Fluent Bodies [[electronic resource] ] : Ayurvedic Remedies for Postcolonial Imbalance |
| Autore | Langford Jean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.5/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AppaduraiArjun
ComaroffJean L |
| Collana | Body, Commodity, Text |
| Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Ayurvedic -- Social aspects
Traditional medicine -- India Medicine, Ayurvedic - Social aspects - India Traditional medicine Complementary Therapies Culture Therapeutics Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology Social Sciences Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine Health & Biological Sciences History of Medicine |
| ISBN | 0-8223-8411-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. (Re)inventing Ayurveda""; ""2. Ayurvedic Interiors""; ""3. Healing National Culture""; ""4. The Effect of Externality""; ""5. Clinical Gazes""; ""6. Medical Simulations""; ""7. Parodies of Selfhood""; ""Epilogue""; ""Interlocutors""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786407803321 |
Langford Jean
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| Durham, : Duke University Press, 2002 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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