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Class, language, and American film comedy / / Christopher Beach [[electronic resource]]
| Class, language, and American film comedy / / Christopher Beach [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Beach Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/617 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy films - United States - History and criticism
Speech and social status - United States |
| ISBN |
1-107-12456-5
0-511-60634-6 0-511-32360-3 1-280-41931-8 0-521-80749-2 0-511-04447-X 0-511-15787-8 0-511-17699-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A TROUBLED PARADISE; 2 WORKING LADIES AND FORGOTTEN MEN; 3 THE SPLIT-PEA SOUP AND THE SUCCOTASH; 4 IS CLASS NECESSARY?; 5 DESPERATELY SEEKING STATUS; 6 IS THERE A CLASS IN THIS TEXT?; 7 YUPPIES AND OTHER STRANGERS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX |
| Altri titoli varianti | Class, Language, & American Film Comedy |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456252703321 |
Beach Christopher
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Class, language, and American film comedy / / Christopher Beach [[electronic resource]]
| Class, language, and American film comedy / / Christopher Beach [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Beach Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/617 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy films - United States - History and criticism
Speech and social status - United States |
| ISBN |
1-107-12456-5
0-511-60634-6 0-511-32360-3 1-280-41931-8 0-521-80749-2 0-511-04447-X 0-511-15787-8 0-511-17699-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A TROUBLED PARADISE; 2 WORKING LADIES AND FORGOTTEN MEN; 3 THE SPLIT-PEA SOUP AND THE SUCCOTASH; 4 IS CLASS NECESSARY?; 5 DESPERATELY SEEKING STATUS; 6 IS THERE A CLASS IN THIS TEXT?; 7 YUPPIES AND OTHER STRANGERS; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX |
| Altri titoli varianti | Class, Language, & American Film Comedy |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780287503321 |
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Beach Christopher
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green Rosina |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.440973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Social aspects - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-59730-1
0-203-34880-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; English with an Accent; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?; 1. The linguistic facts of life; All spoken language changes; All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms; Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness; Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures; Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes
Suggested further reading2. Language in motion; Changes in progress; r-less in Manhattan; The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS); Lexical variation; Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs; Structured variation: the hidden life of language; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 3. The myth of non-accent; You've got one too; Perspective; The Sound House; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 4. The standard language myth; Standard (American) English; Words about words; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes Suggested further reading5. Language subordination; A model of the language subordination process; Rejecting the gift: the individual's role in the communicative process; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone; The setting of goals; Appropriacy arguments; The results of appropriacy argumentation; Good enough English; Teacher talk; Summary; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 7. Teaching children how to discriminate: (what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf); Storytellers, Inc. The ubiquitous mouseThe wolf's backstory; Talking the talk; Time and place; Disney feature films; Original study methodology; Getting the hang of Technicolor; Lovers and mothers; In short; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 8. The information industry; The voice of authority; Opinion, spin, propaganda; Bad is stronger than good; The 2008 presidential election; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 9. Real people with a real language: the workplace and the judicial system; The nutshell; The Civil Rights Act; The legal process Discrimination in the workplaceSelected court cases; Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 10. The real trouble with Black language; Grammar: resistance is futile; Style, authenticity, and race; Defying the definition; Anglo attitudes toward AAVE; African American attitudes toward AAVE; Where we at; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 11. Hillbillies, hicks, and Southern belles: the language rebels; Defining the South; The Southern Trough; Sounds like home to me; The map in the mind Hostility with a smile |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457726603321 |
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Lippi-Green Rosina
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green Rosina |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.440973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Social aspects - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| ISBN |
1-136-59729-8
1-136-59730-1 0-203-34880-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; English with an Accent; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?; 1. The linguistic facts of life; All spoken language changes; All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms; Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness; Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures; Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes
Suggested further reading2. Language in motion; Changes in progress; r-less in Manhattan; The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS); Lexical variation; Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs; Structured variation: the hidden life of language; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 3. The myth of non-accent; You've got one too; Perspective; The Sound House; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 4. The standard language myth; Standard (American) English; Words about words; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes Suggested further reading5. Language subordination; A model of the language subordination process; Rejecting the gift: the individual's role in the communicative process; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone; The setting of goals; Appropriacy arguments; The results of appropriacy argumentation; Good enough English; Teacher talk; Summary; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 7. Teaching children how to discriminate: (what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf); Storytellers, Inc. The ubiquitous mouseThe wolf's backstory; Talking the talk; Time and place; Disney feature films; Original study methodology; Getting the hang of Technicolor; Lovers and mothers; In short; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 8. The information industry; The voice of authority; Opinion, spin, propaganda; Bad is stronger than good; The 2008 presidential election; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 9. Real people with a real language: the workplace and the judicial system; The nutshell; The Civil Rights Act; The legal process Discrimination in the workplaceSelected court cases; Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 10. The real trouble with Black language; Grammar: resistance is futile; Style, authenticity, and race; Defying the definition; Anglo attitudes toward AAVE; African American attitudes toward AAVE; Where we at; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 11. Hillbillies, hicks, and Southern belles: the language rebels; Defining the South; The Southern Trough; Sounds like home to me; The map in the mind Hostility with a smile |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778925703321 |
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Lippi-Green Rosina
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green Rosina |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.440973 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Social aspects - United States
English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| ISBN |
9781136597299
1136597298 9781136597305 1136597301 9780203348802 020334880X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; English with an Accent; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: language ideology or science fiction?; 1. The linguistic facts of life; All spoken language changes; All spoken languages are equal in linguistic terms; Grammaticality does not equal communicative effectiveness; Written language and spoken language are historically, structurally, and functionally fundamentally different creatures; Variation is intrinsic to all spoken language at every level; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes
Suggested further reading2. Language in motion; Changes in progress; r-less in Manhattan; The Northern Cities Chain Shift (NCCS); Lexical variation; Variation in verb morphology: strong and weak verbs; Structured variation: the hidden life of language; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 3. The myth of non-accent; You've got one too; Perspective; The Sound House; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 4. The standard language myth; Standard (American) English; Words about words; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes Suggested further reading5. Language subordination; A model of the language subordination process; Rejecting the gift: the individual's role in the communicative process; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 6. The educational system: fixing the message in stone; The setting of goals; Appropriacy arguments; The results of appropriacy argumentation; Good enough English; Teacher talk; Summary; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 7. Teaching children how to discriminate: (what we learn from the Big Bad Wolf); Storytellers, Inc. The ubiquitous mouseThe wolf's backstory; Talking the talk; Time and place; Disney feature films; Original study methodology; Getting the hang of Technicolor; Lovers and mothers; In short; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 8. The information industry; The voice of authority; Opinion, spin, propaganda; Bad is stronger than good; The 2008 presidential election; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 9. Real people with a real language: the workplace and the judicial system; The nutshell; The Civil Rights Act; The legal process Discrimination in the workplaceSelected court cases; Appendix: the U.S. civil court structure; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 10. The real trouble with Black language; Grammar: resistance is futile; Style, authenticity, and race; Defying the definition; Anglo attitudes toward AAVE; African American attitudes toward AAVE; Where we at; Discussion questions and exercises; Notes; Suggested further reading; 11. Hillbillies, hicks, and Southern belles: the language rebels; Defining the South; The Southern Trough; Sounds like home to me; The map in the mind Hostility with a smile |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813242403321 |
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Lippi-Green Rosina
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / Rosina Lippi-Green
| English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / Rosina Lippi-Green |
| Autore | Lippi-Green, Rosina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Soggetto topico |
Lingua inglese - Stati Uniti d'America - Aspetti sociali
Lingua inglese - Stati Uniti d'America - Aspetti politici Discriminazioni - Stati Uniti d'America English language - Social aspects - United States English language - Political aspects - United States English language - Variation - United States Speech and social status - United States Language and culture - United States Language policy - United States Discrimination - United States |
| ISBN |
0415114764 (hb)
0415114772 (pbk.) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001309449707536 |
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Lippi-Green, Rosina
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| London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Language, race, and social class in Howells's America / / Elsa Nettels
| Language, race, and social class in Howells's America / / Elsa Nettels |
| Autore | Nettels Elsa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 818/.409 |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American, in literature
Speech and social status - United States Language and languages in literature English language - United States Social classes in literature Americanisms in literature Race in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8131-3021-2
0-8131-6131-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; One. Language in Howells's America; Two. ""Good Natural English""; Three. American and British English; Four. Realism and Dialect; Five. The Problem of ""Negro Dialect"" in Literature; Six. Language, Race, and Nationality in Howells's Fiction; Seven. Language and Class in the Early Novels; Eight. Language and Class in Novels of Country and City; Nine. Language and Complicity in The Minister's Charge; Ten. Language and Equality in the Late Novels; Conclusion; Notes; Works of William Dean Howells; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K
LM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459853903321 |
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Nettels Elsa
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Language, race, and social class in Howells's America / / Elsa Nettels
| Language, race, and social class in Howells's America / / Elsa Nettels |
| Autore | Nettels Elsa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 818/.409 |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American, in literature
Speech and social status - United States Language and languages in literature English language - United States Social classes in literature Americanisms in literature Race in literature |
| ISBN |
0-8131-3021-2
0-8131-6131-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; One. Language in Howells's America; Two. ""Good Natural English""; Three. American and British English; Four. Realism and Dialect; Five. The Problem of ""Negro Dialect"" in Literature; Six. Language, Race, and Nationality in Howells's Fiction; Seven. Language and Class in the Early Novels; Eight. Language and Class in Novels of Country and City; Nine. Language and Complicity in The Minister's Charge; Ten. Language and Equality in the Late Novels; Conclusion; Notes; Works of William Dean Howells; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K
LM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787467903321 |
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Nettels Elsa
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Language, race, and social class in Howells's America / / Elsa Nettels
| Language, race, and social class in Howells's America / / Elsa Nettels |
| Autore | Nettels Elsa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 818/.409 |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American, in literature
Speech and social status - United States Language and languages in literature English language - United States Social classes in literature Americanisms in literature Race in literature |
| ISBN |
0-8131-3021-2
0-8131-6131-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; One. Language in Howells's America; Two. ""Good Natural English""; Three. American and British English; Four. Realism and Dialect; Five. The Problem of ""Negro Dialect"" in Literature; Six. Language, Race, and Nationality in Howells's Fiction; Seven. Language and Class in the Early Novels; Eight. Language and Class in Novels of Country and City; Nine. Language and Complicity in The Minister's Charge; Ten. Language and Equality in the Late Novels; Conclusion; Notes; Works of William Dean Howells; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K
LM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820247103321 |
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Nettels Elsa
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| Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Missing class : strengthening social movement groups by seeing class cultures / / Betsy Leondar-Wright
| Missing class : strengthening social movement groups by seeing class cultures / / Betsy Leondar-Wright |
| Autore | Leondar-Wright Betsy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, New York : , : ILR Press : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/40973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social classes - United States
Social movements - United States Speech and social status - United States Class consciousness - United States Intercultural communication - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-7070-6
1-322-52258-8 0-8014-7071-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Online Tables and Appendixes -- Introduction: Activist Class Cultures as a Key to Movement Building -- Part I. Class Diversity among Activists -- 1. Why Look through a Class Lens? Five Stories through Three Lenses -- 2. Applying Class Concepts to US Activists -- 3. Four Class Categories of Activists and Their Typical Group Troubles -- 4. Movement Traditions and Their Class-Cultural Troubles -- Part II. Activist Class Cultures and Solving Group Troubles -- 5. Where Is Everybody? Approaches to Recruitment and Group Cohesion -- 6. Activating the Inactive: Leadership and Group-Process Solutions That Backfire -- 7. Diversity Ironies: Clashing Antiracism Frames and Practices -- 8. Overtalkers: Coping with the Universal Pet Peeve -- 9. Activists Behaving Badly: Responses to Extreme Behavior Violations -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Methodology Notes -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463958303321 |
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Leondar-Wright Betsy
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| Ithaca, New York : , : ILR Press : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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