The captain's widow of Sandwich [[electronic resource] ] : self-invention and the life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917 / / Megan Taylor Shockley |
Autore | Shockley Megan Taylor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
910.4/5
B |
Soggetto topico |
Ship captains' spouses - Massachusetts - Sandwich
Middle class women - Massachusetts - Sandwich Women - Massachusetts - Sandwich Seafaring life - Massachusetts - Sandwich - History - 19th century Women - Identity Autobiography - Women authors |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
1852
1856 1917 22-year-old Burgess Captains Challenger Crowell Hannah Massachusetts Megan Rebecca Sandwich Shockley Taylor Widow William Within captain constructed crossed died dying dysentery eleven embraced equator examines familys from history home husband learned legend marriage married navigate own proposals refused returned sail saved ship that three times town vessel wealthy where years |
ISBN |
0-8147-8652-9
0-8147-4129-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Note on the Journals -- Introduction -- 1. Rebecca’s World -- 2. Becoming the Captain’s Wife -- 3. Rebecca at Sea -- 4. Challenges and Transitions -- 5. A New Era, a New Narrative -- 6. Visible and Invisible -- 7. From Legacy to Legend -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458519003321 |
Shockley Megan Taylor
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New York, : New York University Press, c2010 | ||
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The captain's widow of Sandwich [[electronic resource] ] : self-invention and the life of Hannah Rebecca Burgess, 1834-1917 / / Megan Taylor Shockley |
Autore | Shockley Megan Taylor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
910.4/5
B |
Soggetto topico |
Ship captains' spouses - Massachusetts - Sandwich
Middle class women - Massachusetts - Sandwich Women - Massachusetts - Sandwich Seafaring life - Massachusetts - Sandwich - History - 19th century Women - Identity Autobiography - Women authors |
Soggetto non controllato |
1852
1856 1917 22-year-old Burgess Captains Challenger Crowell Hannah Massachusetts Megan Rebecca Sandwich Shockley Taylor Widow William Within captain constructed crossed died dying dysentery eleven embraced equator examines familys from history home husband learned legend marriage married navigate own proposals refused returned sail saved ship that three times town vessel wealthy where years |
ISBN |
0-8147-8652-9
0-8147-4129-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author’s Note on the Journals -- Introduction -- 1. Rebecca’s World -- 2. Becoming the Captain’s Wife -- 3. Rebecca at Sea -- 4. Challenges and Transitions -- 5. A New Era, a New Narrative -- 6. Visible and Invisible -- 7. From Legacy to Legend -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791357903321 |
Shockley Megan Taylor
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New York, : New York University Press, c2010 | ||
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Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages / / Bonnie Effros |
Autore | Effros Bonnie <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 393.9/09364 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Merovingians - Funeral customs and rites
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Gaul |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient world
anthropology antiquity archaeology aregund art history burial celtic world ceremonies childeric class customs dark ages death dying early middle ages europe excavations france frankish kingdoms french history funerals funerary gaul grave artifacts graves history medieval history medieval society medieval merovingian archaeology merovingian graves merovingians monarchy mortuary nation nonfiction race religion rites royalty rulers saint brice social science sociology tombs |
ISBN |
1-282-35670-4
9786612356704 0-520-92818-0 1-59734-743-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Map and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Antiquaries, historians, and archaeologists: creating a cultural context for early medieval graves -- 2. Modern Assessments of Merovingian Burial -- 3. Grave goods and the ritual expression of identity -- 4. The visual landscape: Cemeterial topography and community hierarchy -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780246703321 |
Effros Bonnie <1965->
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Merovingian mortuary archaeology and the making of the early Middle Ages / / Bonnie Effros |
Autore | Effros Bonnie <1965-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 393.9/09364 |
Collana | The transformation of the classical heritage |
Soggetto topico |
Merovingians - Funeral customs and rites
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Gaul |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient world
anthropology antiquity archaeology aregund art history burial celtic world ceremonies childeric class customs dark ages death dying early middle ages europe excavations france frankish kingdoms french history funerals funerary gaul grave artifacts graves history medieval history medieval society medieval merovingian archaeology merovingian graves merovingians monarchy mortuary nation nonfiction race religion rites royalty rulers saint brice social science sociology tombs |
ISBN |
1-282-35670-4
9786612356704 0-520-92818-0 1-59734-743-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Map and Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Antiquaries, historians, and archaeologists: creating a cultural context for early medieval graves -- 2. Modern Assessments of Merovingian Burial -- 3. Grave goods and the ritual expression of identity -- 4. The visual landscape: Cemeterial topography and community hierarchy -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248227003316 |
Effros Bonnie <1965->
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
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Mortuary dialogues : death ritual and the reproduction of moral community in Pacific modernities / / edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90995 |
Collana | ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Pacific Islanders - Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pacific Area Mourning customs - Pacific Area Death - Social aspects - Pacific Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
after death
afterlife anthropologist anthropology back to normal belief burial christianity colonialism communication cultural culture david lipset death dialogue dying eric k silverman fear of death grave grief historian islands last rites life and death loss maori modern world morgue mortuary mourning pacific islands papua new guinea personhood religion ritual society sorrow spirit talk tribal tribe |
ISBN | 1-78533-172-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Mortuary Ritual, Modern Social Theory, and the Historical Moment in Pacific Modernity; Part 1 - Tenacious Voices; Chapter 1 - Fearing the Dead: The Mortuary Rites of Marshall Islanders amid the Tragedy of Pacific Modernity; Chapter 2 - Into the World of Sorrow: Women and the Work of Death in Maori Mortuary Rites; Chapter 3 - Death and Experience in Rawa Mortuary Rites, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 - The Knotted Person: Death, the Bad Breast, and Melanesian Modernity among the Murik, Papua New Guinea
Chapter 5 - Mortuary Ritual and Mining Riches in Island MelanesiaPart 2 - Equivocal Voices; Chapter 6 - Finishing Kapui's Name: Birth, Death, and the Reproduction of Manam Society, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 7 - Transformations of Male Initiation and Mortuary Rites among the Kayan of Papua New Guinea; Chapter 8 - Mortuary Failures: Traditional Uncertainties and Modern Families in the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 9 - Everything Will Come Up Like TV, Everything Will Be Revealed: Death in an Age of Uncertainty in the Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea Afterword - Mortuary Dialogues in Pacific Modernities and AnthropologyIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798597203321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 | ||
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Mortuary dialogues : death ritual and the reproduction of moral community in Pacific modernities / / edited by David Lipset and Eric K. Silverman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.90995 |
Collana | ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Pacific Islanders - Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies - Pacific Area Mourning customs - Pacific Area Death - Social aspects - Pacific Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
after death
afterlife anthropologist anthropology back to normal belief burial christianity colonialism communication cultural culture david lipset death dialogue dying eric k silverman fear of death grave grief historian islands last rites life and death loss maori modern world morgue mortuary mourning pacific islands papua new guinea personhood religion ritual society sorrow spirit talk tribal tribe |
ISBN | 1-78533-172-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Mortuary Ritual, Modern Social Theory, and the Historical Moment in Pacific Modernity; Part 1 - Tenacious Voices; Chapter 1 - Fearing the Dead: The Mortuary Rites of Marshall Islanders amid the Tragedy of Pacific Modernity; Chapter 2 - Into the World of Sorrow: Women and the Work of Death in Maori Mortuary Rites; Chapter 3 - Death and Experience in Rawa Mortuary Rites, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 - The Knotted Person: Death, the Bad Breast, and Melanesian Modernity among the Murik, Papua New Guinea
Chapter 5 - Mortuary Ritual and Mining Riches in Island MelanesiaPart 2 - Equivocal Voices; Chapter 6 - Finishing Kapui's Name: Birth, Death, and the Reproduction of Manam Society, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 7 - Transformations of Male Initiation and Mortuary Rites among the Kayan of Papua New Guinea; Chapter 8 - Mortuary Failures: Traditional Uncertainties and Modern Families in the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Chapter 9 - Everything Will Come Up Like TV, Everything Will Be Revealed: Death in an Age of Uncertainty in the Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea Afterword - Mortuary Dialogues in Pacific Modernities and AnthropologyIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812148503321 |
New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016 | ||
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Parting ways [[electronic resource] ] : new rituals and celebrations of life's passing / / Denise Carson |
Autore | Carson Denise |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif ; ; Los Angeles, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 155.9/37 |
Soggetto topico |
Death - Psychological aspects
Mourning customs Funeral rites and ceremonies |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
biological death burial cancer celebration cemetery ceremonial farewell cremation death disease doctor dying end of life facing death grief home funerals hospice impending death institutionalized death living funerals living wake loss of parents loss mortality nonfiction oral ethical wills pain religion rite ritual social death social science spirituality tradition |
ISBN |
1-283-27807-3
0-520-94941-2 9786613278074 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Her choice: two paths leading to the same destination -- Living funeral: celebrating the end of life -- Her life review: reliving the past in the present -- Legacy of memories: telling life stories and last wishes -- Her season of lasts: traditional, seasonal, communal rituals -- Oral ethical will: video recording last words -- Her living wake: reminiscing and farewell party -- Vigil: holding hands at the 11th hour -- Her 21st century memorial service, his 20th century funeral -- Home funeral: eco-friendly way out -- Holistic approach: design-it-yourself funeral and cremation witnessing -- The living unveiling: technology innovates memorializing -- Her truth: finding life after death.
pt. 1. End-of-life celebrations and pre-death rituals -- pt. 2. Post-death and memorializing rituals. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786706403321 |
Carson Denise
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Berkeley, Calif ; ; Los Angeles, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
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Reluctant Intimacies : Japanese Eldercare in Indonesian Hands / / Beata Świtek |
Autore | Świtek Beata |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.6/30899922052 |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Care - Japan
Caregivers - Japan Indonesia - Foreign economic relations - Japan Japan - Foreign economic relations - Indonesia |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropological scholarship
anthropological studies anthropology asia biographical career caregiver demographic change demography disease health issues dying elder care eldercare engaging ethnographic research ethnography family generational gerontology illness immigration and immigrants indonesian eldercare indonesian workers intimacy japan japanese colleagues mass media nursing homes page turner realistic social science social sciences societal transformation sociology working class |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Language -- List of Abbreviations -- Map 1 Distribution of Indonesian caregiver candidates who arrived in Japan in 2008 -- Map 2 Distribution of Indonesian caregiver and nurse candidates who arrived in Japan in 2008 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Imagining Life and Work in Japan -- Chapter 2 Working Intimacies -- Chapter 3 Intimate Management -- Chapter 4 National Predicaments -- Conclusion Reluctant Intimacies -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792523003321 |
Świtek Beata
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New York; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , [2016] | ||
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Taking charge of breast cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Julia A. Ericksen |
Autore | Ericksen Julia A. <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.196/99449 |
Soggetto topico |
Breast - Cancer - Patients
Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
appearance
breast cancer activism breast cancer education breast cancer support breast cancer survivor breast cancer breast surgery cancer activism cancer recovery cancer treatment cancer cultural studies diagnosis disease doctors orders doctors dying ethnography faith gender studies illness medicine micro sociology patients and doctors personal experience personal illness politics sexuality sociology treatment women and cancer women |
ISBN |
0-520-94118-7
1-281-38567-0 9786611385675 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Telling Stories -- 2. Following the Doctors' Orders -- 3. Patients and Doctors as Partners -- 4. Faith in the Ultimate Authority -- 5. Opposing the Mainstream -- 6. The Assault on the Breast -- 7. Bodies after Cancer -- 8. Breast Cancer Activism, Education, and Support -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782162103321 |
Ericksen Julia A. <1941->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Working hard, drinking hard [[electronic resource] ] : on violence and survival in Honduras / / Adrienne Pine |
Autore | Pine Adrienne <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/62097283 |
Soggetto topico |
Violence - Honduras
Alcoholism - Honduras Offshore assembly industry - Honduras |
Soggetto non controllato |
alcohol
american international influence anthropology booze career central america corporate capitalism dependence drinking dying economics ethnography export processing industry factory workers gangs global poverty globalization globalized consumerism history honduran culture honduran society honduran subjectivity honduras ideology inequality labor maquiladoras neoliberalism political poor poverty shanty town united states of america urban honduras us domination violence work working class |
ISBN |
1-282-36053-1
9786612360534 0-520-94162-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Violence -- 2. Alcohol -- 3. Maquiladoras -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780640003321 |
Pine Adrienne <1970->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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