Balancing acts [[electronic resource] ] : youth culture in the global city / / Natasha Kumar Warikoo |
Autore | Warikoo Natasha Kumar <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.235086/91209421 |
Soggetto topico |
Youth - Social life and customs
Children of immigrants High school students - Social life and customs Assimilation (Sociology) Academic achievement Group identity |
Soggetto non controllato |
administrators
behavioral problems clothing ethnographers ethnography globalism high school students hip hop culture immigrant experiences immigrant parents immigrants interviews london low achieving high schools minority students musical tastes new york city parents and kids peer groups racial diversity rap culture school setting school success survey data teachers and students urban setting youth culture youth music youths |
ISBN |
1-283-27736-0
9786613277367 0-520-94779-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding cultural incorporation -- Music and style: Americanization or globalization? -- Racial authenticity, "acting black," and cultural consumption -- Two types of racial discrimination: adult exclusion and peer bullying -- Positive attitudes and (some) negative behaviors -- Balancing acts: peer status and academic orientations -- Ethnic and racial boundaries -- Explaining youth cultures, improving academic achievement. |
Altri titoli varianti | Youth culture in the global city |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786706803321 |
Warikoo Natasha Kumar <1973->
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american cities
biodiversity central park cities and natural environment city life collect pond concentrated humans contradictions crowded cities early railways ecosystems environmental studies environments future of global biodiversity geological history glacial features human existence manhattan island manhattan square microcosm nature new york city new york political politics railroads realistic solving environmental problems subway system survival urban areas urban studies urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786895103321 |
Eldredge Niles
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american cities
biodiversity central park cities and natural environment city life collect pond concentrated humans contradictions crowded cities early railways ecosystems environmental studies environments future of global biodiversity geological history glacial features human existence manhattan island manhattan square microcosm nature new york city new york political politics railroads realistic solving environmental problems subway system survival urban areas urban studies urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814182303321 |
Eldredge Niles
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Grand opera : the story of the Met / / Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron |
Autore | Affron Charles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.509747/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Electronic books
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century innovations
audience response career classical music faust global cultural scene historical history international lincoln center for the performing arts live arts live productions memorable performance metropolitan opera association metropolitan opera house metropolitan opera musicians national new york city opera company opera enthusiasts opera house opera management opera performing arts reinvention stage productions the met theater theatre theatrical tradition wagners ring |
ISBN | 0-520-95897-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Matter of Boxes, 1883-1884: Bel Canto -- 2. Cultural Capital, 1884-1903: The German Seasons and French Opera -- 3. Opera Wars, 1903-1908: Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- 4. Modernity, 1908-1929: Puccini -- 5. Hard Times, 1929-1940: Wagner -- 6. Strains of War, 1940-1950: The Conductor's Opera -- 7. Stage Business, 1950-1966: Verdi -- 8. In Transit, 1966-1975: American Opera -- 9. Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990: Twentieth-Century European Opera and the Baroque -- 10. Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006: American Opera (Redux) and Slavic Opera -- 11. In the Age of New Media, 2006-2013 -- Notes -- Index of Names, Titles, and Foreign-Language Musical Terms |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786771903321 |
Affron Charles
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Grand opera : the story of the Met / / Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron |
Autore | Affron Charles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.509747/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Electronic books
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century innovations
audience response career classical music faust global cultural scene historical history international lincoln center for the performing arts live arts live productions memorable performance metropolitan opera association metropolitan opera house metropolitan opera musicians national new york city opera company opera enthusiasts opera house opera management opera performing arts reinvention stage productions the met theater theatre theatrical tradition wagners ring |
ISBN | 0-520-95897-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Matter of Boxes, 1883-1884: Bel Canto -- 2. Cultural Capital, 1884-1903: The German Seasons and French Opera -- 3. Opera Wars, 1903-1908: Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- 4. Modernity, 1908-1929: Puccini -- 5. Hard Times, 1929-1940: Wagner -- 6. Strains of War, 1940-1950: The Conductor's Opera -- 7. Stage Business, 1950-1966: Verdi -- 8. In Transit, 1966-1975: American Opera -- 9. Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990: Twentieth-Century European Opera and the Baroque -- 10. Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006: American Opera (Redux) and Slavic Opera -- 11. In the Age of New Media, 2006-2013 -- Notes -- Index of Names, Titles, and Foreign-Language Musical Terms |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817243303321 |
Affron Charles
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Islands in the city [[electronic resource] ] : West Indian migration to New York / / edited by Nancy Foner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.896/97290747 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FonerNancy <1945-> |
Soggetto topico |
West Indian Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
West Indian Americans - Race identity - New York (State) - New York Black people - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions Black people - Race identity - New York (State) - New York Immigrants - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
academic afro caribbean blackness career caribbean ethnicity gender studies gender global immigrants immigration indian immigrants islands labor migration national identity new york city new york political politics race issues race racism regional scholarly second generation social networks transnational west indian womens issues womens studies work |
ISBN |
9786612762475
1-59734-688-8 0-520-93580-2 1-282-76247-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. West Indian Migration to New York An Overview -- 1. Early-Twentieth-Century Caribbean Women: Migration and Social Networks in New York City -- 2. Where New York's West Indians Work -- 3. West Indians and the Residential Landscape of New York -- 4. Transnational Social Relations and the Politics of National Identity: An Eastern Caribbean Case Study -- 5. New York as a Locality in a Global Family Network -- 6. "Black Like Who?" Afro-Caribbean Immigrants, African Americans, and the Politics of Group Identity -- 7. Growing Up West Indian and African American: Gender and Class Differences in the Second Generation -- 8. Experiencing Success: Structuring the Perception of Opportunities for West Indians -- 9. Tweaking a Monolith: The West Indian Immigrant Encounter with "Blackness" -- Conclusion. Invisible No More? West Indian Americans in the Social Scientific Imagination -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782950103321 |
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The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang |
Autore | Kang Miliann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 391.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Asian Americans - Social conditions
Asian Americans -- Social conditions Beauty culture - Social aspects - United States Beauty culture -- Social aspects -- United States Beauty shops - Social aspects - United States Beauty, Personal - Social aspects - United States Korean American women - Employment - United States Korean American women -- Employment -- United States Manicuring - Social aspects - United States United States - Race relations United States -- Race relations Women immigrants - Employment - United States Women immigrants -- Employment -- United States Nail art (Manicuring) - Social aspects - United States Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Arts & Crafts |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american women
art asian american asian immigrants asian women beauty service work body services body class differences consumption divisions of race ethnography gender issues gender immigrant workers interviews korean women manicures nail industry nail salons new york city nonfiction pampering race issues self care self expression service careers social science united states white middle class women women working class |
ISBN |
1-280-09501-6
9786613520449 0-520-94565-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "There's No Business Like the Nail Business" -- Two. "What Other Work Is There?" -- Three. Hooked on Nails -- Four. "I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together" -- Five. Black People "Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered" -- Six. "You Could Get a Fungus" -- Conclusion. What is a man I cure worth? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790598203321 |
Kang Miliann
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On becoming a teen mom : life before pregnancy / / Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black |
Autore | Erdmans Mary Patrice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (915 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.874/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Teenage pregnancy - United States
Teenage girls - United States - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
biographical childhood dropout rates ethnographers ethnography gender issues incarceration moral order motherhood new parents new york city nonfiction partner violence poverty cycle public education campaigns race and class issues school dropouts school failure sexual abuse social inequalities sociologists sociology teen moms teen mothers teen parents teen pregnancy rates teen pregnancy tragic young mothers |
ISBN |
0-520-28342-2
0-520-95928-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Backstory to the Baby -- Chapter 1. The Distraction -- Chapter 2. Young Young Mothers -- Chapter 3. Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 4. Violence against Women -- Chapter 5. Education -- Chapter 6. Contraception and Abortion -- Conclusion: Getting beyond the Distraction -- Appendix A: Listening to Life Stories -- Appendix B: Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787234603321 |
Erdmans Mary Patrice
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On becoming a teen mom : life before pregnancy / / Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black |
Autore | Erdmans Mary Patrice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (915 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.874/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Teenage pregnancy - United States
Teenage girls - United States - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
biographical childhood dropout rates ethnographers ethnography gender issues incarceration moral order motherhood new parents new york city nonfiction partner violence poverty cycle public education campaigns race and class issues school dropouts school failure sexual abuse social inequalities sociologists sociology teen moms teen mothers teen parents teen pregnancy rates teen pregnancy tragic young mothers |
ISBN |
0-520-28342-2
0-520-95928-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Backstory to the Baby -- Chapter 1. The Distraction -- Chapter 2. Young Young Mothers -- Chapter 3. Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 4. Violence against Women -- Chapter 5. Education -- Chapter 6. Contraception and Abortion -- Conclusion: Getting beyond the Distraction -- Appendix A: Listening to Life Stories -- Appendix B: Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807442703321 |
Erdmans Mary Patrice
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A poet's revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Denise Levertov / / Donna Krolik Hollenberg |
Autore | Hollenberg Donna Krolik |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (532 p.) |
Disciplina |
811/.54
B |
Soggetto topico |
Poets, American - 20th century
Jewish Christians |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
activists american poetry scene american poetry american poets archival research artist authoritative biography beatrice levertoff biographical biography engaging female poets gender studies interviews lifetime literary criticism london major voices new york city poetry and poets poetry poets politics religious commitment retrospective social activism social activist social issues spiritual dimension women studies women writers world war 2. writers ww ii |
ISBN | 0-520-95478-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Listening to distant guns (1923-1948). "The walls of the garden, the first light": beginnings (1923-1933); "When Anna screamed": Levertov's response to Nazi oppression (1933-1939); The double image: apprenticeship during World War Two (1939-1946); "Recoveries": abortion, adventure, and marriage (1947- 48) -- A common ground (1949-1966). "Dancing edgeways": coming of age as a poet in the new world (1949-1955); "The true artist": Levertov's engagement with tradition (1954-1960) -- "The poem ascends": taking a position (1960-1963) -- "To speak of sorrow": Levertov's emergence as a social poet (1963?1966) -- Life at war (1966-74). "Revolution or death": living in the movement (1966-1970); "The freeing of the dust": the revolution hits home (1970-1974) -- Sleepers awake (1975-1988). "A woman alone": beginning again (1975-1981); "Writing in the dark": social protest and liberation theology (1982-1988) -- Resettling (1989-1997). "Of shadow and flame": the re-cognition of identity (1989-1992); "Beauty growls in the fertile dark": facing death (1992-1997). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786269703321 |
Hollenberg Donna Krolik
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
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