Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Abel
| Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Abel |
| Autore | Abel Richard <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.430973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - United States - History
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States Nationalism - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1910s
american cinema american history americanizing film animal films anthropologists cinema studies civil war films critical analysis detective films early cinema film distribution film historians film industry film scholars film studies immigrant culture movie audiences moviegoing national identity nonfiction study popular film genres sensational melodramas sociologists united states westerns working class culture |
| ISBN |
1-282-35839-1
0-520-93952-2 9786612358395 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- L'Envoi of Moving Pictures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. American Variety and/or Foreign Features -- Entr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition -- Chapter 2. The "Usable Past" of Westerns -- Entr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life -- Chapter 3. The "Usable Past" of Westerns -- Entr'acte 3. A "Forgotten" Part of the Program -- Chapter 4. The "Usable Past" of Civil War Films -- Entr'acte 4. Another "Forgotten" Part of the Program -- Chapter 5. The "Usable Present" of Thrillers -- Entr'acte 5. Trash Twins -- Chapter 6. "The Power of Personality in Pictures" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Imagined community of United States cinema |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782201003321 |
Abel Richard <1941->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Buddha is hiding [[electronic resource] ] : refugees, citizenship, the new America / / Aihwa Ong
| Buddha is hiding [[electronic resource] ] : refugees, citizenship, the new America / / Aihwa Ong |
| Autore | Ong Aihwa |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.895/93079466 |
| Collana | California series in public anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Cambodian Americans - California - Oakland - Social conditions
Cambodian Americans - California - Oakland - Ethnic identity Cambodian Americans - Civil rights - California - Oakland Refugees - California - Oakland - Social conditions Refugees - Civil rights - California - Oakland Citizenship - Social aspects - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american citizenship
american culture american dream american institutions anthropology asia scholars buddhism buddhists california cambodian americans cambodian refugees citizenship experience cultural anthropologists demographic studies ethnic tensions fieldwork globalization minority citizens modern history new america nonfiction study oakland pol pot regime race and class regional history san francisco social sciences southeast asia textbooks welfare |
| ISBN |
1-59734-513-X
9786612762925 0-520-93716-3 1-282-76292-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Government and Citizenship -- Part I. In Pol Pot Time -- PART II. Governing through Freedom -- PART III. Church and Marketplace -- PART IV. Reconfigurations of Citizenship -- Afterword: Assemblages of Human Needs -- Notes -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Refugees, citizenship, the new America |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777072703321 |
Ong Aihwa
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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The China mystique [[electronic resource] ] : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / / Karen J. Leong
| The China mystique [[electronic resource] ] : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / / Karen J. Leong |
| Autore | Leong Karen J. <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/8951073/0922 |
| Soggetto topico | International relations |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american culture american history american perspective anna may wong anthropology asian nationalism china chinese americans consumer culture demographics ethnographers gender issues globalism globalization historians history of orientalism international relations mass culture mayling soong modern history nonfiction study orientalism othering pearl s buck transnationalism united states women in america |
| ISBN |
0-520-93863-1
1-59875-544-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1. Gendering American Orientalism -- 2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck -- 3. Anna May Wong -- 4. Mayling Soong -- 5. Transforming American National Identity- The China Mystique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783311503321 |
Leong Karen J. <1968->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
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Cinema, emergence, and the films of Satyajit Ray [[electronic resource] /] / Keya Ganguly
| Cinema, emergence, and the films of Satyajit Ray [[electronic resource] /] / Keya Ganguly |
| Autore | Ganguly Keya |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4312/33092 |
| Soggetto topico | Motion picture producers and directors - India |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
avant garde cinema and film cinema lovers cinema committed art contemporary critique european ideas expression famous filmmakers film buffs film critique film experiments film studies filmmakers indian director indian life international film internationalism modern artists modernism movies new wave cinema non western film nonfiction study performing arts political films radical future satyajit ray world cinema |
| ISBN |
1-282-69773-0
9786612697739 0-520-94604-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization -- Introduction: The Light of the New Moon -- 1. Catastrophe and Utopia -- 2. The (Un)moving Image -- 3. Devi -- 4. The Music Room Revisited -- 5. Take Two -- 6. Cinema and Universality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784926103321 |
Ganguly Keya
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
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Class acts [[electronic resource] ] : service and inequality in luxury hotels / / Rachel Sherman
| Class acts [[electronic resource] ] : service and inequality in luxury hotels / / Rachel Sherman |
| Autore | Sherman Rachel <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Disciplina | 647.94068 |
| Soggetto topico |
Hospitality industry - Customer services - United States
Hotels - United States - Management Luxuries - Social aspects - United States Social classes - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
america
behind the scenes bellperson class differences concierge consumer society cultural studies demographic study economic inequality ethnographers ethnographic research hotel jobs hotel managers hotel staff hotel workers housekeepers luxury consumption luxury hotels luxury service nonfiction study nonfiction service industry social inequality social relationships united states urban hotels wealthy guests workplace |
| ISBN |
0-520-93960-3
1-281-75250-9 9786611752507 1-4337-0002-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Luxury Service And The New Economy -- 1. "Better Than Your Mother": The Luxury Product -- 2. Managing Autonomy -- 3. Games, Control, And Skill -- 4. Recasting Hierarchy -- 5. Reciprocity, Relationship, And Revenge -- 6. Producing Entitlement -- Conclusion: Class, Culture, And The Service Theater -- Appendix A: Methods -- Appendix B: Hotel Organization -- Appendix C: Jobs, Wages, And Nonmanagerial Workers In Each Hotel: 2000-2001 -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sherman Rachel <1970->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Courting conflict [[electronic resource] ] : the Israeli military court system in the West Bank and Gaza / / Lisa Hajjar
| Courting conflict [[electronic resource] ] : the Israeli military court system in the West Bank and Gaza / / Lisa Hajjar |
| Autore | Hajjar Lisa <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 343.5695/30143 |
| Soggetto topico |
Military courts - West Bank
Military courts - Gaza Strip War and emergency powers - Israel Rule of law - Israel Palestinian Arabs - Civil rights Israel-Arab War, 1967 - Occupied territories |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
anthropology arab world defendants defense lawyers ethnography gaza strip international law international relations interviews israel israeli military court system israeli palestinian conflict israeli state israelis judges legal system legislation middle east military court system military law nonfiction study palestine palestinian prosecution palestinians prosecutors sociologists translators west bank |
| ISBN |
9786612357893
1-59734-556-3 1-282-35789-1 0-520-93798-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A political geography of law and conflict -- Legal discourses and the conflict in Israel/Palestine -- Going to court -- The face and arms of military justice -- The politics of language -- Cause lawyering and national conflict -- Political subjects, legal objects -- A suq of deals. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783133403321 |
Hajjar Lisa <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Engaged surrender : African American women and Islam / / Carolyn Moxley Rouse
| Engaged surrender : African American women and Islam / / Carolyn Moxley Rouse |
| Autore | Rouse Carolyn Moxley <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 271 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/6971073 |
| Collana | George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Women in Islam
Muslim women - Social conditions Muslim women - United States - Social conditions African American women - Religion |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african american women
america black women comparative religion contemporary muslims deindustrialization ethnographers ethnography faith and religion gender issues gender norms islam los angeles mosques muslim converts muslim women nonfiction study obligation political radicals power and control race and gender social radicalization sunni muslims teachings of islam true stories urbanization women and family women in religion |
| ISBN |
1-282-76286-9
9786612762864 0-520-93706-6 1-59734-599-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Engaged Surrender -- 2. A Community of Women: Consensus, Borders, and Resistance Praxis -- 3. Gender Negotiations and Qur'anic Exegesis: One Community's Reading of Islam and Women -- 4. Historical Discourses -- 5. Soul Food: Changing Markers of Identity through the Transition -- 6. Conversion -- 7. Performing Gender: Marriage, Family, and Community -- 8. Searching for Islamic Purity In and Out of Secular Los Angeles County -- 9. Conclusion -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Rouse Carolyn Moxley <1965->
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 | ||
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The fate of place [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical history / / Edward S. Casey
| The fate of place [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical history / / Edward S. Casey |
| Autore | Casey Edward S. <1939-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1997 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (507 p.) |
| Disciplina | 114 |
| Soggetto topico |
Place (Philosophy)
Space and time |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aristotle
bachelard concept of place concept of space contemporary thought continental philosophy creation stories deleuze derrida descartes foucault guattari heidegger historical history of thought husserl irigaray kant leibniz merleau ponty mythology newton nonfiction study phenomenological approaches philosophers philosophical philosophy theory plato religion speculations tschumi western philosophy western thought |
| ISBN | 0-520-95456-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Disappearing Places -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. From Void to Vessel -- Part Two. From Place to Space -- Part Three. The Supremacy of Space -- Part Four. The Reappearance of Place -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792041603321 |
Casey Edward S. <1939->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1997 | ||
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Fluid borders [[electronic resource] ] : Latino power, identity, and politics in Los Angeles / / Lisa Garc?ia Bedolla
| Fluid borders [[electronic resource] ] : Latino power, identity, and politics in Los Angeles / / Lisa Garc?ia Bedolla |
| Autore | García Bedolla Lisa <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.4/9400468 |
| Soggetto topico |
Hispanic Americans - California - Los Angeles
Working class - California - Los Angeles Hispanic Americans - California - Los Angeles - Politics and government Hispanic Americans - California - Los Angeles - Ethnic identity Hispanic Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Social classes - California - Los Angeles Power (Social sciences) - California - Los Angeles |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american borders
california collective identity largest minority group latina women latino experience latino identity latinos los angeles marginal groups middle class montebello nonfiction study personal interviews personal power political attitudes political engagement political identity political participation political socialization racial minorities social context social stigmas socioeconomic status voting working class communities |
| ISBN |
1-282-76317-2
0-520-93849-6 9786612763175 1-59875-783-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Latino Political Engagement: The Intersection of Power, Identity(ies), and Place -- 2. Legacies of Conquest: Latinos in California and Los Angeles -- 3. A Thin Line between Love and Hate: Language, Social Stigma, and Intragroup Relations -- 4. Why Vote? Race, Identity(ies), and Politics -- 5. Community Problems, Collective Solutions: Latinos and Nonelectoral Participation -- Conclusion. Fluid Borders: Latinos, Race, and American Politics -- Appendix A: Study Respondents -- Appendix B: Interview Questionnaire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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García Bedolla Lisa <1969->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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The great wall of confinement [[electronic resource] ] : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage / / Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu
| The great wall of confinement [[electronic resource] ] : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage / / Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu |
| Autore | Williams Philip F |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.45/0951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WuYenna |
| Soggetto topico |
Internment camps - China
Forced labor - China Political prisoners - China |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
anthropologists asia scholars china chinese history chinese law chinese prison camp chinese society confinement contemporary fiction cultural anthropology cultural historians discussion books historical human rights issues human rights laogai system law enforcement literary documents modern reports nonfiction study primary sources prison camp network prison life prison stories prisoners social impact world powers |
| ISBN |
1-282-35806-5
9786612358067 0-520-93855-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The cultural foundations of China's prison camp system -- The development of the Chinese communist prison camp -- The PRC prison camp (I) -- The PRC prison camp (II) -- Prison writings. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778469203321 |
Williams Philip F
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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