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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Cold War orientalism [[electronic resource] ] : Asia in the middlebrow imagination, 1945-1961 / / Christina Klein |
Autore | Klein Christina <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (574 p.) |
Disciplina | 950.4/24 |
Soggetto topico |
Orientalism - United States - History - 20th century
Public opinion - United States Asians in mass media Cold War - Social aspects - United States Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american history americans in asia artists asia asian history cold war era cold war cultural historians cultural history cultural studies global power struggles globalization historians intellectuals international relations middlebrow nonfiction orientalism orientalist culture pacific islands policy makers political history political policies postwar period public opinion soviet union textbooks us expansion world history writers |
ISBN |
0-520-93625-6
1-283-42257-3 1-59734-548-2 9786613422576 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Sentimental education : creating a global imaginary of integration -- Reader's digest, Saturday review, and the middlebrow aesthetic of commitment -- How to be an American abroad : James Michener's The voice of Asia, and postwar mass tourism -- Family ties as political obligation : Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific, and the discourse of adoption -- Musicals and modernization : The king and I -- Asians in America : Flower drum song and Hawaii. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777389903321 |
Klein Christina <1963->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 | ||
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East meets West in the Middle Ages and early modern times : transcultural experiences in the premodern world / / edited by Albrecht Classen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (828 p.) |
Disciplina | 909.07 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ClassenAlbrecht |
Collana | Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture |
Soggetto topico |
East and West - History - To 1500
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism Middle Ages - Historiography |
Soggetto non controllato |
East-west contacts
interculturality orientalism toleration |
ISBN | 3-11-032151-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Encounters Between East and West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Many Untold Stories About Connections and Contacts, Understanding and Misunderstanding / Classen, Albrecht -- Chapter 1 Mirrors for Princes in Europe and the Middle East: A Case of Historiographical Incommensurability / Darling, Linda T. -- Chapter 2 Reframing the Monstrous: Visions of Desire and a Unified Christendom in the Anglo-Saxon Wonders of the East / Barajas, Courtney Catherine -- Chapter 3 Byzantium between East and West: Competing Hellenisms in the Alexiad of Anna Komnene and her Contemporaries / Cooper, Glen M. -- Chapter 4 Franks and Indigenous Communities in Palestine and Syria (1099-1187): A Hierarchical Model of Social Interaction in the Principalities of Outremer / Murray, Alan V. -- Chapter 5 A Century of Communication and Acclimatization: Interpreters and Intermediaries in the Kingdom of Jerusalem / Tuley, K. A. -- Chapter 6 East Meets West and the Problem with Those Pictures / Wollesen, Jens T. -- Chapter 7 Walther von der Vogelweide and the Middle East: "Holy Land" and the Heathen / Clason, Christopher R. -- Chapter 8 Wolfram's Islam The Beliefs of the Muslim Pagans in Parzival and Willehalm / Hartmann, Heiko -- Chapter 9 Crusading against Barbarians: Muslims as Barbarians in Crusades Era Sources / Holt, Andrew -- Chapter 10 The Encounter with the Foreign in Medieval and Early Modern German Literature: Fictionality as a Springboard for Non-Xenophobic Approaches in the Middle Ages. Herzog Ernst, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Konrad von Würzburg, Die Heidin, and Fortunatus / Classen, Albrecht -- Chapter 11 Rūmī's Mathnawī and the Roman de la Rose: The Space of Narrative -- Chapter 12 The Moors in Thirteenth‐Century Spain: "They are Us!" / Scarborough, Connie L. -- Chapter 13 The Reorientation of Roger Bacon: Muslims, Mongols, and the Man Who Knew Everything / Abate, Mark T. -- Chapter 14 The Exotic and Fabulous East in The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: Understated Authenticity / Jost, Jean E. -- Chapter 15 Merveilles du Monde: Marco Millioni, Mirabilia, and the Medieval Imagination, or the Impact of Genre on European Curiositas / Taylor, Scott L. -- Chapter 16 Embalming and Dissecting the Corpse between East and West: From Ar-Razi to Henry de Mondeville / Schmitz-Esser, Romedio -- Chapter 17 West-östliche Dialoge in der Mörin Hermanns von Sachsenheim (1453) / Helmschrott, Stefanie -- Chapter 18 La représentation de l'Orient dans les Essais de Montaigne / Bjaï, Denis -- Chapter 19 The Strange Journey of Christian Rosencreutz / Willard, Thomas -- Chapter 20 Producing Yeni Dünya for an Ottoman Readership: The Travels of Ilyas bin Hanna al-Mawsuli in Colonial Latin America, 1675-1683 -- Chapter 21 Orientalism in Early Modern Europe? / Coudert, Allison P. -- Chapter 22 A Seventeenth-Century French Merchant in the Orient: The Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in Les six voyages -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787648903321 |
Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2013] | ||
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Edmund Burke and the Conservative Logic of Empire / / Daniel O'Neill |
Autore | O'Neill Daniel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 325/.32 |
Collana | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
Soggetto topico | Imperialism - 18th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century british empire
18th century imperialism british colonialism british history british political thought burkes defense of empire civilized societies cultural differences cultural similarities founding father of conservatism french revolution logic of empire modern conservatism orientalism ornamentalism othering political philosophy politics and government of great britain savage societies |
ISBN |
0-520-28783-5
0-520-96286-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Burke and Empire in Context -- Chapter 2. The New World -- Chapter 3. India -- Chapter 4. Ireland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798040603321 |
O'Neill Daniel
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Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister |
Autore | McAlister Melani <1962-> |
Edizione | [Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (430 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.56073/09/045 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Mass media and public opinion - United States
Public opinion - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
9/11
abu ghraib afghani women afghanistan al qaeda counterterrorism cultural studies ethnic studies fireman first responders foreign policy government policy imperialism iraq war isis islam media middle east military new york nonfiction oil orientalism osama bin laden politics popular culture race religion religious extremism religious fundamentalism saddam hussein social justice sociology terrorism terrorist us foreign relations war on terror war world history world trade center |
ISBN |
1-280-49194-9
9786613587176 0-520-93201-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface To The 2005 Edition -- Preface To The First Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Benevolent Supremacy" -- 2. The Middle East In African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, And The Politics Of Oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The Good Fight -- 5. Iran, Islam, And The Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military Multiculturalism In The Gulf War And After, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790117403321 |
McAlister Melani <1962->
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The ethnographic state : France and the invention of Moroccan Islam / / Edmund Burke |
Autore | Burke Edmund <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 964.04 |
Collana | Fletcher Jones Foundation Humanities Imprint |
Soggetto topico |
Islam and state - Morocco - History - 20th century
Islam - Morocco French - Morocco - Intellectual life |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
british colonialism british imperialism colonial officers colonial policies colonialism early 20th century history empire european colonialism french colonialism french ethnographers french imperialism india invention of traditions islam mission scientifique du maroc modern polity modernity monarchy moroccan islam moroccan studies morocco muslim countries muslim national form of islam north african history orientalism political religion religious studies state formation |
ISBN | 0-520-95799-7 |
Classificazione | LB 26475 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction: Inventing Moroccan Islam -- One. France and the Sociology of Islam, 1798-1890 -- Two. The Algerian Origins of Moroccan Studies, 1890-1903 -- Three. The Political Origins of the Moroccan Colonial Archive -- Four, When Paradigms Shift -- Five. Tensions of Empire, 1900-1912 -- Six. Social Research in the Technocolony, 1912-1925 -- Seven. Berber Policy -- Eight. Urban Policy -- Nine. The Invention of Moroccan Islam -- Ten. From the Ethnographic State to Moroccan Islam -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791300903321 |
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The ethnographic state : France and the invention of Moroccan Islam / / Edmund Burke |
Autore | Burke Edmund <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina | 964.04 |
Collana | Fletcher Jones Foundation Humanities Imprint |
Soggetto topico |
Islam and state - Morocco - History - 20th century
Islam - Morocco French - Morocco - Intellectual life |
Soggetto non controllato |
african history
british colonialism british imperialism colonial officers colonial policies colonialism early 20th century history empire european colonialism french colonialism french ethnographers french imperialism india invention of traditions islam mission scientifique du maroc modern polity modernity monarchy moroccan islam moroccan studies morocco muslim countries muslim national form of islam north african history orientalism political religion religious studies state formation |
ISBN | 0-520-95799-7 |
Classificazione | LB 26475 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction: Inventing Moroccan Islam -- One. France and the Sociology of Islam, 1798-1890 -- Two. The Algerian Origins of Moroccan Studies, 1890-1903 -- Three. The Political Origins of the Moroccan Colonial Archive -- Four, When Paradigms Shift -- Five. Tensions of Empire, 1900-1912 -- Six. Social Research in the Technocolony, 1912-1925 -- Seven. Berber Policy -- Eight. Urban Policy -- Nine. The Invention of Moroccan Islam -- Ten. From the Ethnographic State to Moroccan Islam -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826189303321 |
Burke Edmund <1940->
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L’Inde des Lumières : Discours, histoire, savoirs (XVIIe-XIXe siècle) / / Marie Fourcade, Ines G. Županov |
Autore | Agnani Sunil |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, : Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Barreto XavierÂngela
FourcadeMarie KamdarMira LeucciTiziana MayerTara MinutiRolando OlenderMaurice RainaDhruv RamaswamySumathi RousseleauRaphaël RubiésJoan-Pau SebastianiSilvia SmithBlake ŽupanovInes G ŽupanovInes G |
Collana | Purushartha |
Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment - India
Intellectuals - India |
Soggetto non controllato |
orientalism
India philosophy colonialism 18th century despotism |
ISBN | 2-7132-3150-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495988203321 |
Agnani Sunil
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Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.48/891593 |
Soggetto topico |
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century
Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghan women
afghan afghanistan agency al qaeda anthropology burqa community development domesticity education empowerment femininity feminism food security gender studies gender health islam justice marriage middle east muslim women nonfiction orientalism peace poetry politics prisoners prostitution religion religious fundamentalism religious women rural sex work social policy social science sociology urban war on terror war women womens studies |
ISBN |
1-283-27805-7
9786613278050 0-520-94899-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791884703321 |
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Languages and nations [[electronic resource] ] : the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras / / Thomas R. Trautmann |
Autore | Trautmann Thomas R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 pages) |
Disciplina | 410 |
Soggetto topico |
Dravidian philology - History - 19th century
Orientalism - History - 19th century Indologists - India - Madras - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian languages
british india college of fort st george colonialism colonies dravidian languages dravidian philology empire ethnology francis whyte ellis grammar history of language imperialism india indo aryan indo european indologists language analysis language families language linguistics madras malayo polynesian nation state nation nonfiction orientalism panini prakrit ptolemy romani sanskrit south india sumatran tolkappiyar vedic |
ISBN |
1-282-35771-9
9786612357718 0-520-93190-4 1-60129-523-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Explosion in the Grammar Factory -- 2. Pāṇini and Tolkāppiyar -- 3. Ellis and His Circle -- 4. The College -- 5. The Dravidian Proof -- 6. Legacies -- 7. Conclusions -- Appendix A. The Legend of the Cow-Pox -- Appendix B. The Dravidian Proof -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Languages & nations |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784406703321 |
Trautmann Thomas R
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