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  • 1
    UID:
    gbv_1696221412
    Format: 1 online resource (149 pages)
    ISBN: 9781136415401
    Content: A one-of-a-kind analysis of ocean cruising! In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, noted author Arthur Asa Berger turns his critical eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This academically solid yet reader-friendly book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject, examining ocean cruising from economic, semiotic, sociological, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, and offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender, the sociology of dining on cruise ships, hedonism and pleasure seeking, the compulsion to cruise, consolidation in the industry, the exploitation of workers on cruise ships, and a great deal more. Here's a section-by-section rundown of what's in store for you and your students in this one-of-a-kind new text: The Economics of Cruising examines cruise categories, industry consolidation, worker exploitation, and ways that cruise lines make money aside from ticket sales. This section also compares the costs of cruises vs. land-based vacations and fills you in on the typical weekly food and beverage consumption of the Carnival line's complement of ships, which sheds light on how a cruise line can, for a mere 10, provide a food array that would cost a restaurant or hotel 33 to 40. Signs at SeaThe Semiotics of Cruising provides you with a quick primer on semiotics and then discusses the cruise ship as a sign system and then breaks the system down to its component parts, discussing dining rooms, cabins/staterooms, dress codes, spatiality, luxury signifiers, the perceived elitism of the cruise experience, the role of photography, and more. A Sociological Analysis of Cruising explores cruise demographics and their meaning, time budgeting on cruises, the sociology of
    Content: Intro -- Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: The Joke Is on Me! -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Economics of Cruising -- Cruising to Alaska: A Case Study -- Cruises Compared to Land-Based Vacations -- Other Ways Cruise Lines Make Money -- Cruise Categories -- Consolidation of the Cruise Industry -- Exploitation of Workers on Cruise Ships? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Signs at Sea: The Semiotics of Cruising -- A Primer on Semiotics -- The Cruise Ship As a Sign System -- Cruises and Pilgrimages -- Names of Cruise Lines and the Perceived Elitism of the Cruise Experience -- Taking Photographs and Using Video Cameras Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Sociological Analysis of Cruising -- Cruise Demographics -- Gender and Cruising -- Carnivalization Theory and Cruising -- The Sociology of Dining -- Time Budgets and the Busy Life at Sea -- New Trends in Cruising -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising -- The Compulsion to Cruise -- Sea and Psyche -- The Paradise Myth and Cruises -- Cruise Liners As Floating Utopias -- Hedonism and Pleasure Seeking -- Cruise Taking As Regression in the Service of the Ego -- The Gourmet/Gourmand Problem -- Unconditional Love -- The Agony of the Choice -- Escaping the Boredom of Everyday Life -- Behind the Facade: Daily Life of Crew Members -- The Ship As a Labyrinth: A Speculative Theory -- The Cruise Travel Agent As "Fairy Godmother" -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises -- Interpreting Advertisements -- What Can Be Analyzed in a Print Advertisement? -- Cruise Advertising in the August 2002 Travel + Leisure Magazine -- Commonalities in These Cruise Advertisements -- Two Cruise Line Brochure (Catalog) Covers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Cruising (on) the Internet.
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    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780789021977
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780789021977
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute
    UID:
    gbv_1008656372
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (100 pages)
    ISBN: 9780833058607 , 0833058630 , 0833058622 , 0833058614 , 0833058606 , 9780833058614 , 9780833058621 , 9780833058638
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Content: "Israel and Iran have come to view each other as direct regional rivals over the past decade, with Iran viewing Israel as being bent on undermining Iran's revolutionary system and Israel viewing Iran as posing grave strategic and ideological challenges to the Jewish state. But the two countries have not always been rivals. Both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution, shared geopolitical interests led to years of pragmatic policies and, at times, extensive cooperation. But the growing rivalry between them has intensified in recent years, particularly with the rise of principlist (fundamentalist) leaders in Iran and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran. Israeli leaders now view every regional threat through the prism of Iran, even if their strategic community is divided about how to address this challenge and particularly the utility of a military strike option. Iran, which currently views Israel in more ideological and less pragmatic terms, may be emboldened to further challenge Israel if it has a nuclear weapons capability. The United States can help manage this rivalry by focusing on policies aimed at prevention and preparation. This means discouraging an Israeli military strike while bolstering Israeli capabilities in preparation for a future where Iran has managed to acquire nuclear weapons. For Iran, this means dissuading that regime from weaponizing its nuclear program and, if that fails, making preparations to deter it from brandishing or using its weapons."--Publisher's description
    Content: "Israel and Iran have come to view each other as direct regional rivals over the past decade, with Iran viewing Israel as being bent on undermining Iran's revolutionary system and Israel viewing Iran as posing grave strategic and ideological challenges to the Jewish state. But the two countries have not always been rivals. Both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution, shared geopolitical interests led to years of pragmatic policies and, at times, extensive cooperation. But the growing rivalry between them has intensified in recent years, particularly with the rise of principlist (fundamentalist) leaders in Iran and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran. Israeli leaders now view every regional threat through the prism of Iran, even if their strategic community is divided about how to address this challenge and particularly the utility of a military strike option. Iran, which currently views Israel in more ideological and less pragmatic terms, may be emboldened to further challenge Israel if it has a nuclear weapons capability. The United States can help manage this rivalry by focusing on policies aimed at prevention and preparation. This means discouraging an Israeli military strike while bolstering Israeli capabilities in preparation for a future where Iran has managed to acquire nuclear weapons. For Iran, this means dissuading that regime from weaponizing its nuclear program and, if that fails, making preparations to deter it from brandishing or using its weapons."--Publisher's description
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780833058607
    Additional Edition: Druck-Ausgabe
    Additional Edition: Print version Kaye, Dalia Dassa Israel and Iran Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, [2011]
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press
    UID:
    gbv_1656533731
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 220 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9780816695058
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Feminine Endings in Retrospect -- 1. Introduction: A Material Girl in Bluebeard's Castle -- 2. Constructions of Gender in Monteverdi's Dramatic Music -- 3. Sexual Politics in Classical Music -- 4. Excess and Frame: The Musical Representation of Madwomen -- 5. Getting Down Off the Beanstalk: The Presence of a Woman's Voice in Janika Vandervelde's Genesis II -- 6. This Is Not a Story My People Tell: Musical Time and Space According to Laurie Anderson -- 7. Living to Tell: Madonna's Resurrection of the Fleshly -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780816641895
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780816641895
    Additional Edition: Print version Feminine Endings : Music, Gender, and Sexuality
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 4
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    UID:
    gbv_739069802
    Format: Online-Ressource (158 p)
    ISBN: 9780789025708
    Content: Explore the travel/tourism possibilities of this exotic yet tourist-friendly countryVietnam Tourism presents a unique ethnographic-semiotic analysis of some of the most important touristic icons in Vietnamese culture. In addition, it offers a firsthand analysis of many aspects of daily life in Vietnam and a semiotic analysis of Vietnam's dominant cultural symbols. A twelve-page photo section brings vibrant images of this unique country to life.Vietnam Tourism also presents an essential overview of what Vietnam has to offer tourists, looking at the exciting possibilities?and the potential pitfa
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Vietnam Tourism; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A NOTE ON ETHNOGRAPHY; THE DESIGN OF THE BOOK; WHY PEOPLE BECOME TOURISTS: USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; PART I: VIETNAM AS A TOURIST DESTINATION-AN ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 1 The Pros and Cons of Vietnam Tourism; STATISTICS ON TOURISM IN VIETNAM, THAILAND, AND CAMBODIA; VISITORS IN VIETNAM BY COUNTRY IN 2001; SOME PROBLEMS OF VIETNAM'S TOURISM INDUSTRY; BENEFITS OF VIETNAM AS A TOURIST DESTINATION; Chapter 2 The Consumer Culture and Vietnam; TOURISM AND CONSUMER CULTURES: THE GRID-GROUP TYPOLOGY , CONSUMER CULTURES AND TOURIST CHOICESTRAVEL PREFERENCES IN VIETNAM AND CULTURAL ALIGNMENTS; ABOUT IMAGINING, INTERPRETING, AND REMEMBERING VIETNAM; PART II: VIRTUAL VIETNAM-IMAGINING VIETNAM; Chapter 3 Vietnam: Image and Reality; VIETNAM AS AN IMAGINED PLACE; PICO IYER'S PICTURE OF SAIGON AND HANOI; TWO WRITERS ON THE VIETNAMESE PASSION FOR FOOD; THE VIETNAM WAR; Chapter 4 Touring Vietnam in Safety and Comfort; LOGISTICS; TF HANDSPAN GROUP TOUR ITINERARY; ANNIE, THU, AND PROBLEMS WITH NAMES; ADVENTURE WEAR AND MAGIC GLASSES: I GO HIGH TECH; TEACHING THE VIETNAMESE ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE , ESCAPING WITH ONE'S LIFE WHILE TOURING VIETNAMA RAINBOW THE DAY WE LEAVE; ON THE MATTER OF VIETNAM'S APPEAL FOR TOURISTS; PART III: SEMIOTIC VIETNAM-INTERPRETING THE COUNTRY; Chapter 5 Understanding Vietnam: Culture and Geography; SCHOLARLY APPROACHES TO STUDYING FOREIGN CULTURES; THE IDEAS OF ROLAND BARTHES; QUOC NGU: THE VIETNAMESE WRITTEN LANGUAGE; THE CAO DAI CATHEDRAL AT TAY NINH; SAPA AND THE HILL-TRIBE GIRLS; THE MEKONG DELTA; HANOI; HO CHI MINH CITY/SAIGON; Chapter 6 Exploring Vietnam's Culture: Food and Entertainment; PHO; NUOC MAM (FISH SAUCE); VIETNAMESE METAL COFFEE POTS , SPRING ROLLSNON LA (CONICAL HATS); AO DAI: THE TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE COSTUME FOR WOMEN; HO CHI MINH'S BODY; GENERAL GIAP: THE SNOW-COVERED VOLCANO; GREEN PITH HELMETS; CU CHI TUNNELS; CD CAFÉS; DONG AND DOLLARS; ROI NUOC (WATER PUPPETS); PART IV: REMEMBERING VIETNAM-BACK IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter 7 Reflections on Touring Vietnam; A JUMBLE OF MEMORIES; THE ACTUAL VIETNAM VERSUS THE VIRTUAL VIETNAM; STREET CULTURES AND HOUSE CULTURES; AN AGE-OLD QUESTION; Chapter 8 Conclusion; THE TOURIST AS STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND; A FINAL WORD; Bibliography; Index;
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781136427725
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780789025708
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vietnam Tourism
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc
    UID:
    gbv_839030886
    Format: Online-Ressource (336 p)
    ISBN: 9780812221060
    Series Statement: Middle Ages Series
    Content: In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with lawlessness. However, historians have long recognized that medieval culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law and legal procedure. This book makes the case that one cannot understand the era's cultural trends without considering the profound development of law.
    Content: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Reordering of Law and the Illicit in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Europe -- PART I: LEGAL SYSTEMS -- 1 A Fresh Look at Medieval Sanctuary -- 2 Heresy as Politics and the Politics of Heresy, 1022-1180 -- 3 Legal Ethics: A Medieval Ghost Story -- 4 The Ties That Bind: Legal Status and Imperial Power -- PART II: WRITING THE LAW -- 5 Licit and Illicit in the Yarnall Collection at the University of Pennsylvania: Pages from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX -- 6 Judicial Violence and Torture in the Carolingian Empire -- 7 The Ambiguity of Treason in Anglo-Norman-French Law, c. 1150-c. 1250 -- 8 Illicit Religion: The Case of Friar Matthew Grabow, O.P. -- 9 Marriage, Concubinage, and the Law -- PART III: CASES AND TRIALS -- 10 Crusaders' Rights Revisited: The Use and Abuse of Crusader Privileges in Early Thirteenth-Century France -- 11 Learned Opinion and Royal Justice: The Role of Paris Masters of Theology During the Reign of Philip the Fair -- 12 Coin and Punishment in Medieval Venice -- PART IV: LAW BEYOND THE LAW -- 13 Licit and Illicit in the Rhetoric of the Investiture Conflict -- 14 Satisfying the Laws: The Legenda of Maria of Venice -- 15 Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic -- 16 Law, Magic, and Science: Constructing a Border Between Licit and Illicit Knowledge in the Writings of Nicole Oresme -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: The Reordering of Law and the Illicit in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Europe""; ""PART I: LEGAL SYSTEMS""; ""1 A Fresh Look at Medieval Sanctuary""; ""2 Heresy as Politics and the Politics of Heresy, 1022-1180""; ""3 Legal Ethics: A Medieval Ghost Story""; ""4 The Ties That Bind: Legal Status and Imperial Power""; ""PART II: WRITING THE LAW""; ""5 Licit and Illicit in the Yarnall Collection at the University of Pennsylvania: Pages from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX"" , ""6 Judicial Violence and Torture in the Carolingian Empire""""7 The Ambiguity of Treason in Anglo-Norman-French Law, c. 1150-c. 1250""; ""8 Illicit Religion: The Case of Friar Matthew Grabow, O.P.""; ""9 Marriage, Concubinage, and the Law""; ""PART III: CASES AND TRIALS""; ""10 Crusaders' Rights Revisited: The Use and Abuse of Crusader Privileges in Early Thirteenth-Century France""; ""11 Learned Opinion and Royal Justice: The Role of Paris Masters of Theology During the Reign of Philip the Fair""; ""12 Coin and Punishment in Medieval Venice""; ""PART IV: LAW BEYOND THE LAW"" , ""13 Licit and Illicit in the Rhetoric of the Investiture Conflict""""14 Satisfying the Laws: The Legenda of Maria of Venice""; ""15 Canon Law and Chaucer on Licit and Illicit Magic""; ""16 Law, Magic, and Science: Constructing a Border Between Licit and Illicit Knowledge in the Writings of Nicole Oresme""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Acknowledgments""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812208856
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812221060
    Additional Edition: Print version Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 6
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    Online Resource
    New York : Columbia University Press
    UID:
    gbv_742285855
    Format: Online-Ressource (345 p)
    ISBN: 9780231120036
    Content: Arabs and Israelis have battled one another in political and military arenas, seemingly continuously, for some fifty years. The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference sought to change this pattern, launching bilateral and multilateral tracks in the Arab-Israeli peace process. As a result, a broad group of Arab states sat down with Israel and began to cooperate on a wide range of regional issues in what became known as the Middle East multilaterals. Yet why did enemies reluctant even to recognize one another choose to cooperate on regional problems? And once this process began, what drove the partie
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Explaining Regional Multilateral Cooperation; 2 The Historical Record: Pre-Madrid Regional Cooperation; 3 The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Multilateral Talks; 4 Regional Security Cooperation; 5 Regional Economic Cooperation; 6 Water and Environmental Cooperation; 7 Conclusion; Appendix A: Concluding Remarks bySecretary of State James A. Baker III Before the Organizational Meeting for Multilateral Negotiations on the Middle East (January 28, 1992) , Appendix B: Article 4: Security. Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan(October 26, 1994)Appendix C: Declaration of Principles and Statements of Intent on Arms Control and Regional Security; Appendix D: Statement by the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf on the Cancellation by the GCC of the Secondary/Tertiary Arab Boycott of Israel (October 1, 1994); Appendix E: Casablanca Declaration Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit(October 30-November 1, 1994) , Appendix F: Amman Declaration Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit (October 29-31, 1995)Appendix G: Cairo Declaration Middle East/North Africa Economic Conference (November 12-14, 1996); Appendix H: Declaration on Principles for Cooperation Among the Core Parties on Water-Related Matters and New and Additional Water Resources - The Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources Oslo (February 13, 1996); Appendix I: The Bahrain Environmental Code of Conduct for the Middle East (October 25, 1994); Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231529365
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Beyond the Handshake : Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process 1991-1996
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 7
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    Online Resource
    Luton : Andrews UK
    UID:
    gbv_772568219
    Format: Online-Ressource (320 p)
    ISBN: 9781908493057
    Series Statement: Landscapes of the Imagination v.5
    Content: Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, expected in some projections to have a population of 25 million by 2025. This will make it the biggest metropolis in sub-Saharan Africa and possibly the world's third largest city. This phenomenal and continuing growth gives it a heady turbulence, especially as it only took on the form of a coherent urban entity in the eighteenth century. After Nigeria's independence Lagos remained both trading hub and, for thirty years, a federal capi
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword by Femi Okunnu; A Personal Message from the CEO of BGL; Preface and Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction; Lagos; The Story of Lagos; The Topography of Lagos; Changing Society and the "Look" of the City; A True City of the Imagination; Music, Film, Art and the Havens in the Wilderness; Stories to Remember; The Long Shadow of FESTAC; Prominent Personalities of Lagos; Fela Anikulapo-Kuti; Streets of the Imagination; The Future City?; End Matter; Appendix; Further Reading; BGL and Lagos; Also Available
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781908493897
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781908493057
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lagos : A Cultural and Literary History
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
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  • 8
    UID:
    gbv_773402799
    Format: Online-Ressource (377 p)
    ISBN: 9781611684230
    Series Statement: Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
    Content: Brings together key writings by one of the most distinguished and renowned Jewish historians of our time
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I - Self-Reflection; 1 | To the Russian Reader; 2 | Words Delivered on the Occasion of Receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the École Pratique des Hautes Études; Part II - Early Patterns; 3 | Baer's History, Translated and Revisited; 4 | A Jewish Historian in the "Age of Aquarius"; 5 | The Inquisition and the Jews of France in the Time of Bernard Gui; 6 | In Praise of Ladino; Part III - Iberia and Beyond; 7 | Sephardic Jewry between Cross and Crescent; 8 | The Re-education of Marranos in the Seventeenth Century , 9 | Assimilation and Racial Anti-Semitism: The Iberian and the German ModelsPart IV - Jews and Politics; 10 | Spinoza on the Survival of the Jews; 11 | Servants of Kings and Not Servants of Servants: Some Aspects of the Political History of the Jews; 12 | Israel, the Unexpected State: Messianism, Sectarianism, and the Zionist Revolution; Part V - The Yoke of Memory; 13 | Toward a History of Jewish Hope; 14 | Series Z: An Archival Fantasy; 15 | The Purloined Kiddush Cups: Reopening the Case on Freud's Jewish Identity; 16 | Gilgul; Index; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781611684131
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781611684230
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Faith of Fallen Jews : Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and the Writing of Jewish History
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
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