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      • Martini Maria Cristina | MMC Edizioni

        MMC EDIZIONI is a publishing house based in Rome.Born in 2001 as a generalist, along the time it has specialized almost exclusively in non-fiction, dedicated in particular (but not only) to the city of Rome.The main series, called "A walk with history" offers an alternative vision of the city through the historical reconnaissance and analysis of some of its urban furnishings that are not taken into consideration such as small fountains, clocks, inscriptions, sacred shrines, plaques. This series stands out for a particular graphic style and for the abundance of photographs, specially made for these books.Other series on Rome are instead dedicated to in-depth studies on specific historical and customs themes, or on the mysterious aspects of the city that also reveal its dark side.In the MMC catalogue are other non-fiction books on topics such as Music, Interculture, Anthropology and a series of stories for children encouraging solidarity, non-violence and respect for the environment

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        April 2023

        Who governs Britain?

        Trade unions, the Conservative Party and the failure of the Industrial Relations Act 1971

        by Sam Warner

        Providing fresh insights from the archival record, Who governs Britain? revisits the 1970-74 Conservative government to explain why the Party tried - and failed - to reform the system of industrial relations. Designed to tackle Britain's strike problem and perceived disorder in collective bargaining, the Industrial Relations Act 1971 established a formal legal framework to counteract trade union power. As the state attempted to disengage from and 'depoliticise' collective bargaining practices, trade union leaders and employers were instructed to discipline industry. In just three-and-a-half years, the Act contributed to a crisis of the British state as industrial unrest engulfed industry and risked undermining the rule of law. Warner explores the power dynamics, strategic errors and industrial battles that destroyed this attempt to tame trade unions and ultimately brought down a government, and that shape Conservative attitudes towards trade unions to this day.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 1994

        Yerma

        by Federico Garcia Lorca, Rebecca Warner

        The second of Lorca's trilogy of rural dramas, Yerma, is a blend of contrasting moods through which Lorca charts the increasingly destructive obsession of a childless young country wife, and probes the darker zones of human fears and desires. The play's rich mode of expression - a combination of verbal, visual and auditory images and rhythms - is also geared to celebrating sexual attraction and fertility, creation and procreation. Through his characterization of the play's central figure, Lorca raises the question of women's social status - a controversial question both then and now, and one to which Robin Warner pays particular attention in his critical introduction to the play. He also examines the links between the dramatic structure of Yerma and the importance of cultural politics during the course of the Second Spanish Republic. The Spanish text is supported by an introduction and notes in English, as well as by an extensive vocabulary and section of discussion questions. ;

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        1989

        In weiblicher Gestalt

        Die Verkörperung des Wahren, Guten und Schönen

        by Warner, Marina / Übersetzt von Preuschoft, Claudia

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        1994

        Indigo

        Oder Die Vermessung der Wasser Roman

        by Warner, Marina / Übersetzt von Hedinger, Sabine

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2013

        Ottonian Germany

        The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg

        by David Warner

        The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg has long been recognised as one of the most important sources for the history of the tenth and early eleventh centuries, especially for the history of the Ottonian Empire. Thietmar's testimony also has special value because of his geographical location, in eastern Saxony, on the boundary between German and Slavic cultures. He is arguably the single most important witness to the early history of Poland, and his detailed descriptions of Slavic folklore are the earliest on record. This is a very important source in the medieval period, translated here in its entirety for the first time. It relates to an area of medieval studies generally dominated by German scholars, in which Anglo-phone scholars are beginning to make a substantial contribution.

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        Little Unicorn Finya Brightstar. Read-Aloud Stories from the Wishing Wood

        by Mila Berg/Marina Krämer

        In the secret Wishing Wood, a wonderful world of unicorns is just waiting to be discovered! Enjoy magical adventures in the company of the little unicorn Finya Brightstar and her friends, Trixie the goblin girl and Kalle the bat. When they leave their tent one night, the three brave friends find out the cause of some strange noises. They come up with a clever plan to help the big unicorn Elara, who has been feeling horribly sad for several days. And when Finya and Trixie have a nasty quarrel, Kalle succeeds in getting them to make up. Because after all, best friends are always there for one another! Twelve stories to read aloud, on a wide range of subjects, all sheer delight! With beautifully designed four-colour illustrations by Marina Krämer on every page, and fine foil embossing on the cover. Ideal for bedtime reading.

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        The Arts
        February 2022

        "I am Jugoslovenka!"

        Feminist performance politics during and after Yugoslav Socialism

        by Jasmina Tumbas, Amelia Jones, Marsha Meskimmon

        "I am Jugoslovenka" argues that queer-feminist artistic and political resistance were paradoxically enabled by socialist Yugoslavia's unique history of patriarchy and women's emancipation. Spanning performance and conceptual art, video works, film and pop music, lesbian activism and press photos of female snipers in the Yugoslav wars, the book analyses feminist resistance in a range of performative actions that manifest the radical embodiment of Yugoslavia's anti-fascist, transnational and feminist legacies. It covers celebrated and lesser-known artists from the 1970s to today, including Marina Abramovic, Sanja Ivekovic, Vlasta Delimar, Tanja Ostojic, Selma Selman and Helena Janecic, along with music legends Lepa Brena and Esma Redzepova. "I am Jugoslovenka" tells a unique story of women's resistance through the intersection of feminism, socialism and nationalism in East European visual culture.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2011

        Holiday camps in twentieth-century Britain

        Packaging pleasure

        by Sandra Trudgen Dawson, Jeffrey Richards

        This book is the story of two holiday camp chains established in the 1930s that provided thousands with packaged pleasure. Warner and Butlin's commercial camps emerged at the intersection of cultural shifts that politicised working-class leisure and consumption. Entertainment fostered in the post-war camps provided a forum for popular pleasure that reinforced the idea of a 'national' culture grown from the common experience of war. Butlin and Warner, the big commercial chains of the 50s and 60s, are enmeshed in our social and cultural history. Dawson uncovers the significance of the holiday camps to the political, economic, social, and cultural history of twentieth-century Britain, drawing on an impressive variety of sources, from government documents to trade journals, advertising, photographs, oral histories, literature, films and songs. This unique volume will be of interest to academics and specialists of British social history, popular culture and tourism studies whilst remaining accessible to enthusiasts. ;

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        March 2017

        Auf der Datscha

        Eine kleine Kulturgeschichte

        by Marina Rumjanzewa

        Auf der Datscha erzählt die erstaunliche Erfolgsgeschichte der Datscha, von ihren Anfängen unter Peter dem Großen bis in die heutige Zeit. Marina Rumjanzewa versteht es meisterhaft, die ungebrochene Liebe zu jener russischen Institution aufzuzeigen, die so viel mehr ist als nur eine Gartenlaube. Am frühen Morgen aus dem Haus treten – in den wilden, überwachsenen, noch im Schatten versunkenen Garten. Die Kühle, die Stille, das Rauschen der Blätter, das Aufblitzen der Sonne in den Bäumen, das Tanzen der Lichtflecken auf dem Gras. Auf die ersten Gäste warten, nichts vorhaben, nichts müssen, einfach in den Tag hineinleben – in einen Datscha-Tag. Sicher schaut jemand vorbei oder man geht zu den Nachbarn oder es kommen Freunde aus der Stadt: Datscha bedeutet Zusammensein. Und noch viel mehr. Auf der Datscha lebten Anna Karenina und Oblomow, bei Turgenjew ging ein Familienvater dort der Liebe zur Nachbarin nach, und Gorki rechnete mit der Intelligenzija ab im Stück Datschniki, zu Deutsch Sommergäste. Die Datscha ist eine Institution, sie ist ein Stück russischer Geschichte und Kultur.

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        February 2008

        Liebesgedichte

        by Marina Zwetajewa, Ilma Rakusa, Ilma Rakusa

        Marina Zwetajewa ist eine der großen Liebeslyrikerinnen der Moderne. Ohne Kompromisse strebte sie eine Intensität an, die ihrem romantischen Absolutheitsanspruch genügen sollte. Das mündete in große Dichtung, während die sogenannte Lebenswirklichkeit hinter den Idealen nicht nur zurückblieb, sondern sich als zunehmend feindlich erwies.

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        April 1991

        Irdische Zeichen

        Aus dem Russischen übertragen von Ruth Malez und Marga Erb. Nachdichtungen von Roland Erb. Mit einem Nachwort von Ingrid Schäfer

        by Marina Zwetajewa, Marga Erb, Ruth Malez, Ingrid Schäfer

        Marina Zwetajewa, 1892 in Moskau geboren, ging 1922 in die Emigration, lebte in Berlin, Paris und Prag und kehrte 1939 in die Sowjetunion zurück. 1941 nahm sie sich in Jelabuga das Leben.

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