Andrew Ang
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199959327
- eISBN:
- 9780199382323
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199959327.003.0018
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Financial Economics
Private equity (PE) is not an asset class. Performance measurement of PE is hampered because commonly used metrics are not returns and are often manipulated. On the whole, PE does not outperform ...
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Private equity (PE) is not an asset class. Performance measurement of PE is hampered because commonly used metrics are not returns and are often manipulated. On the whole, PE does not outperform publicly traded stocks on a risk-adjusted basis, but there is large dispersion among PE funds. PE contracts are complicated and exacerbate rather than ameliorate agency problems.Less
Private equity (PE) is not an asset class. Performance measurement of PE is hampered because commonly used metrics are not returns and are often manipulated. On the whole, PE does not outperform publicly traded stocks on a risk-adjusted basis, but there is large dispersion among PE funds. PE contracts are complicated and exacerbate rather than ameliorate agency problems.
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226071329
- eISBN:
- 9780226071343
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226071343.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter, which evaluates the ways in which lyrical poems invoke both sights and sounds to create private devotional performances in the cell, examines how poems and pictures in Additional 37049 ...
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This chapter, which evaluates the ways in which lyrical poems invoke both sights and sounds to create private devotional performances in the cell, examines how poems and pictures in Additional 37049 were so often enjoined by other Middle English lyrics and prose meditations. It suggests that reading a devotional lyric, even in solitude and silence, took place against a background of performances, a background that conditioned the poems' reception and, ultimately, their meaning.Less
This chapter, which evaluates the ways in which lyrical poems invoke both sights and sounds to create private devotional performances in the cell, examines how poems and pictures in Additional 37049 were so often enjoined by other Middle English lyrics and prose meditations. It suggests that reading a devotional lyric, even in solitude and silence, took place against a background of performances, a background that conditioned the poems' reception and, ultimately, their meaning.
Michael J. Zogry
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807833605
- eISBN:
- 9781469603940
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807898208_zogry
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Native American Studies
Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linked ...
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Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linked ritual activities. Is it a sport? Is it a religious ritual? Could it possibly be both? Why has it lasted so long, surviving through centuries of upheaval and change? Based on work in the field and in the archives, this book argues that members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation continue to perform selected aspects of their cultural identity by engaging in anetso, itself the hub of an extended ceremonial complex, or cycle. A precursor to lacrosse, anetso appears in all manner of Cherokee cultural narratives and has figured prominently in the written accounts of non-Cherokee observers for almost three hundred years. The anetso ceremonial complex incorporates a variety of activities which, taken together, complicate standard scholarly distinctions such as game versus ritual, public display versus private performance, and tradition versus innovation. This book provides a striking opportunity for rethinking the understanding of ritual and performance as well as their relationship to cultural identity. It also offers a sharp reappraisal of scholarly discourse on the Cherokee religious system, with particular focus on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation.Less
Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linked ritual activities. Is it a sport? Is it a religious ritual? Could it possibly be both? Why has it lasted so long, surviving through centuries of upheaval and change? Based on work in the field and in the archives, this book argues that members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation continue to perform selected aspects of their cultural identity by engaging in anetso, itself the hub of an extended ceremonial complex, or cycle. A precursor to lacrosse, anetso appears in all manner of Cherokee cultural narratives and has figured prominently in the written accounts of non-Cherokee observers for almost three hundred years. The anetso ceremonial complex incorporates a variety of activities which, taken together, complicate standard scholarly distinctions such as game versus ritual, public display versus private performance, and tradition versus innovation. This book provides a striking opportunity for rethinking the understanding of ritual and performance as well as their relationship to cultural identity. It also offers a sharp reappraisal of scholarly discourse on the Cherokee religious system, with particular focus on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation.
