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This book explores representations of masculinity in Spanish film from the early Franco dictatorship through the present. It describes the rise of consumerism in Spain and, through an analysis of over 60 films, and shows how the hegemonic masculine models presented reflect and promote particular social, political, and economic exigencies.

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This edited volume applies rhetorical methodologies to dramatic literature and performative text, exploring a wide range of themes, including musical theater, revivals, childrens theater, disabilities, democracy, architecture, space, theosophy, and interfaith communication.

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This collection analyzes the rhetoric used by American Catholic Women of various periods, races, ethnicities, sexualities, and classes. Taken together, the essays reveal a shared ethos of resisting a powerful institutions efforts to silence the women.

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This book provides a vivid account of how the indigenous communities of Cauca in southwestern Colombia engaged with the Colombian central state. Troyan examines the state initiatives in the 1930s, '50s, '60s, and '70s toward indigenous communities in Cauca, which sheds light on the political and social construction of Colombian indigenous identity.

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The authors' conclusion, is that upward social mobility is never complete and that these upwardly mobile professionals appear to be caught in the middle between the world of their childhoods and the very different world that they must confront daily as members of the academy.

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Through interviews with homeless people, Bulman provides readers with a unique perspective on homelessness. Addicts are interviewed in chapter five, and chapter six covers those who have been homeless for some time.

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The book summarizes scholarly knowledge on why people migrate to western countries, and how this impacts on the receiving economies and societies.

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The book summarizes scholarly knowledge on why people migrate to western countries, and how this impacts on the receiving economies and societies.

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From taverns to garden shops to town libraries to spas, this volume offers inspiring stories about the "great good places" at the heart of our communities. Oldenburg's "The Great Good Place" has helped to spawn the revival of local hangouts, and now this book provides firsthand stories about those leading the revival. 20 photos.

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This book offers a critical look at celebrity and celebrities throughout history, emphasizing the development of celebrity as a concept, its relevance to individuals, and the role of the public and celebrities in popular culture.

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From the author of Strange Secretscomes a collection of never-before-seen secret government files on legendary celebrities - past and present - including Elvis, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, John Lennon, and many more.

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Brings together the contemporary thinking from art historians, cultural theorists, legal scholars, and psychoanalysts, as well as first-person accounts by artists and advocates, to give us a comprehensive understanding of censorship.

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Ever since the Bill of Rights became the cornerstone on which individual Americans' rights and liberties rest, the practical realities of honoring the grand principles of the First Amendment have been hotly contested, and none more so than freedom of expression.

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Presenting an overview of information control in America, this volume discusses why some works of art and literature are controversial, and examines the arguments of both those who advocate unlimited free speech and those who would impose some limits.

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The study of censorship is important not because we are shocked by the contents of a book or because a complaint about a work offends our sensibilities, but rather because this conflict between powerful opposing forces in society can threaten its foundations and ideals.

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Successful survivors speak for themselves in this exhaustive study of the lives, attitudes, and lifestyles of more than 500 centenarians. Beard's insights regarding the personal characteristics and principles by which centenarians live contain some unexpected findings in the areas of social relationships and social environments.

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The collapse of the Soviet Union and its totalitarian system has resulted in instability and conflict among its many ethnic groups.

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In this pioneering and important book, Philippe Aries surveys children and their place in family life from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century.