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Interrogates the ideas and practices of the New Beacon Circle's activists as stable elements in radical politics. Highlighting how biography and self representation have cultural, theoretical and political implications, this book makes a contribution to the literature on autobiography as a resource for understanding social and political theory.

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Interrogates the ideas and practices of the New Beacon Circle's activists as stable elements in radical politics. Highlighting how biography and self representation have cultural, theoretical and political implications, this book makes a contribution to the literature on autobiography as a resource for understanding social and political theory.

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This book explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political relevance of music in radio art from its beginnings to present day. Contributors include musicologists, literary studies, and cultural studies scholars and cover radio plays, radio shows, and other programs in North American, English, Spanish, Greek, Italian, and German radio.

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This book explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political relevance of music in radio art from its beginnings to present day. Contributors include musicologists, literary studies, and cultural studies scholars and cover radio plays, radio shows, and other programs in North American, English, Spanish, Greek, Italian, and German radio.

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Radio Vox Populi provides an account of ubiquitous talk radio, from its inception to its current overwhelming societal power via a comparison of the Italian manifestation of the medium with that of the United States. The story is told through ten chapters written by radio scholars and practitioners with an introduction and conclusion by Professors Peter Laufer and Christian Ruggiero.

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Two experts tackle one of the most formidable and pervasive developmental issues facing children today: Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Illustrations throughout.

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This book is the first to explore the significance of more than twenty-five fictional depictions of rampage violence in film, television, adult literature, and young adult literature. Exploring these texts with an analysis grounded in feminist cultural studies unveils the ways...

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Exploring film, television, adult literature, and young adult literature with an analysis grounded in feminist cultural studies, this book unveils the ways in which fictional rampage violence narratives, in context with their urban violence counterparts, communicate adult anxieties about American youth and who represents the ideal citizen.

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One of the best works of investigative journalism in years, Random Family tells the story of growing up in the Latino ghettos of the Bronx, a story of drug-dealers, young mothers, poverty and violence, a family saga like no other.

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This handbook presents an overview of the historical and social context of rape in America.

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Rape in Period Drama Television considers the representation of rape and rape myths as well as the audience response to it in a range of the most influential television period dramas of recent years.

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This is an accessible introduction to the history, machinery and impact of audience ratings. It is the first comparative account, demonstrating new insights into the complexity of audience participation and the methodological problems associated with assessing ratings. It will be key reading for media professionals and students.

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This is an accessible introduction to the history, machinery and impact of audience ratings. It is the first comparative account, demonstrating new insights into the complexity of audience participation and the methodological problems associated with assessing ratings. It will be key reading for media professionals and students.

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Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising How do political ceremonies establish authority Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution This book answers these questions using a single concept: common kno

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Originally published: Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Pub., c1991. With new introductory note.

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Raw shows the urgent need to consider condomless sex, as it is illegal for HIV-positive people in many jurisdictions.

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This work underscores the true brilliance and timelessness of colonial metaphors of authorship that extend into the postmodern Age. The emphasis is upon both re-invention and comprehensive scholarship on music and film.

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This work underscores the true brilliance and timelessness of colonial metaphors of authorship that extend into the postmodern Age. The emphasis is upon both re-invention and comprehensive scholarship on music and film.

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The long-awaited sequel to Tacey's successful Edge of the Sacred, published in 1995. He extends his search for an ecological, land based spirituality into a more urban setting. Tacey suggests that the new Australian spirituality will eventually take us towards a marriage between rational, secular humanism and the spiritual.

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June Roberts explores the complicated post-colonial infrastructure of Caribbean society and life as an African American through the work of Erna Brodber.