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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.

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This text looks at the ways in which Australia's indigenous peoples have been, and continue to be, represented in books for children. These varying representations have helped to colour the attitudes, beliefs and assumptions of different generations of Australians.

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This collection examines the various ways in which the homeless have been portrayed by the media from the 1980s to the present day. The contributors apply different frameworks, ranging from phenomenology to culture studies, to analyze the characteristics, implications, and consequences of the stories and images proposed by the media.

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Through in-depth analyses of barbecue and its producers, this book uncovers how processes and rhetoric surrounding a specific food product, and food culture as a whole, shape the food appearing on our plates. The book explores how food products evolve over time in response to changes in broader society.

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With its dedication to odd and unique reality television, the media has created intrigue and provided entertainment that reflects a diverse American culture. This book examines such reality television shows, as well as audience response and fan interaction.

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With its dedication to odd and unique reality television, the media has created intrigue and provided entertainment that reflects a diverse American culture. This book examines such reality television shows, as well as audience response and fan interaction.

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Offers a defense of the minimal welfare state substantially independent of any broader commitments, and at the same time better able to withstand challenges from the New Right's moralistic political economy. This defense of the existence of the welfare state is discussed, flanked by criticism of Old Left and New Right arguments.

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By putting the Wellesley Class of 1969 under a microscope, journalist Miriam Horn has both captured the essence of a group of women caught on an historic cusp and illuminated the life courses of individuals whose choices both reflect and defy expectations. 8 pages of photos.

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This collection analyzes the way that the Walt Disney Company has co-opted contemporary social discourse and studies how the current Disney era reflects changes in a global society where audiences are empowered by new media and social justice movements.