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Exploring a variety of female superhero narratives, including Wonder Woman comics and television shows like The Secrets of Isis, The Bionic Woman, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this book argues that twentieth-century superheroine stories historically depicted education as the path to female liberation and empowerment.

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Offers a critical inquiry into the legacy of one of late modernity's greatest public intellectuals, Edward Said. This book addresses an array of intellectual, political and cultural issues in their engagement with Said's oeuvre.

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A history of the mathematical word "eigenvalue."

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This book centres on current debates on globalization, the public sphere, and the potential of the Internet for empowerment. It looks at the effects of large transnational media corporations - from the US and Europe to Asia, the Middle East and Australia - on national and regional media.

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Provides a context for the development of the field, informed by the forms and practices that have emerged through the years, and offers resources for others interested in learning more about electronic literature.

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The traditional documentary programming of network television's bygone era has given way to the recent explosion of ratings-driven, personality-based news magazine programming.

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In Embrace the Pace: The 100 Most Exhilarating Lessons Learned in a Decade of Entrepreneurship, Rizzetta shares the 100 lessons that have helped him to become the leader of one of the fastest-growing independent public relations firms. He shares the real-world lessons that he's learned while building and operating a fast-growing business with practical and digestible stories behind each.

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In Embrace the Pace: The 100 Most Exhilarating Lessons Learned in a Decade of Entrepreneurship, Rizzetta shares the 100 lessons that have helped him to become the leader of one of the fastest-growing independent public relations firms. He shares the real-world lessons that he's learned while building and operating a fast-growing business with practical and digestible stories behind each.

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An examination of the politics of representation in Hindu nationalism.

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This encyclopaedia goes beyond a discussion of the scientific and technical aspects of fire to show how human societies have incorporated images of fire into their philosophies, mythologies, religions, music, art and other areas of human thought and action.

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Gangs are usually discussed in the media in terms of me and violence, and little else. This encyclopedia seeks to illuminate the world of gangs, including gang formation, routine gang activities, aberrations and current developments. It contains one hundred essay entries related to gangs worldwide which provide an overview of the gang phenomenon.

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A comprehensive compilation of entries illuminates the key trends, activities, and themes in organic, sustainable, and local food, covering consumers, organizations, farming, policies, and much more.

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Presents the history of the "Jewish question" to a discussion - one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times. This title identifies the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India as a colonial variation of what the author calls "the exemplary crisis of minority" - Jewishness in Europe.

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Although much scholarly and critical attention has been paid to the relationship between rhetoric and environmental issues, media and environmental issues, and politics and environmental issues, no book has yet focused on the relationship between popular culture and environmental issues.

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By integrating eight contemporary American films to determine the role the use of Voodoo in popular representations in the construction of black female imaginaries, this book evaluates the employment of Voodoo aesthetics to reenact black womens spirituality on screen by engaging with themes such as sexuality, agency, and cultural appropriation.