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The mainstreaming of pornographic imagery into fashion and popular culture at the turn of the millennium signalled a dramatic cultural shift in construction of both femininity and masculinity.This engaging book draws from a diverse range of examples from popular tabloids to campus culture to explore expressions and meanings of porn chic.

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Presents an international overview of how pornography - from soft core to hard core, gay to straight, female to male, black to white - infiltrates through our media. Exploring music videos, alt porn sites, Cosmogirls and Gaydar online forums, and more, this work analyses the transformation of porn in media and its impact on our culture.

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Presents an international overview of how pornography - from softcore to hardcore, gay to straight, female to male, black to white - infiltrates and proliferates through our media. Exploring music videos, Cosmogirls and Gaydar online forums, this work analyses the transformation of porn in media and its impact on our culture.

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Postmodern, postcolonial, and post-truth are broadly used terms. But where do they come from When and why did the habit of interpreting the world in post-terms emerge And who exactly were the post boys responsible for this This book traces the emergence and popularity of post-concepts through a wide range of genres and fields.

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The first book to consider the under-explored phenomenon of responses to the ending of fan objects.

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This text examines theories of colonization and decolonization, and how the ideas of a British empire create networks of discourses in contemporary postcolonial cultures. Constructs discussed include: nation and modernity; third-world feminism; and identity politics.

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An examination of how Britain and France are handling the new religious and racial diversity that has become a fact of life in both countries, and how postcolonial minorities are caught between the nation and the state in relation to status and identity, acceptance and integration. -- .

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This volume examines the relationship between the development and functioning of television and concrete political and economic processes in the third world.

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A work of the author whose writings represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Based on a set of lectures, it also includes works such as "The Meaning of Truth", "Psychology", "The Will to Believe", and "Talks to Teachers on Psychology".

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This is a timely exploration of the traffic between design and activism in the context of precarity - a social and material condition brought about by the growth of temporary, informal and irregular work. The book shows how design objects and practices open up possibilities to recode and reconfigure the effects of precarity. -- .

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Reviews the historical development of press criticism since the 1880s in each of ten categories: muckrakers, journalism reviews, columnists and authors, television press critics, press councils, advocacy groups, scholars, ombudsmen, bloggers, and satirists. This book also provides nine case studies of press criticism campaigns.

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Explores how intellectual media professionals struggle with the institutional and cultural forces surrounding television that promote entertainment at the expense of education. This book provides a glimpse behind the scenes of a major documentary and demonstrates the value of an ethnographic approach to the study of media production.

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A truly international, authoritative A-Z guide to five centuries of propaganda, in both wartime and peacetime, which covers key moments, techniques, concepts, and some of the most influential propagandists in history.

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This book examines international radio news coverage of the four superpower summit meetings between Soviets and Americans from 1987 to 1990.

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The concept of ethnic, racial, and gender humor is as sensitive a subject today as it has ever been; Leon Rappoport's incisive account takes an in-depth look at ethnic, racial and gender humor.

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Mr. Holmes' study is . New York Times Book Review

Thanks to Holmes' compelling review of the `great debate,' we see [all these things] more clearly because he is acting as more than just an informed guide to the facts and the issues;

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He looks at the origins of the term in the Biblical prophecies of the Book of Revelation - if the six ages of man date from 4000BC, will 2000AD signify the end of time Gould describes how the meaning of the word has evolved to its present day usage and tackles the debate over whether the millennium ends in 1999 or at the end of 2000AD.

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This volume compiled by Ilan Stavans examines the importance of ritual and celebration and the quinceaera celebration's growing social importance to in the Latino community, particularly in the United States. As such, the role of religion and the Catholic Church in the quinceaera celebration is given extensive consideration.

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This examination of the causes, severity, and implications of racially stereotyped media coverage of Congress incorporates original analysis of congressional media coverage and interviews with congressional press staff.

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Historical, sociological, and ecological analyses reveal that the health of a people is broadly determined by the strength, resilience, and vitality of their culture.

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Historical, sociological, and ecological analyses reveal that the health of a people is broadly determined by the strength, resilience, and vitality of their culture.