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How Television Shapes Our Worldview
Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives, and cultural forms are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that show the world as we might never see it in real life. How Television Shapes Our Worldview brings together a diverse set of scholars, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of the outside world. The essays include advertising and public relations analyses, audience interviews, and case studies that touch on genres ranging from science fiction in the 1970s to current “reality” television. Television truly provides a powerful influence over how we learn about the world around us and understand its social processes.
The Best Plays from the Strawberry One-Act Festival
This anthology includes the Best Plays from the Strawberry One-Act Festival produced by The Riant Theatre, NYC. Make Her Happen by L.E. McCullough: A waitress at a roadside diner jumps at the opportunity to get discovered and make her dreams come true. The Squeegee Man by Nick Vigorito, Jr: A reporter finds inspiration for stories through the squeegee man on the street corner outside her office. Monkey Rhythms by John Baldi: Three generations of a family deal with their love for each other. Hidden in the Past by Michael A. Casano: A young girl interviews her grandmother to find out more about her family's history. Pension Check by Jonathon Ward: An out-of-work steelworker tries to support his family in the wake of his father's illness. Other plays include: The Boy Who Was Born With A Tail by Matt Casarino, The Kissing Booth by David Risk, The Last Night Of The World by Cody Daigle, On Top by John Patrick Bray, Kate's Ballad by Roy O'Connor, Big Crunch by Helen Hill, Difficult Subjects by Deborah S. Greenhut, Et Tu, Kelly by Debra C. Victoroff, Anything But Black by Fred Rohan Vargas, and A Punch In The Face by Jeffrey L. Gurian.
The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in Beverly Hills, 90210
This book draws on the concepts of hegemonic and nonhegemonic masculinities as well as emphasized and oppositional femininities to chronicle and illuminate the construction of gender in Beverly Hills, 90210. The book argues that not only delegitimized but also legitimated forms of masculinity and femininity require critical scrutiny and interrogation in order to expose the constructed nature of gender identities. Through an analysis of individual characters and specific episodes, the author demonstrates how the series presents certain characters as challenging normalized gender performances and the status quo. The program, however, ultimately reaffirms gender hegemony through portrayals of women and femininity as subordinate to men and masculinity. This book provides a sophisticated analysis of a popular series that established the teen television genre and thus serves as a cultural artifact.
Sticks and Stones
What does a woman do when she discovers her husband is an incurable cheater? If she’s Cat DeLuca she launches the Pants On Fire Detective Agency. Now Cat does what two years of unholy matrimony taught her. She catches cheaters.When a client (Cleo Jones) shoots her cheating husband’s bum full of buckshot, he disappears, taking her money, dog, and sister with him. Private Investigator Cat DeLuca promises to return the dog and money if her client stops shooting at Walter. Cleo agrees. The detective finds the dog and a mysterious bag chuck-full of cash. And then she finds Walter. His very dead body is still warm. The case is a slam dunk for the cops who arrest Cleo for the murder of her husb...
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200 Years of London Family in America
Amos London (1737-1805), a Quaker, served in the Revolutionary Army, and moved from New Jersey to Surry County, North Carolina in 1777. Descendants lived in New Jersey, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and elsewhere. Includes other London families in Virginia, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
