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The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television
The face, being prominent and visible, is the foremost marker of a person’s identity as well as their major tool of communication. Facial disfigurements, congenital or acquired, not only erase these significant capacities, but since ancient times, they have been conjured up as outrageous and terrifying, often connoting evil or criminality in their associations – a dark secret being suggested "behind the mask," the disfigurement indicating punishment for sin. Complemented by an original poem by Kenneth Sherman and a plastic surgeon’s perspective on facial disfigurement, this book investigates the exploitation of these and further stereotypical tropes by literary authors, filmmakers, and...
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education
The general public often views early childhood education as either simply “babysitting” or as preparation for later learning. Of course, both viewpoints are simplistic. Deep understanding of child development, best educational practices based on development, emergent curriculum, cultural competence and applications of family systems are necessary for high-quality early education. Highly effective early childhood education is rare in that it requires collaboration and transitions among a variety of systems for children from birth through eight years of age. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education presents in three comprehensive volumes advanced research, accurate p...
Flavor of the Month
Rejected by Hollywood as too fat, actress Mary Jane Moran endures a series of operations to reemerge as thin, gorgeous Jahne Moore, and embarks on her new career in Tinseltown.
The Earthquake, 1886
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The Law Reports (Ireland)
Includes reports from the Chancery, Probate, Queen's bench, Common pleas, and Exchequer divisions, and from the Irish land commission.
The Man on the Stairs
Mary Jane Bremmer, a college girl, thinks she has inherited an old estate from a foster uncle, and she expects to live in the house with her aged great-aunt, Molly Bremmer, at least temporarily. Jed Stuart, a college man in whom Mary Jane has more than a passing interest, comes out to the lonely home in the foothills to help Mary Jane to get the place "organized." A number of strange happenings, however, disturb the expected peace and quiet. For one thing, Aunt Molly, whose sense of hearing is phenomenal, speaks of hearing footsteps in various sections of the upstairs. Then there is the man, who, she maintains, appears on the stair landing, buttoms himself into an overcoat, and vanishes as a...
