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This volume represents one of the first efforts to harvest the rapidly emerging scholarship in the field of American rural history. Building on the insights and methodologies that social historians have directed toward urban life, the contributors explore the past as it unfolded in the rural settings in which most Americans have lived during most of American history.
The essays cover a broad range of topics: the character and consequences of manufacturing...
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In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors analyze the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance. With music, theater, dance, visual arts, body art, spoken word, performance activism, fashion, and street theater as points of entry, contributors discuss cultural practices and the fashoning of identity in Latino/a communities throughout the US. Examining the areas of crossover between Latin and American cultures gives new meaning...
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Con la llegada de Internet y las herramientas web 2. O la gestión cultural está experimentando una transformación profunda que repercute en los modelos de negocio, en uno nueva forma de entender la participación ciudadana y en nuevas tendencias de análisis y modelos de gestión. El presente libro aborda, desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, por diferentes especialistas que imparten docencia en gestión cultural, aspectos relacionados con las...
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Pese a estar catalogada como una película de ciencia-ficción, "Blade Runner" -obra maestra que se ha convertido merecidamente en un icono cultural de nuestro tiempo- tiene poco que ver con las utopías futuristas propias del género, al contrario, plantea problemas eternos -la vida y la muerte, el fatídico discurrir del tiempo, la rebelión contra nuestro infausto destino, la extrañeza ante el otro- protagonizados por hombres que habitan en el...
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The voices on these pages have a direct connection to my being influenced by worship and Spirit. They came to me during my moments of both quiet reflection time with God and through my engagement with the lives of other believers of Christ. This is a celebration and a proclamation! It is an endeavor to recognize who the Savior is in our lives and how our belief in Him can be transformative in our world. You may use these voices as standalone pieces...
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"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" graced the airways of America from 1949 until the end of the "Golden Age of Radio" in 1962. Six Actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, supported by the best radio actors available.
Volume I contains a character profile of "America's fabulous insurance investigator, the man with the action-packed expense account" based on over all available programs and scripts. Also included is an original program, "The Final Chapter Matter",...
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There is no better authority on jazz than the creators, educators, and writers who have made this enigmatic musical style a major force internationally as well as in American history. The answer to the question what is jazz? is as complex and diverse as those involved in it. This book takes the question to noted musicians, scholars, and composers, creating a documentary style of oral history that makes you feel as if you are actually in the room as...
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Twelve one-act plays ranging in emotion from wartime fears and desires to social and political commentary. And a new theater. You found a trenchant, driving rhythm for the verse, something that is all your own. It wasn't imposed on the characters: it spoke for them. Christopher Fry I consider Robert Manns one of the most talented... playwrights in the generation not yet recognized by the commercial theater... His choice of style is unique; his imagination...
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At the 2007 American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Convention, I presented an Interest Session lecture titled John Finley Williamsons influence on America's choral singing. The session was well attended and the question-and-answer period was spirited. The participants were most interested in the recordings, photographs and articles that I presented, and wished there had been more. Subsequently, I began enlarge my lecture into a PowerPoint...
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For over two decades, the art of the interview was very nearly the sole province of Rex Reed, the Master of the Celebrity Profile. While still in his twenties Rex Reed became the widely-syndicated film critic for The New York Observer and from that vantage point began to interview everyone in the film and theater worlds who mattered. In Do You Sleep in the Nude?, the first of his four best-selling celebrity profile collections, he captures the ego...
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Mind-reading, fortune telling, uncanny predictions and other paranormal activities continue to baffle audiences throughout the world Marc LeMezma, a member of the Magic Circle, opens up the world of psychic magic and shows just how easy it is to "trick" your audience into thinking that you can read their minds, predict their futures and control their thoughts. This book contains 17 tricks that anyone with a little guile and patter can perform, it...
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This is the catchphrase used often, when announcing who I was on the radio. For example, "Hi, this is Lar'-on-the-Air, Larry McKay, sittin' in my chair, with all this hair. And how are you out there?" It's an often times humorous journal of my many adventures over my career, encountering a surprising number of celebrities readers will recognize. You'll find that I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time-sort of Forrest Gump,...
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Imágenes narradas. Cómo hacer visible lo invisible en un guión de cine aborda la escritura de guiones desde una perspectiva nueva.
La mayor parte de los guionistas centran toda su energía en lograr que funcione la trama, la estructura y los diálogos y se olvidan de la enorme capacidad expresiva de las imágenes, pese a que esta es la esencia del lenguaje audiovisual.
El presente libro anima al guionista a ser consciente de su condición de cineasta,...
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Renowned psychotherapist and career counselor Linda Buzzell is the expert in knowing how to create and develop a career in Hollywood. With this book, she shows you how to look at your personality, your strengths, your weaknesses, your special skills, and your talents in order to target your personal goals and maximize your career success. She then explains all the jobs in Hollywood and how to find them, get them, and advance through each stage in...
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Movies made for television were in their infancy when ABC came up with a novel idea: a weekly series of films made exclusively for the small screen. The ABC Movie of the Week became a great success and a cultural touchstone for a generation of Americans. In this loving tribute to the classic series of TV films, more than two hundred films in the series are reviewed, including well-remembered titles such as Duel, Tribes, The Six Million Dollar Man,...
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The book is not traditional by any means due to the authors ability to display imagines through spoken word which in-turn captures the readers and brings them in his poetry through his eyes. This book will inspire the reader to move closer to following their individual dreams and proves it is never too late.
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Upon publication of this 1913 account of the Irish Literary Revival, the New York Times called it "the record of an enthusiasm...almost like finding one's self in a fairy tale." Yeats, Synge, and other luminaries of the Irish literary fundament appear in Lady Gregory's detailed history.
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Writers defend horror films that have been trashed by film critics and horror film fans. Titles covered include Maniac (1934), Sh! The Octopus, Voodoo Man, Unknown Island, Scared Stiff, Indestructible Man, Rodan, The Tingler, Flesh Eaters, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, King Kong (1976) and Dune.
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