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This volume explores the role of communication in framing and contributing to issues of social justice. For scholars and students in communication, rhetoric, cultural studies, education, and other areas of the humanities.

This book investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study.

In Acts of Faith, Acts of Love, McGinely explores the overlap of religious and sexual identities in the stories gay men write about themselves. The autobiographical writings of forty gay Catholics (or once Catholics) are analysed. The work is both literary and theological on the premise that experience constitutes one of the four sources of theological reflection, along with scripture, tradition, and reason. 'An important contribution to th...

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This is a study of the British state's generation, suppression and manipulation of news to further foreign policy goals during the early Cold War. Bribing editors, blackballing "unreliable" journalists, creating instant media experts through provision of carefully edited "inside information", and exploiting the global media system to plant propaganda -- disguised as news -- around the world: these were all methods used by the British to try to...

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This book considers the different aspects of materials with specific magnetic, electric and elastic properties. They are considered in view of potential application in the design and manufacturing of smart materials. Modern smart materials play a key role at investigations in interdisciplinary materials sciences and are serving to forge new links between basic and applied research. Progress is reported in the fabrication and understanding of...

Joseph L. Roberts was, for over thirty years, the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the former pulpit of the Reverends Martin Luther King Senior and Junior. The sermons in this collection demonstrate Roberts's commitment to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the mission of his church, the lives of his parishioners, and the message of Jesus Christ. Roberts addresses such topics as the need for prophetic voic...

Providing structure for thinking seriously about worship as a part of Christian faith and experience, Foundations of Christian Worship addresses the question, what is Christian worship and why do Christians worship as they do? Beginning with an overview of the theological, biblical, historical, and anthropological foundations of Christian worship, Susan J. White then turns to discussing its components--prayer, creeds, music, time, ritual, and ...

A groundbreaking book proving that diabetes complications can be avoided, including details of how this remarkable result was achieved. Part Two includes information for building a successful diabetes management program.

FEM, and the associated computer software are widely recognized as some of the most effective tools for solutions of large-scale engineering applications. Efficient equation and eigen-solvers play critical roles in solving these problems. Sparse matrix technologies have evolved and are now mature enough that all popular and commercialized FEM codes have inserted sparse solvers into their software. So far, however, few books include detailed di...

Images of America: Holly Springs commemorates the founding and development of northwest Mississippi's quaintest city. Located in Marshall County, Holly Springs was built by pioneering families, some of whose descendants still own land purchased during the Chickasaw Indian Land Cession of 1832. Holly Springs endured Union occupation during the Civil War and a yellow fever epidemic in 1878. Famous homes, including the raised cottage Featherston ...

A fancy flight of lyrics specifies that Santa Catalina Island is "26 miles across the sea." But mapmakers put the distance at 19.7 miles from the closest island point, Doctor's Cove (near Arrow Point), to the closest mainland locale, Point Fermin at San Pedro. Today boats and helicopters operating out of the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Newport Beach, and Dana Point transport musing songwriters and everyone else to Catalina for the song's...

For years Gerald lived for his twin passions, acting and sex. As a handsome young actor, he found plenty of opportunities to perform in both arenas. But that was years ago, long before AIDS hit the theater world hard -- and gay circles even harder. No in demand, Gerald is waiting to die. He's drawn up a last will and testament, assigned a health care proxy, arranged his own cremation, has thrown out hundreds of photos accrued over his twenty-f...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Globalisierung wird in Deutschland oft mit steigendem internationalem Konkurrenzdruck, Mehrarbeit und Arbeitsplatzverlust verbunden, also mit Negativem. In einer Umfrage des Instituts für Demoskopie Allensbach im März 2004 sagten 52 % der Deutschen, dass die Globalisierung im Inland Arbeitsplätze kostet und 42 % sahen mehr Risiken als Chancen. ¿Deutschland ist ein Gewinner der Globalisierung, wir reden viel zu viel üb...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Product Placement dient Markenherstellern schon seit vielen Jahren als wirksames Instrument, um ein angestrebtes Markenimage zu kommunizieren und eine Emotionalisierung eines bestimmten Produktes bzw. der gesamten Marke zu erreichen. Seine Anwendung hat sich im Laufe der Zeit stark gewandelt und sich von teilweise offensichtlicher Werbung hin zu einem unterschwelligen Kommunikationsinstrument entwickelt. Heutzut...

This is the first comprehensive guide to green design using economic input-output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) models. It is a must-have for companies trying to improve the environmental profile of their products and processes, for regulators attempting to quantify life cycle implications of products and services, and for students and scholars of green design.Environmental life cycle assessment is often thought of as "cradle to grave" and t...

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- A follow-up to the successful the Church Potluck Supper Cookbook - Written by Susie Siegfried, author of the popular Aunt Susie's 10-Minute Bible Recipes In the tradition of The Church Potluck Supper Cookbook comes Church Potluck Carry-Ins and Casseroles! This unique collection of mouth-watering recipes boasts more than 300 entrees, desserts, appetizers, and side dishes--some created by the author herself and others collected from cooks of...

Sylvia Bashevkin is principal of University Collegeand a professor of political science at the University of Toronto.