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Into Darkness Peering: Race and Color in the Fantastic (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Unlike many classic works of fiction, literature of the fantastic enjoys mass popularity Because the fantastic is so much a part of popular culture, fantasy literature can represent or address the racial attitudes of its audience. Representations of race in the fantastic provide a measure of the concern the culture has for racial matters. If a work is racist, whether consciously or not, it may perpetuate racist attitudes unless it is carefully examined. At the same time, literature of the fantastic is able to present possible worlds rather than real ones. It is thus a literature of possibility, in which racial matters may be addressed and exposed, so that readers may become more conscious of the evils of racist attitudes. This volume explores the significance of race and color in the works of a wide range of authors, including Octavia Butler, Joseph Conrad, Ursula Le Guin, Robert Heinlein, Stephen King, and Robert Silverberg. The chapters are written by expert contributors who approach their topics as both products of a particular cultural moment and as imagined alternatives. While most of the works examined are science fiction, the book also looks at horror and fantasy writing. Topics discussed include colonialism and empire, Creole identity politics, race in cyberspace, and witchcraft in Salem..
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Voyeur Nation: Media, Privacy, And Peering In Modern Culture (Critical Studies in Communication and in Cultural Industries)
From 24-hour-a-day "girl cam" sites on the World Wide Web to trash-talk television shows like "Jerry Springer" and reality television programs like "Cops," we've become a world of voyeurs We like to watch others as their intimate moments, private facts, secrets, and dirty laundry are revealed. Voyeur Nation traces the evolution and forces driving what the author calls the 'voyeurism value.' Calvert argues that although spectatorship and sensationalism are far from new phenomena, today a confluence of factors-legal, social, political, and technological-pushes voyeurism to the forefront of our image-based world.The First Amendment increasingly is called on to safeguard our right, via new technologies and recording devices, to peer into the innermost details of others' lives without fear of legal repercussion. But Calvert argues that the voyeurism value contradicts the value of discourse in democracy and First Amendment theory, since voyeurism by its very nature involves merely watching without interacting or participating. It privileges watching and viewing media images over participating and interacting in democracy. .
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Voyeur Nation: Media, Privacy, and Peering in Modern Culture
From 24-hour-a-day "girl cam" sites on the World Wide Web to trash-talk television shows like "Jerry Springer" and reality television programs like "Cops," we've become a world of voyeurs We like to watch others as their intimate moments, their private facts, their secrets, and their dirty laundry are revealed.Voyeur Nation traces the evolution and forces driving what the author calls the 'voyeurism value.' Calvert argues that although spectatorship and sensationalism are far from new phenomena, today a confluence of factors-legal, social, political, and technological-pushes voyeurism to the forefront of our image-based world.The First Amendment increasingly is called on to safeguard our right, via new technologies and recording devices, to peer into the innermost details of others' lives without fear of legal repercussion. But Calvert argues that the voyeurism value contradicts the value of discourse in democracy and First Amendment theory, since voyeurism by its very nature involves merely watching without interacting or participating. It privileges watching and viewing media images over participating and interacting in democracy. .
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Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre
This volume addresse disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God, The Elephant Man, 'night Mother, and Wit, as well as an original play by James McDonald..
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PEERING THROUGH the Uncertainty.(predicting interest rates)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Mortgage Banking
This digital document is an article from Mortgage Banking, published by Mortgage Bankers Association of America on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 5305 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: PEERING THROUGH the Uncertainty.(predicting interest rates)(Statistical Data Included) Author: Douglas G. Duncan Publication:Mortgage Banking (Magazine/Journal) Date: January 1, 2001 Publisher: Mortgage Bankers Association of America Volume: 61 Issue: 4 Page: 16 Article Type: Statistical Data Included Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Peering Through the Lattices": Mystical, Magical, and Pietistic Dimensions in the Tosafist Period
During the high Middle Ages, the tosafists flourished in northern Europe and revolutionized the study of the Talmud. These Jewish scholars did not participate in the philosophical and religious thought that concerned Christendom, and today they are seen as having played a limited role in mystical or esoteric studies. Ephraim Kanarfogel now challenges this conventional view of the tosafists, showing that many individuals were influenced by ascetic and pietistic practices and were involved with mystical and magical doctrines. He traces the presence of these disciplines in the pre-Crusade period, shows how they are intertwined, and suggests that the widely available Hekhalot literature was an important conduit for this material He also demonstrates that the asceticism and esotericism of the German Pietists were an integral part of Ashkenazic rabbinic culture after the failure of Rashbam and other early tosafists to suppress these aspects of pre-Crusade thinking..
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Peering through the smoke? Tensions in landscape visualisation [An article from: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems]
This digital document is a journal article from Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Landscape visualisation using three-dimensional modelling and virtual reality techniques has emerged as a significant element of research into the environmental impacts of both location specific developments (e.g. a new windfarm) and more widespread environmental change (e.g. climate change). As a technique it has much to commend it, bringing the ability to inform and encourage participation and debate. Within the context of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a whole, visualisation techniques are becoming more user-friendly, with at least an appearance of entertainment as well. However, the techniques of landscape visualisation remain highly expert-oriented in spite of some recent moves to more directly involve users in aspects of scene preparation. Technical experts remain at the core of the process which raises significant points about the intersection of values about landscape and change and the processes by which these are communicated and understood by a wider audience. .
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