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The Vigilante Thriller - Dr Cary Edwards - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

The Vigilante Thriller - Dr Cary Edwards - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

This is a detailed examination of vigilantism in 1970s American film, from its humble niche beginnings as a response to relaxing censorship laws to its growth into a unique subgenre of its own. Cary Edwards explores the contextual factors leading to this new cycle of films ranging from Joe (1970) and The French Connection (1971) to Dirty Harry (1971) and Taxi Driver ( 1976), all of which have been challenged by contemporary critics for their gratuitous, copycat-inspiring violence. Yet close analysis of these films reveals a recurring focus on the emerging moral panic of the 1970s, a problematisation of Law and Order''s role in contemporary society, and an increasing awareness of the impossibility of American myths of identity.

DKK 1040.00
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Investing in Enchantment - Michelle Janning - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Investing in Enchantment - Michelle Janning - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Whether a modest rural lakeside cabin or a multi-million dollar ski chalet, family vacation homes can be settings for relaxing, memory-making, attending family-defining events and gatherings, and participating in activities in amenity-rich tourist destinations. But they are also places where we can see the enactment of changing patterns in families, shifting definitions of community, and increasingly complex intersections between the family and the economy, especially when these spaces may be rented out to other families seeking their own vacations. Whether for personal use or economic gain – or somewhere in between – family vacation homes are vivid settings that show the importance of spaces and places in our understanding of our social world. But how? How do family vacation homes – their existence, their meaning, their ownership, their use – tell a larger story of shifting realities for families in contemporary society, especially given the impact COVID- 19 and the sharing economy have had on travel, the meaning of home, and community connectedness? To answer this question, author and sociologist Michelle Janning innovatively updates the already-rich body of knowledge on vacation homes and communities by integrating new data gathered from mixed methods research, alongside compelling and complex stories that cleverly elucidate the vacation home story today as it relates directly to changing family patterns.

DKK 684.00
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Investing in Enchantment - Michelle Janning - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Investing in Enchantment - Michelle Janning - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Whether a modest rural lakeside cabin or a multi-million dollar ski chalet, family vacation homes can be settings for relaxing, memory-making, attending family-defining events and gatherings, and participating in activities in amenity-rich tourist destinations. But they are also places where we can see the enactment of changing patterns in families, shifting definitions of community, and increasingly complex intersections between the family and the economy, especially when these spaces may be rented out to other families seeking their own vacations. Whether for personal use or economic gain – or somewhere in between – family vacation homes are vivid settings that show the importance of spaces and places in our understanding of our social world. But how? How do family vacation homes – their existence, their meaning, their ownership, their use – tell a larger story of shifting realities for families in contemporary society, especially given the impact COVID- 19 and the sharing economy have had on travel, the meaning of home, and community connectedness? To answer this question, author and sociologist Michelle Janning innovatively updates the already-rich body of knowledge on vacation homes and communities by integrating new data gathered from mixed methods research, alongside compelling and complex stories that cleverly elucidate the vacation home story today as it relates directly to changing family patterns.

DKK 312.00
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Shopping Mall - Matthew (carnegie Museum Of Art Newton - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Shopping Mall - Matthew (carnegie Museum Of Art Newton - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The mall near Mat thew Newton’s childhood home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was one of the state’s first enclosed shopping malls. Like all malls in their heyday, this one was a climate-controlled pleasuredome where strangers converged. It boasted waterfalls, fish ponds, an indoor ice skating rink larger than Rockefeller Center’s, and a monolithic clock tower illuminated year-round beneath a canopy of interconnected skylights. It also became the backdrop for filmmaker George A. Romero’s zombie opus Dawn of the Dead . Part memoir and part case study, Shopping Mall examines the modern mythology of the mall and shows that, more than a collection of stores, it is a place of curiosity, ritual, and fantasy.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

DKK 119.00
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Magical Musical Tour - Professor Kevin J. Donnelly - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Magical Musical Tour - Professor Kevin J. Donnelly - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Winner of the Southwest Popular and American Culture Association’s 2016 Peter C. Rollins Book Award in the category of Film/Television The popular music industry has become completely interlinked with the film industry. The majority of mainstream films come with ready-attached songs that may or may not appear in the film but nevertheless will be used for publicity purposes and appear on a soundtrack album. In many cases, popular music in films has made for some of the most striking moments in films and the most dramatic aesthetic action in cinema, like Ben relaxing in the pool to Simon and Garfunkel''s ''The Sound of Silence'' in The Graduate (1967), and the potter''s wheel sequence with the Righteous Brothers'' ''Unchained Melody'' in Ghost (1990). Yet, to date, there have only been patchy attempts to deal with popular music''s relationship with film. Indeed, it is startling that there is so little written on subject that is so popular as a consumer item and thus has a significant cultural profile. Magical Musical Tour is the first sustained and focused survey to engage the intersection of the two on both an aesthetic and industrial level. The chapters are historically-inspired reviews, discussing many films and musicians, while others will be more concentrated and detailed case studies of single films. Including an accompanying website and a timeline giving a useful snapshot around which readers can orient the book, Kevin Donnelly explores the history of the intimate bond between film and music, from the upheaval that rock''n''roll caused in the mid-1950s to the more technical aspects regarding ''tracking'' and ''scoring''.

DKK 312.00
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Surviving Mass Victim Attacks - Gary M. Jackson - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Surviving Mass Victim Attacks - Gary M. Jackson - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

We have all witnessed media reports of the aftermath of mass victim attacks. We see the carnage, and we know that attackers do not show mercy. Victims were innocent and were targeted simply for being a part of a small or large group of people. Whether a bomb, semi-automatic weapon, knife, or vehicle, the attacker strikes quickly and without mercy. Victims may have been dining in a restaurant, relaxing at a bar, participating in school classes, attending a workplace activity, or simply walking on the street. Because of the horrific and effective nature of such attacks, we are often left fearing that little to nothing can be done if the unthinkable happens, and we are caught in such a merciless attack.Surviving Mass Victim Attacks presents specific and valuable strategies for survival if the unthinkable happens, and serves as a practical guide to anyone who wishes to be more knowledgeable and better prepared if caught in an attack themselves. Gary Jackson is a behavioral psychologist threat expert with operational experience who analyzes how victims have managed to survive past mass victim attacks committed by international terrorists, domestic terrorists, self-radicalized terrorists, those with mental health issues, and those driven by hate and bias to present strategies that anyone can use to increase their chances of survival if the unthinkable happen.Throughout, different types of mass victim attackers, their methods, how and what they target, and how to use characteristics of the location to increase survival are addressed. The book uses real life examples to illustrate survival; the strategies presented are easily understood and do not require special skills to execute. By reading Surviving Mass Victim Attacks, you will be better able to know what to expect, how to prepare proactively, and how to respond in a way that will save your life.

DKK 225.00
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Friends and Foes - Rebecca K. C. Hersman - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Friends and Foes - Rebecca K. C. Hersman - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

" Foreign policy in the post–cold war era is profoundly complex, and so too are the institutions that share the responsibility to guide and manage America''s relations with other countries. Policymakers struggle within porous and fragmented institutions, in which policy is driven more powerfully by clusters of like-minded individuals than by disciplined organizations. The nation''s political parties face deep divisions over foreign policy and are unable to forge a coherent vision for the future. Congress is increasingly polarized along ideological lines, while traditional internationalist foreign policy spans a truncated political center. Few aspects of U.S. politics are more contentious or controversial than the respective roles of Congress and the executive branch in formulating foreign policy. In this complex environment, scholars, pundits, and policymakers look to the public and high-profile battles between Congress and the president as a bellwether of the future of U.S. foreign policy.In reality, foreign policy is often shaped, debated, and made out of public view. In Friends and Foes, Rebecca K. C. Hersman shifts the focus away from headline-grabbing events and disagreements to the day-to-day interactions that form the backbone of policymaking.Hersman illustrates the ebb and flow of foreign policy development through many examples and anecdotes. She also includes three in-depth case studies from the mid-1990s: the controversial transfer of three U.S. warships to Turkey; the dispute over relaxing sanctions against Pakistan because of concerns about that nation''s nuclear proliferation record, and the 1995–97 battle over the Chemical Weapons Convention. The book also illuminates the role of the media in influencing the outcome of foreign policy decisionmaking. Countering the conventional wisdom that a president and a Congress of the same political party are best able to ""get things done,"" Friends and Foes sheds new light on the institutional dynamics, conflicts, and issue loyalties that affect the development of U.S. foreign policy. "

DKK 217.00
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Comfort Woman - Maria Rosa Henson - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Comfort Woman - Maria Rosa Henson - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

From Comfort Woman:“We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young girl who did not have any pubic hair. “At two, the soldiers came. My work began, and I lay down as one by one the soldiers raped me. Every day, anywhere from twelve to over twenty soldiers assaulted me. There were times when there were as many as thirty; they came to the garrison in truckloads.” “I lay on the bed with my knees up and my feet on the mat, as if I were giving birth. Whenever the soldiers did not feel satisfied, they vented their anger on me. Every day, there were incidents of violence and humiliation. When the soldiers raped me, I felt like a pig. Sometimes they tied up my right leg with a waist band or a belt and hung it on a nail in the wall as they violated me. “I shook all over. I felt my blood turn white. I heard that there was a group called the Task Force on Filipino Comfort Women looking for women like me. I could not forget the words that blared out of the radio that day: ''Don''t be ashamed, being a sex slave is not your fault. It is the responsibility of the Japanese Imperial Army. Stand up and fight for your rights.''” In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a “comfort woman.” In this simply told yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be essential reading for all those concerned with violence against women.

DKK 791.00
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Comfort Woman - Maria Rosa Henson - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Comfort Woman - Maria Rosa Henson - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

From Comfort Woman:“We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young girl who did not have any pubic hair. “At two, the soldiers came. My work began, and I lay down as one by one the soldiers raped me. Every day, anywhere from twelve to over twenty soldiers assaulted me. There were times when there were as many as thirty; they came to the garrison in truckloads.” “I lay on the bed with my knees up and my feet on the mat, as if I were giving birth. Whenever the soldiers did not feel satisfied, they vented their anger on me. Every day, there were incidents of violence and humiliation. When the soldiers raped me, I felt like a pig. Sometimes they tied up my right leg with a waist band or a belt and hung it on a nail in the wall as they violated me. “I shook all over. I felt my blood turn white. I heard that there was a group called the Task Force on Filipino Comfort Women looking for women like me. I could not forget the words that blared out of the radio that day: ''Don''t be ashamed, being a sex slave is not your fault. It is the responsibility of the Japanese Imperial Army. Stand up and fight for your rights.''” In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a “comfort woman.” In this simply told yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be essential reading for all those concerned with violence against women.

DKK 312.00
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