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UNINA9910458473203321 |
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East Roger |
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Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders / / Roger East and Richard J. Thomas |
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London ; ; New York : , : Europa : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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1-315-75951-9 |
1-317-63940-5 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Heads of state |
Prime ministers |
World politics - 1989- |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China, People's Rep.; Colombia; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Congo, Rep; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic |
DenmarkDjibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Fiji; Finland; France; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, North; Korea, South; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta |
Marshall IslandsMauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia; Moldova; |
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Monaco; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Palestine; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; San Marino; São Tomé and Príncipe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan |
SurinameSwaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vatican City; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Yugoslavia; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Appendix: Contact Details; Index: Dates of Taking Power; Index: Personal Names; Index: Types of Regime; Photographs |
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This new work of biographical reference presents succinct narrative biographies of every serving head of state and head of government.Its content covers approximately 200 countries and territories and provides over 300 biographical profiles.Each country section contains:* A brief explanation of its type of government and the roles of the head of state, the head of government and the legislature* Lists of the most recent heads of state and head of government, with dates of office* Biographical profiles of current head of state and government |
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UNINA9910781375203321 |
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Autore |
Markovitz Jonathan |
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Racial spectacles : explorations in media, race, and justice / / Jonathan Markovitz |
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New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-136-91125-1 |
1-283-10574-8 |
9786613105745 |
1-136-91126-X |
0-203-84321-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Mass media and minorities - United States |
Minorities in mass media |
Mass media and race relations - United States |
Mass media - Objectivity - United States |
Mass media and criminal justice - United States |
African Americans in mass media |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Racial Spectacles; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. "Exploding the Myth of the Black Rapist": Collective Memory and the Scottsboro Nine; 2. Anatomy of a Spectacle: Race, Gender, and Memory in the Kobe Bryant Rape Case; 3. Framing Police Corruption: The LAPD Rampart Scandal in the News; 4. Reel Bad Cops: Hollywood's Appropriation of the Rampart Scandal; 5. Racial Spectacles under an Anti-Racist Gaze: New Media and Abu Ghraib; Conclusion: Lessons from a Campus Movement; Works Cited; Notes; Index |
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Racial Spectacles: Explorations in Media, Race, and Justice examines the crucial role the media has played in circulating and shaping national dialogues about race through representations of crime and racialized violence. Jonathan Markovitz argues that mass media ""racial |
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spectacles"" often work to shore up racist stereotypes, but that they also provide opportunities to challenge prevalent conceptions of race, and can be seized upon as vehicles for social protest. This book explores a series of mass media spectacles revolving around the news, prime-time television, Hollywood cinema |
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