1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787524003321

Autore

Shields Vickie Rutledge

Titolo

Measuring up [[electronic resource] ] : how advertising affects self-image / / Vickie Rutledge Shields with Dawn Heinecken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8122-0402-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HeineckenDawn

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Gender identity in mass media

Advertising

Semiotics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Theory And Method -- 2. Stereotypes And Body Parts: Advertising Content -- 3. What Do Ads Teach Us About Gender? -- 4. Signs Of The Times: A Semiotics Of Gender Ads -- 5. Weighing In And Measuring Up -- 6. Elizabeth's Story -- 7. Differences Within Gender: Manufacturing Distance -- 8. Interventions And Changes -- 9. Final Thoughts -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

The mute gestures of advertising images are frozen for posterity by photographers and illustrators, gestures that, for better or worse, perpetuate a certain aesthetic and eventually become emblematic of a period. The images of today display the values of a society that has more interest in the body than the mind. They are techno-enhanced labyrinths of unattainable appearances that leave women and men feeling horrified, estranged, and restricted by unrealistic, silent mandates. Measuring Up looks at advertising as more than just a way to extract money from unsuspecting people but as a vehicle for conveying the larger views of a confining, body-obsessed culture. By weaving theoretical and textual insights from feminist and cultural studies with the voices of real women and men, Measuring Up offers a unique reception analysis of the effects of repetitious exposure to advertisements of perfect bodies in our everyday lives. Shields examines a particular, complex relationship between the idealized



images of gender we see in advertising and our own thoughts, feelings, and behavior in relation to these images. The study is unique in presenting audience reception in terms of ethnographic data, not textual interpretations alone. Measuring Up engages with and informs current theoretical debates within these sometimes complementary and sometimes contradictory literatures: feminist media studies, feminist film theory, critical social theory, cultural studies, and critical ethnography. This is an important work that explores the forms and channels of power used in one of the most insidious and overt means of mass influence in popular culture.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780934103321

Titolo

Dynamical aspects of nuclear fission [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the 6th International Conference, Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic : 2-6 October 2006 / / editors, J. Kliman, M.G. Itkis, Š. Gmuca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008

ISBN

1-282-44231-7

9786612442315

981-283-753-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KlimanJan

ItkisM. G

GmucaS̆ (Stefan)

Disciplina

539.762

Soggetti

Nuclear fission

Nuclear reactions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

DANF 2006 Conference Committee; Preface; CONTENTS; FISSION DYNAMICS; FUSION·FISSION; SUPERHEA VY ELEMENTS; FRAGMENTATION; EXOTIC MODES; STRUCTURE OF FISSION FRAGMENTS AND NEURTON RICH NUCLEI; DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPERIMENTAL



TECHNIQUES; List of participants; Author index

Sommario/riassunto

This proceedings volume is sixth in the series of international conferences covering the fission, quasi-fission, fusion-fission phenomena and synthesis of superheavy nuclei, mainly at low or near barrier energies. Both experimental and theoretical issues are covered. The topics are discussed by a group of participants, and an overview of the current activities in the field is given.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811243903321

Titolo

GPCR molecular pharmacology and drug targeting : shifting paradigms and new directions / / edited by Annette Gilchrist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

9786612685996

9781118035177

1118035178

9781282685994

1282685996

9780470627327

0470627328

9780470627310

047062731X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GilchristAnnette

Disciplina

612/.015756

Soggetti

G proteins

Drug targeting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

GPCR MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG TARGETING: SHIFTING PARADIGMS AND NEW DIRECTIONS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Receptors: From On-Off Switches to Microprocessors; CHAPTER 2: The Evolving Pharmacology of



GPCRs; CHAPTER 3: The Emergence of Allosteric Modulators for G Protein - Coupled Receptors; CHAPTER 4: Receptor-Mediated G Protein Activation: How, How Many, and Where?; CHAPTER 5: Molecular Pharmacology of Frizzleds-with Implications for Possible Therapy

CHAPTER 6: Secretin Receptor Dimerization: A Possible Functionally Important Paradigm for Family B G Protein-Coupled ReceptorsCHAPTER 7: Past and Future Strategies for GPCR Deorphanization; CHAPTER 8: High-Throughput GPCR Screening Technologies and the Emerging Importance of the Cell Phenotype; CHAPTER 9: Are "Traditional" Biochemical Techniques Out of Fashion in the New Era of GPCR Pharmacology?; CHAPTER 10: Fluorescence and Resonance Energy Transfer Shine New Light on GPCR Function; CHAPTER 11: Integration of Label-Free Detection Methods in GPCR Drug Discovery

CHAPTER 12: Screening for Allosteric Modulators of G Protein-Coupled ReceptorsCHAPTER 13: Ultra-High-Throughput Screening Assays for GPCRs; CHAPTER 14: New Techniques to Express and Crystallize G Protein-Coupled Receptors; CHAPTER 15: Structure and Modeling of GPCRs: Implications for Drug Discovery; CHAPTER 16: X-Ray Structure Developments for GPCR Drug Targets; CHAPTER 17: Pharmacological Chaperones: Potential for the Treatment of Hereditary Diseases Caused by Mutations in G Protein-Coupled Receptors; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large protein family of transmembrane receptors vital in dictating cellular responses. GPCRs are involved in many diseases, but are also the target of around half of all modern medicinal drugs.  Shifting Paradigms in G Protein Coupled Receptors takes a look at the way GPCRs are examined today, how they react, how their mutations lead to disease, and the many ways in which they can be screened for compounds that modulate them. Chemists, pharmacologists, and biologists will find essential information in this comprehensive reference.