City of disorder [[electronic resource] ] : how the quality of life campaign transformed New York politics / / Alex S. Vitale |
Autore | Vitale Alex S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y., : New York University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.2/809747109045 |
Soggetto topico |
Quality of life - New York (State) - New York
Quality of life - Sociological aspects - New York (State) - New York Quality of life - Political aspects - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
Giulianis
Republicans Through Vitale York administration been case city citys elections explains fascinating four have historically impact itself known last liberalism long-term mayoral method several studies tolerance what zero |
ISBN |
0-8147-8841-6
0-8147-8820-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Conceptualizing the paradigm shift -- Defining the "quality of life" paradigm -- Defining urban liberalism -- The rise of disorder -- Globalization and the urban crisis -- The transformation of policing -- The community backlash -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781913503321 |
Vitale Alex S | ||
New York, N.Y., : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Heartland TV [[electronic resource] ] : prime time television and the struggle for U.S. identity / / Victoria E. Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Victoria E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 262 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 791.43/6277 |
Soggetto topico | Television broadcasting of news - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Johnson
Midwest Through analyses case citizenship cultural disavowal discourse exposes function ideals industry national policy race regard sexuality shows site specific studies transference with |
ISBN |
0-8147-4362-5
0-8147-4302-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: TV, the heartland myth, and the value of cultural populism -- "Essential, desirable, and possible markets": broadcasting midwestern tastes and values -- Square dancing and champagne music: regional aesthetics and Middle America -- "Strictly conventional and moral": CBS Reports in Webster Groves -- "You're gonna make it after all!": the urbane Midwest in MTM Productions' "quality" comedies -- "There is no 'Dayton chic'": queering the Midwest in Roseanne, Ellen, and The Ellen Show -- Fertility among the ruins: reconstituting the traumatized heartland -- Epilogue: Red state, blue state, purple heartland. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781839503321 |
Johnson Victoria E | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living through the hoop [[electronic resource] ] : high school basketball, race, and the American dream / / Reuben A. Buford May |
Autore | May Reuben A. Buford <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.323/62 |
Soggetto topico |
Basketball - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Basketball - United States - Sociological aspects Basketball players - Georgia |
Soggetto non controllato |
African
American Hoop Living South Through about area basketball boys compelling detailed environment ethnographic find high hopeless mens offers often portrait school story struggle team their urban young |
ISBN |
0-8147-8990-0
0-8147-9561-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A look through the hoop -- For the good of all -- The three D's : drugs, drinking, and delinquency -- Race and hoops everyday -- Knight style masculinity -- Sportsmanship and the need to win -- The dirty trick -- Epilogue : the death of Calvin Cody. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778246403321 |
May Reuben A. Buford <1965-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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This is not a president [[electronic resource] ] : sense, nonsense, and the American political imaginary / / Diane Rubenstein |
Autore | Rubenstein Diane <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.920922 |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States
Political culture - United States Popular culture - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
1992
American Bush Contra Guinier Iran Iraq Japan Lani President Republican This Through War collective convention culture diverse episodes failed investment nomination political situates vomiting |
ISBN |
0-8147-7731-7
0-8147-7620-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: my own private presidents -- Organizational note -- The mirror of reproduction: Baudrillard and Reagan's America -- Oliver North and the lying nose -- This is not a president: Baudrillard, Bush, and enchanted simulation -- Bush, the man who Sununu too much: male trouble and presidential subjectivity -- "Chicks with dicks": transgendering the presidency -- "Honey, I shrunk the president": psychoanalysis, postmodernism, and the Clinton presidency -- "Father, can't you see I'm bombing?" A Bush family romance -- Hillary regained -- Notes -- Index -- About the author. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781839603321 |
Rubenstein Diane <1953-> | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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