Cable Visions : Television Beyond Broadcasting / / Sarah Banet-Weiser, Cynthia Chris, Anthony Freitas
| Cable Visions : Television Beyond Broadcasting / / Sarah Banet-Weiser, Cynthia Chris, Anthony Freitas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
| Disciplina | 384.5550973 |
| Soggetto topico | Cable television - United States |
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Cable
Visions alternatives beyond broadcastings cables capacity commercial consider critically interest looks mainstream media public serve toward |
| ISBN | 0-8147-3924-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction -- 1. The Moms ’n’ Pops of CATV -- 2. A Taste of Class: Pay-TV and the Commodification of Television in Postwar America -- 3. Cable’s Digital Future -- 4. If It’s Not TV, What Is It? The Case of U.S. Subscription Television -- 5. Where the Cable Ends: Television beyond Fringe Areas -- Introduction -- 6. Discovery’s Wild Discovery: The Growth and Globalization of TV’s Animal Genres -- 7. Tunnel Vision and Food: A Political-Economic Analysis of Food Network -- 8. Target Market Black: BET and the Branding of African America -- 9. Monolingualism, Biculturalism, and Cable TV: HBO Latino and the Promise of the Multiplex -- 10. Gay Programming, Gay Publics: Public and Private Tensions in Lesbian and Gay Cable Channels -- 11. The Nickelodeon Brand: Buying and Selling the Audience -- Introduction -- 12. Cable Watching: HBO, The Sopranos, and Discourses of Distinction -- 13. Bank Tellers and Flag Wavers: Cable News in the United States -- 14. Dualcasting: Bravo’s Gay Programming and the Quest for Women Audiences -- 15. “I’m Rich, Bitch!!!”: The Comedy of Chappelle’s Show -- 16. Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment’s Global Reach: Latino Fans and Wrestlers -- About the Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790156803321 |
| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2007] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inside Insurgency : Violence, Civilians, and Revolutionary Group Behavior / / Claire Metelits
| Inside Insurgency : Violence, Civilians, and Revolutionary Group Behavior / / Claire Metelits |
| Autore | Metelits Claire |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.64 |
| Soggetto topico |
Insurgency
Political violence Violence |
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Inside
Insurgency behavior changing civilians claim explains groups insurgent intimate movements offers reader represent these they timely toward understanding |
| ISBN | 0-8147-5955-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Insurgents and Civilian-Targeted Violence -- 2. Rivals and the Logic of Insurgent Violence -- 3. “The Elephant Is Not Yet Dead” -- 4. From Jekyll to Hyde -- 5. Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? -- 6. The Theoretical and Practical Implications of Active Rivalry -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788358803321 |
Metelits Claire
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| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2009] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Long overdue [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of racial reparations / / Charles P. Henry
| Long overdue [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of racial reparations / / Charles P. Henry |
| Autore | Henry Charles P. <1947-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina | 323.1196/073 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Reparations - History
African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century Reparations for historical injustices - United States Racism - Political aspects - United States Slavery - United States - History |
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Long
Overdue arguments history players political provides reparations struggle toward undercurrents understanding with work |
| ISBN |
0-8147-9080-1
0-8147-3724-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Introduction: Insufficient Funds; 1 A Political and Legal History of Reparations and Race Relations; 2 From Forty Acres to "We Must Have Our Money": Reparations from Antebellum to Civil Rights America; 3 A Winning Case: Comparing the Rosewood and Greenwood Reparations Claims; 4 The Contemporary Debate: The Legacy of Slavery and the Antireparations Movement; 5 Reparations Go Global: Pan Africanism and the World Conference against Racism; 6 A True Revolution of Values: Changing the Culture and Politics of Reparations
Epilogue: We Are American: The Aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778245103321 |
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
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