Описание: A drunken Irish maid slips and falls. A greedy Jewish pawnbroker lures his female employee into prostitution. An African American man leers at a white woman. These and other, similar images appeared widely on stages and screens across America during the early twentieth century. In this provocative study, M. Alison Kibler uncovers, for the first time, powerful and concurrent campaigns by Irish, Jewish and African Americans against racial ridicule in popular culture at the turn of the twentieth century. Censoring Racial Ridicule explores how Irish, Jewish, and African American groups of the era resisted harmful representations in popular culture by lobbying behind the scenes, boycotting particular acts, and staging theater riots. Kibler demonstrates that these groups' tactics evolved and diverged over time, with some continuing to pursue street protest while others sought redress through new censorship laws. Exploring the relationship between free expression, democracy, and equality in America, Kibler shows that the Irish, Jewish, and African American campaigns against racial ridicule are at the roots of contemporary debates over hate speech.
Автор: Hill Название: Representation in Congress ISBN: 1107107814 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107107816 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Representation in Congress presents a theory of dyadic policy representation in the US Congress, along with substantial evidence to verify the theory. This theory is also applicable to many other national and subnational legislatures where members must cultivate a `personal vote`.
Автор: Humphries, Reynold Название: Fritz Lang : Genre and Representation in His American Films ISBN: 0801878209 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801878206 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4594.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Challenging the myth that Fritz Lang`s best work ended when he reached Hollywood, this text explores his American films. Made between 1936 and 1956, these films validate the insights of auteur theory while emphasizing the importance of the narrative and representational codes of a given genre.
Автор: Lauermann Robin M. Название: Constituent Perceptions of Political Representation ISBN: 1137402024 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137402028 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the nature of representation in democracy, focusing specifically on the factors shaping constituent evaluations of the US House Representatives and the resulting implications for government.
Описание: In Four Crises of Democracy, Alasdair Roberts puts democratic malaise in the United States in perspective. He describes four distinct "democratic crises" over the past century, and describes how government changed in response to each crisis. The institutions of American democracy, Roberts says, are more flexible than is often appreciated.
Описание: In the twentieth century no form of experience has been more frequently taken up by poets eager to capture both the openness and fluidity of life and the aesthetic closure of an artwork than that of a walk. Examining the walk poem, Roger Gilbert contends that at its heart is the "desire to keep what we have lived." What is the appeal of the walk po
