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Why is rudeness such a prominent feature of contemporary
broadcasting? If broadcasting is about the enactment of
sociability, then how can we account for the fact that broadcasting
has become a sphere of anger, humiliation, anger, dispute and
upset? And to what extent does belligerence in broadcasting reflect
broader social and cultural developments? This book reflects upon
and analyses the development of 'belligerent broadcasting'
beginning with an examination of belligerence in its historical
context and as an aspect of wider cultural concerns surrounding the
retreat of civility. With attention to the various relations of
power expressed in the various forms of belligerent conduct across
a range of media genres, the authors explore its manifestation in
political interviews, in the form of 'confrontation' in talk shows,
in makeover television, as an 'authentic' means of proffering
opinion and as a form of sociability or banter. Richly illustrated
with studies and examples of well-known shows from both sides of
the Atlantic, including The Apprentice, The Fixer, American Idol,
Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, DIY SOS, The Jeremy Kyle Show
and Dragon's Den, this book reflects on the consequences and
potentialities of belligerence in the media and public sphere. It
will appeal to scholars and students of cultural and media studies,
communication and popular culture.
Why is rudeness such a prominent feature of contemporary
broadcasting? If broadcasting is about the enactment of
sociability, then how can we account for the fact that broadcasting
has become a sphere of anger, humiliation, anger, dispute and
upset? And to what extent does belligerence in broadcasting reflect
broader social and cultural developments? This book reflects upon
and analyses the development of 'belligerent broadcasting'
beginning with an examination of belligerence in its historical
context and as an aspect of wider cultural concerns surrounding the
retreat of civility. With attention to the various relations of
power expressed in the various forms of belligerent conduct across
a range of media genres, the authors explore its manifestation in
political interviews, in the form of 'confrontation' in talk shows,
in makeover television, as an 'authentic' means of proffering
opinion and as a form of sociability or banter. Richly illustrated
with studies and examples of well-known shows from both sides of
the Atlantic, including The Apprentice, The Fixer, American Idol,
Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, DIY SOS, The Jeremy Kyle Show
and Dragon's Den, this book reflects on the consequences and
potentialities of belligerence in the media and public sphere. It
will appeal to scholars and students of cultural and media studies,
communication and popular culture.
This edition of the building accounts is put into a wider context
with a study of its founder, Richard Fox. Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, was founded in 1517 by Richard Fox, bishop of Winchester.
He intended it to educate students in classical Greek, Latin and
Hebrew, and their literature; Erasmus praised it as a scholarly
achievement, and a beacon of Renaissance classical learning. The
heart of this book is an edition of the original fortnightly
building site accounts of 1517-1518, giving us a window onto a
late-medieval building site, with its detailsof early
sixteenth-century building materials, craft techniques, project
management skills and working conditions, including siesta periods
and sub-contracting. The introduction describes Fox's long road to
1517: his motives far more complicated than a bishop looking for
worldly fame and heavenly reward. Born into a Lincolnshire yeoman,
Fox studied law at Oxford, rebelled against Richard III and became
Henry VII's closest political adviser. Taken together,they provide
a detailed account of the foundation of the College, both literal
and metaphorical.
Against the backdrop of Covid-19, this edited volume will utilize a
gendered lens to explore the United Nation’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), with a clear focus on challenging the
omission of sexuality in relation to the SDGs as well as analyzing
the ways in which the SDGs are also equally relevant for Western
countries. While acknowledging the importance of these goals,
contributors unpack the exclusion of marginalized genders and
sexualities as well as how popular media and social media
contribute to the wider understanding of issues of gender and
sexuality and the SDGs. This volume also dispels assumptions about
the irrelevance of SDGs to countries in the West, with a particular
focus on the UK. Chapters examine a variety of topics including:
HIV/AIDS, sex work, global migration, climate change and
environmental sustainability, poverty, education, and sexual
harassment. This collection will be of interest to scholars,
researchers, and students across Sociology, Gender & Sexuality
Studies, Education, Development Studies and Sustainability Studies.
This handy book is a timeline guide to genealogical resources -
what records are available and when they started - as well as an
aide-memoire to significant historical events from 1066 to 2020;
helping to put family ancestors into an historical context. Each
page in this book has a main column with facts of genealogical
relevance in the broadest sense; a side column makes mention of
events of socio-cultural significance and events relating to the
monarchy, the State and the Church. Entries cover historical and
genealogical aspects of all four countries of the UK plus Ireland
and the Channel Islands, as well as significant historical events
in the wider world that had an impact here. The timeline is
especially strong on the contribution of migration, extreme
weather, disasters, epidemics, wars, non-conformist religions,
taxation, transport, the armed services, famine, empire, organised
labour, social writers, mapmakers, political unrest and scientific
advances. Genealogically, there is information on changes to BMD
certificates and the associated register entries, as well as to
censuses and the facts they collected, plus much more. There are
also references to earlier records that generated name indexes such
as muster rolls and poll taxes, how complete they are and where
they can be found. By being reasonably balanced across the
centuries, the authors have resisted the temptation to include
excessive detail on recent history. This book will help the family
historian to construct a timeline for their ancestors, providing a
fairly full set of historical events, developments and records
likely to have had an impact on them, their family and community.
It is a handy reference guide to a myriad of dates but is also a
useful book to study when writing a family history as it offers
plenty of contextual information. It should also prompt readers to
search out new resources in tracing their ancestors.
The FIMS Team Physician Manual is the official sports medicine
handbook of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS),
the world's oldest sports medicine organization. Now in a fully
revised and updated third edition, the book offers a complete guide
to the background knowledge, practical techniques and professional
skills required to become a successful medical practitioner working
in sport. Well illustrated, with clear step-by-step guidance, plus
text boxes and checklists for quick reference, the Team Physician
Manual covers every key area of activity and intervention, from the
preparticipation examination to rehabilitation. The book surveys
every classification of sports injury, offering clear advice on
fieldside assessment, diagnosis and treatment, as well as examining
best practice in general aspects of sports medicine, such as
prevention and the psychology of injury. Written by a team of
world-leading physicians from North and South America, Europe,
Africa and Asia, this book is a 'must have' reference for any
doctor, physical therapist, or medical professional working in
sport.
This edited collection explores issues of gender equality in the
global context. Campaigns to achieve gender equality throughout the
twentieth century brought about huge changes in westernised
countries. In particular, the achievements of second-wave feminism
with regards to gender and sexual equality benefit many people
today. The famous 'seven demands' of the second-wave movement form
the basis of the chapters of this book, probing the advances made
legally, socially and culturally. Contributors to this collection
acknowledge the advances brought about by the second-wave movement,
but highlight the work which still needs to be done in the
twenty-first century, including the changes in society that have
resulted in shifts in masculinity. Gender Equality in Changing
Times is divided into two parts, following an overview of
theoretical debates and social contexts that lead us to the current
period of gender and sexual relations. Part One looks at gender
equality by exploring the 'experience' of being part of a group
where gender boundaries still exist, drawing on auto-ethnographies
of those in key groups that are central to this debate, as well as
interviews with members of such groups. Part Two investigates wider
representations of these groups, offering an insight into the
geopolitical world of gender relations in Saudi Arabia and China.
Ultimately, this collection shows how much has been achieved, yet
how far is also left to go. Students and scholars across a range of
disciplines, including gender studies, history, education,
sociology, media studies, politics, business studies, cultural
studies and English literature and linguistics, will find this book
of interest.
This edited collection explores issues of gender equality in the
global context. Campaigns to achieve gender equality throughout the
twentieth century brought about huge changes in westernised
countries. In particular, the achievements of second-wave feminism
with regards to gender and sexual equality benefit many people
today. The famous 'seven demands' of the second-wave movement form
the basis of the chapters of this book, probing the advances made
legally, socially and culturally. Contributors to this collection
acknowledge the advances brought about by the second-wave movement,
but highlight the work which still needs to be done in the
twenty-first century, including the changes in society that have
resulted in shifts in masculinity. Gender Equality in Changing
Times is divided into two parts, following an overview of
theoretical debates and social contexts that lead us to the current
period of gender and sexual relations. Part One looks at gender
equality by exploring the 'experience' of being part of a group
where gender boundaries still exist, drawing on auto-ethnographies
of those in key groups that are central to this debate, as well as
interviews with members of such groups. Part Two investigates wider
representations of these groups, offering an insight into the
geopolitical world of gender relations in Saudi Arabia and China.
Ultimately, this collection shows how much has been achieved, yet
how far is also left to go. Students and scholars across a range of
disciplines, including gender studies, history, education,
sociology, media studies, politics, business studies, cultural
studies and English literature and linguistics, will find this book
of interest.
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Selected Stories (Paperback)
Katherine Mansfield; Edited by Angela Smith
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'I was jealous of her writing. The only writing I have ever been
jealous of.' Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was not the only writer
to admire Mansfield's work: Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, and
Elizabeth Bowen all praised her stories, and her early death at the
age of thirty-four cut short one of the finest short-story writers
in the English language. This selection covers the full range of
Mansfield's fiction, from her early satirical stories to the subtly
nuanced comedy of 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel' and the
macabre and ominous 'A Married Man's Story'. The stories that pay
what Mansfield calls 'a debt of love' to New Zealand are as sharply
etched as the European stories, and she recreates her childhood
world with mordant insight. Disruption is a constant theme, whether
the tone is comic, tragic, nostalgic, or domestic, echoing
Mansfield's disrupted life and the fractured expressions of
Modernism. This new edition increases the selection from 27 to 33
stories and prints them in the order in which they first appeared,
in the definitive texts established by Anthony Alpers. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
The FIMS Team Physician Manual is the official sports medicine
handbook of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS),
the world's oldest sports medicine organization. Now in a fully
revised and updated third edition, the book offers a complete guide
to the background knowledge, practical techniques and professional
skills required to become a successful medical practitioner working
in sport. Well illustrated, with clear step-by-step guidance, plus
text boxes and checklists for quick reference, the Team Physician
Manual covers every key area of activity and intervention, from the
preparticipation examination to rehabilitation. The book surveys
every classification of sports injury, offering clear advice on
fieldside assessment, diagnosis and treatment, as well as examining
best practice in general aspects of sports medicine, such as
prevention and the psychology of injury. Written by a team of
world-leading physicians from North and South America, Europe,
Africa and Asia, this book is a 'must have' reference for any
doctor, physical therapist, or medical professional working in
sport.
Explores written representations of First World War experience,
produced by a variety of different women. Drawing on a wealth of
unpublished material, in the form of diaries and letters, the book
examines the way in which the variety of new roles undertaken by
women triggered a search, conscious or otherwise, for appropriate
new forms of expression. Through the twin approaches of literary
criticism and historical exploration, the book contributes an
important new strand to the scholarship of women and war. Expands
current notions of how modernisms should be defined. This volume
compliments Angela K. Smith's 1999 publication, Women's writing of
the First World War: An anthology (MUP). -- .
In a letter, Katherine Mansfield wrote: "I hate the sort of license that English people give themselves--to spread over and flop and roll about. I feel as fastidious as though I write with acid." This book explores Mansfield's idiosyncratic aesthetic by focusing on her position as an outsider in Britain: a New-Zealander, a woman writer, a Fauvist, and eventually a consumptive. Her sharp-edged fiction is discussed in relation to her involvement with Post-Impressionist painting and painters.
In a letter, Katherine Mansfield writes: 'I hate the sort of
licence that English people give themselves - to spread over and
flop and roll about. I feel as fastidious as though I write with
acid'. This book explores Mansfield's idiosyncratic aesthetic by
focusing on her position as an outsider in Britain: a
New-Zealander, a woman writer, a Fuavist, and eventually a
consumptive. Her sharp-edged fiction is discussed in relation to
her involvement with Post-Impressionist painting and painters.
The Language of Journalism (2nd edition) provides lively and
accessible tools to understand and analyse the language of
journalism. The authors explain how language develops across
divergent media platforms, old and new, by looking at the
differences across various forms of journalism - including
broadcast, magazine, newspaper, sports, radio, and online and
citizen. As well as introducing the reader to the principles and
methods of discourse analysis and how it can be applied to media,
the book addresses the dynamic interplay between the emerging
linguistic forms of social media and the journalistic field. With
this new edition, the authors draw upon a range of international
examples, including from the USA, India, Australia, China and the
UK. They focus on an exploration of how social media is
incorporated into the journalistic output of print media, with a
particular focus on 'clickbait'. This edition also focuses on the
global ambitions of online newspapers - such as the Daily Mail and
the Guardian - which are UK based, but have Australian and US
subsections.
Spare Rib remains one of the most iconic symbols of Second Wave
Feminism, its influence far out-living the span of its publication
(1972-1993). This collection examines various aspects of the
magazine - based on the digitised publication by the British
Library in 2015 - in order to explore the ways in which it has
influenced society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, as
well as the lives of individual readers. By analysing several
articles from a modern, post-feminist perspective, and using
cross-generational interviews of Spare Rib readers and reflective
accounts of reading the publication, the significance and endurance
of the publication is demonstrated. Written by both academics,
experienced researchers and independent scholars alike, the
inter-disciplinary nature of the text results in a
multi-dimensional reading of Spare Rib suitable for both an
academic and general readership interested in cultural and media
studies.
Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History is a vivid account of the
events that led to the "accidental" invention of the steel drum:
the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the 20th century.
Angela Smith walks readers through the evolution of the steel drum
from an object of scorn and tool of violence to one of the most
studied, performed, and appreciated musical instruments today.
Smith explores the development of the modern steelband, from its
roots in African slavery in early Trinidad to the vast array of
experiments in technological innovation and to the current
explosion of steelbands in American schools. The book offers
insights directly from major contributors of the steelband movement
with sections devoted exclusively to pioneers and innovators.
Drawing on seven years of research, repeated trips to the
birthplace of the steel drum, Trinidad, and interviews with
steelband pioneers, Smith takes readers far beyond the sunny
associations of the steel drum with island vacations, cruise ships,
and multiple encores of "Yellow Bird." Digging deep into Trinidad's
history-a tale of indigenous extermination and African slavery, of
French settlement and Spanish and British colonialism before
mid-century independence-Smith weaves an unforgettable narrative of
talking drums, kalinda stick fights, tamboo bamboo bands, iron
bands, calypso, Carnival, and the U. S. military. Together, all
played major roles in the evolution of today's steelband and in the
panman's journey from renegade to hero in the steelband's move from
the panyards of Trinidad's poorest neighborhoods to the world's
most prestigious concert halls. The reader will discover how an
instrument created by teenage boys, descendants of African slaves,
became a world musical phenomena. Steel Drums and Steelbands is the
ideal introduction to the steel drum, steelbands, and their
history.
Women from across the social spectrum had their lives transformed
by World War I. The literary culture of the early 20th century led
a surprising number of women to write about their experiences,
recording everything from their emotional responses and political
impulses to their new experiences of the world of work. Writing by
women as diverse as Sylvia Pankhurst, Virginia Woolf and Vesta
Tilley are blended with extracts from the private diaries and
letters of unknown women, to provide a sometimes tragic, sometimes
comic testimony. From patriotic rhetoric to the gritty realism of
the Front Line, this anthology juxtaposes fact and fiction and aims
to present a rounded picture of World War I as it was lived and
fought by women across Britain.
The Language of Journalism (2nd edition) provides lively and
accessible tools to understand and analyse the language of
journalism. The authors explain how language develops across
divergent media platforms, old and new, by looking at the
differences across various forms of journalism - including
broadcast, magazine, newspaper, sports, radio, and online and
citizen. As well as introducing the reader to the principles and
methods of discourse analysis and how it can be applied to media,
the book addresses the dynamic interplay between the emerging
linguistic forms of social media and the journalistic field. With
this new edition, the authors draw upon a range of international
examples, including from the USA, India, Australia, China and the
UK. They focus on an exploration of how social media is
incorporated into the journalistic output of print media, with a
particular focus on 'clickbait'. This edition also focuses on the
global ambitions of online newspapers - such as the Daily Mail and
the Guardian - which are UK based, but have Australian and US
subsections.
British women of the Eastern Front explores the experiences of a
range of women from the early days of 1914, through the big events
of the war on the Eastern Front. Their diaries, letters, memoirs
and journalism are used to investigate the extraordinary role
played by British women during the fall of Serbia, the Russian
Revolution and the final push, and their role in reconstruction
following the Armistice. These women, and their writings, are
examined through the multiple lenses of gender, nationality,
patriotism, imperialism and legacy, but the book also tells the
stories of individuals, and will appeal across audiences to
students, researchers and general readers. This is the first book
to examine the war in the East through the eyes of British women
and as such makes an important contribution to First World War
Studies. -- .
These are Katherine Mansfield's non-fiction collected in one volume
for the first time. This volume redefines Katherine Mansfield as a
critic, translator and poet. Bringing together all of Mansfield's
poetry (some 179 poems and several songs), her literary
translations (including letters by Anton Chekhov as well as those
of Dostoevsky to his wife), her witty, sometimes scorching,
parodies and pastiches, her imaginative aphorisms, her many
incisive and heartfelt reviews of the novels of the day, and her
essays, including those for the little magazine, Rhythm, this
collection attests to the enormous variety and distinctiveness of
the non-fiction writing that Mansfield produced, some of it
unpublished until this edition. For the first time, Mansfield
scholars and devotees can read all of Mansfield's non-fiction work,
which expands considerably on previous partial editions of her
poems or critical writings. Arranged chronologically, and with
perceptive notes and a General Introduction by two leading
Mansfield scholars, this is, at last, the Edition that Mansfield
deserves. This volume of Mansfield's poetry and critical writing
comprises: Book reviews (not collected since 1987 and incomplete);
Poetry (not collected since 1988 and incomplete); Translations (not
previously collected); Essays (not collected since 1987 and
incomplete); Parodies (not previously collected); and, Pastiches
(not previously collected). Much of the material has been out of
print for decades. It is fully annotated. Some of the material has
never been collected or seen before.
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