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Katherine Anderson, Robert Duffy; Introduction by John Archer
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Socially relevant, humanly accurate, femininely blount poetry that
serves as a mark of the times.
"Almost everyone aspires to marriage something these books go to
some lengths to explain, albeit in completely different ways. As
the title suggests, I Like Being Married is an unabashed
celebration of marriage; it's fluff but enjoyable fluff. Leach,
executive director of Orbis Books, and Borchard, author of the
children's book series "The Emerald Bible Collection," have
collected bits and pieces quotes, stories, traditions, and even
top-ten lists that show why people take pleasure in matrimony. The
quotes and stories come from both celebrities (e.g., George Bush,
Winston Churchill, Celine Dion, Natasha Richardson, C.S. Lewis, and
Mel Gibson) and regular Joe and Jane Does. Charming and well
edited, it contains just enough variety in length and subject to be
interesting, yet it is also cohesive. Public libraries should
purchase. The companion book to a PBS documentary that aired Feb.
14, Marriage Just a Piece of Paper? is far more serious in tone and
scope. Although it is also a smartly chosen m lange of quotes from
different people, it focuses on the societal changes that have led
to increased divorce rates, cohabitation, and single motherhood
despite the beneficial aspects of marriage. Sociologists,
politicians, ministers, and the occasional person on the street are
all given a chance to explain whether they think marriage
especially as it relates to the raising of children is in decline
and, if so, what might be done to stop that decline. Editors
Anderson and Brian Boyer worked on the documentary as managing
editor/producer and executive producer/ director, respectively, and
Don Browning is a professor of ethics at the University of Chicago
Divinity School. Given that the effects of divorce on children is a
major topic (see, e.g., Judith Wallerstein and others' The
Unexpected Legacy of Divorce and E. Mavis Hetherington and John
Kelly's For Better or for Worse) and that many patrons probably
watched the PBS special..." - Library Journal
Providing ways to engage students through their popular culture
interests, this collection brings together several essays, across
disciplines, to show how fan practices such as writing fan fiction,
creating vids, communicating via Tumblr, and participating in film
tourism can invite students to invest more of themselves into their
education. Both scholarship and fandom encourage passionate
engagement with texts-rather than passive consumption in isolation-
and editor Katherine Anderson Howell and her contributors find that
when students are encouraged to partake in a remix classroom that
encourages their fan interests, they participate more in their
education, are more critical of experts and authorities, and
actively shape the discourse themselves. Creating this remix
classroom requires thoughtfulness on the instructor's part, and so
the chapters in this volume come from teachers who have carefully
constructed such courses, including several invaluable appendices
that provide examples of methodologies, course assignments,
teaching practices, and classroom setup. Each chapter also includes
student responses that offer a sense of what students gained from
each course. The result is an exciting and entertaining new way to
motivate students and teachers alike, and it is sure to be a
popular reference guide for instructors teaching classes from high
school to graduate levels.
This collection studies beauty vlogging as a phenomenon operating
at the intersection of celebrity culture, digital communities, and
the cosmetics industry. Exploring subjects ranging from race and
gender to disability and religion, the chapters examine how the
genre has impacted social media landscapes and gender expression.
The contributors analyze how beauty vlogging makes community and
economic success seem accessible for viewers as well as how the
beauty vlog itself can function as a platform for enacting and
inspiring social commentary and change. Makeup in the World of
Beauty Vlogging studies the cultural phenomenon of the beauty vlog
as a space where audiences and vloggers find a voice and a means of
personal expression via the potentially subversive power of makeup
and social media.
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