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How do books attract their readers? This collection takes a closer
look at book covers and their role in promoting sales and shaping
readers' responses. Judging a Book by Its Cover brings together
leading scholars, many with experience in the publishing industry,
who examine the marketing of popular fiction across the twentieth
century and beyond. Using case studies, and grounding their
discussions historically and methodologically, the contributors
address key themes in contemporary media, literary, publishing, and
business studies related to globalisation, the correlation between
text and image, identity politics, and reader reception. Topics
include book covers and the internet bookstore; the links between
books, the music industry, and film; literary prizes and the
selling of books; subcultures and sales of young adult fiction; the
cover as a signifier of literary value; and the marketing of
ethnicity and lesbian pulp fiction. This exciting collection opens
a new field of enquiry for scholars of book history, literature,
media and communication studies, marketing, and cultural studies.
A new collection on women in American television in the 90s
uncovers a cultural obsession with tough yet sexy heroines in
mythical pasts, the "girl power" present, and utopic futures. Xena,
Buffy, Sabrina, and a host of other characters have become
household words, as well as icons of pop culture 'feminism.' Their
popularity makes for successful programming, however, how much does
this trend truly represent a contemporary feminist breakthrough?
And what does it mean for feminism in the next few decades? Fantasy
Girls: Navigating the New Universe of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Television seeks to explore as well as challenge the power and the
promises of this recent media phenomenon. Such TV programming
offers the exciting opportunity to rethink established gender
norms, but how far is it really pushing the limits of the status
quo? Amidst the exuberant optimism of fanzines and doting fan
websites, the contributors to this volume endeavor to provide us
with a much needed critical analysis of this contemporary trend.
These essays explore the contradictions and limitations inherent in
the genre, forcing readers to take a fresh and critical look
through a variety of lenses including girl power, postfeminism,
cyborg feminism, disability politics, queer studies, and much more.
Programs covered are Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Disney's
Cinderella, Lois and Clark, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sabrina
the Teenage Witch, Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files, Third Rock from
the Sun, and Xena: Warrior Princess.
As digital life stories continue to assume more and more
significance across a range of institutions, so too does their
potential to bring into focus once marginalised and neglected
voices. Breaking new ground by reframing multimedia life stories as
a resource for education, public health, and policy, this book
challenges policymakers, professionals, and researchers to
reimagine how they find out about and respond to people's daily
lives and experiences of health, disability, and well-being. The
book develops theoretical, methodological, and practical resources
for listening to digital stories through a series of carefully
selected international case studies, from dementia care education
to campaigns in the UN to ban cluster munitions. The case studies
explore and illuminate different ways that digital stories have -
and have not - been listened to in the past. The authors expose the
great potential as well as the complexity of using powerful
personal stories in practice. Together, the case studies highlight
that processes of listening to, learning from, and making use of
digital stories involve unavoidable processes of reinterpretation,
recontextualisation, and translation which have significant ethical
and political implications for storytellers, listeners, and
society. In mapping and theorising the movement of stories into new
contexts of policy and practice, the book offers a critical lens on
the widely celebrated democratising potential of digital
storytelling and its capacity to amplify marginalised voices.
Digital Storytelling in Health and Social Policy develops an
authoritative and original re-conceptualisation of digital life
stories and their use for social justice ends, and will be
important reading for researchers and practitioners from a range of
backgrounds, including social policy, digital media, communication,
education, disability, and public health.
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