Are You Not Entertained

Author : Lindsay Steenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350120082

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Are You Not Entertained? by Lindsay Steenberg Pdf

Anglo-American culture is marked by a gladiatorial impulse: a deep cultural fascination in watching men fight each other. The gladiator is an archetypal character embodying this impulse and his brand of violent and eroticised masculinity has become a cultural shorthand that signals a transhistorical version of heroic masculinity. Frequently the gladiator or celebrity fighter - from the amphitheatres of Rome to the octagon of the Ultimate Fighting Championships - is used as a way of insisting that a desire to fight, and to watch men fighting, is simply a part of our human nature. This book traces a cultural interest in stories about gladiators through twentieth and twenty-first-century film, television and videogames.

Author : Marietta Gentles Crawford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998775606

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From Nine to Thrive by Marietta Gentles Crawford Pdf

From Nine to Thrive shows professionals how to build a credible and consistent personal brand that will help you thrive in your career.

Author : Jo-Ann Shelton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0195089731

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As the Romans Did by Jo-Ann Shelton Pdf

Revised to include new selections and updated bibliographical material, the second edition of this popular sourcebook offers a rich, revealing look at everyday Roman life. It provides clear, lively translations of a fascinating array of documents drawn from Latin and Greek source material--from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English. This edition includes more than 50 additional selections that introduce new topics and expand coverage of existing topics. In addition, the commentary on all the selections has been revised to reflect the recent scholarship of social and cultural historians. Extensive annotations, abundant biographical notes, maps, appendices, cross-references to related topics, and a newly-updated bibliography provide readers with the historical and cultural background material necessary to appreciate the selections. Arranged thematically into chapters on family life, housing, education, entertainment, religion, and other important topics, the translations reveal the ambitions and aspirations not only of the upper class, but of the average Roman citizen as well. They tell of the success and failure of Rome's grandiose imperialist policies and also of the pleasures and hardships of everyday life. Wide-ranging and lively, the second edition of As the Romans Did offers the most lucid account available of Roman life in all its diversity. Ideal for courses in Ancient Roman History, Social History of Rome, Roman Civilization, and Classics, it will also appeal to readers interested in ancient history.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,Charles Clark,William Finnelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062747527

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Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,Charles Clark,William Finnelly Pdf

Author : Daniel Mannix
Publisher : eNet Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781618869722

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Those About to Die by Daniel Mannix Pdf

Thousands flocked to see gladiators, charioteers, wild animals, women and children hacked, crucified, torn to pieces, ravished, burned, and drown. Biographies, paintings, historical evidence and an author's imagination merge to tell the story of one of history's most ruthless exhibitions—the Roman games.

Author : Simone C. Drake,Dwan K. Henderson
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1478006781

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Are You Entertained? by Simone C. Drake,Dwan K. Henderson Pdf

The advent of the internet and the availability of social media and digital downloads have expanded the creation, distribution, and consumption of Black cultural production as never before. At the same time, a new generation of Black public intellectuals who speak to the relationship between race, politics, and popular culture has come into national prominence. The contributors to Are You Entertained? address these trends to consider what culture and blackness mean in the twenty-first century's digital consumer economy. In this collection of essays, interviews, visual art, and an artist statement the contributors examine a range of topics and issues, from music, white consumerism, cartoons, and the rise of Black Twitter to the NBA's dress code, dance, and Moonlight. Analyzing the myriad ways in which people perform, avow, politicize, own, and love blackness, this volume charts the shifting debates in Black popular culture scholarship over the past quarter century while offering new avenues for future scholarship. Contributors. Takiyah Nur Amin, Patricia Hill Collins, Kelly Jo Fulkerson-Dikuua, Simone C. Drake, Dwan K. Henderson, Imani Kai Johnson, Ralina L. Joseph, David J. Leonard, Emily J. Lordi, Nina Angela Mercer, Mark Anthony Neal, H. Ike Okafor-Newsum, Kinohi Nishikawa, Eric Darnell Pritchard, Richard Schur, Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Vincent Stephens, Lisa B. Thompson, Sheneese Thompson

Author : New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1326 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : New South Wales
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119247737

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Votes & Proceedings by New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2834 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104227170

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : Jon Solomon,Robert D Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture Jon Solomon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0300083378

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The Ancient World in the Cinema by Jon Solomon,Robert D Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture Jon Solomon Pdf

This entertaining and useful book provides a comprehensive survey of films about the ancient world, from The Last Days of Pompeii to Gladiator. Jon Solomon catalogues, describes, and evaluates films set in ancient Greece and Rome, films about Greek and Roman history and mythology, films of the Old and New Testaments, films set in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Persia, films of ancient tragedies, comic films set in the ancient world, and more. The book has been updated to include feature films and made-for-television movies produced in the past two decades. More than two hundred photographs illustrate both the films themselves and the ancient sources from which their imagery derives.

Author : John Howe,Edmund Calamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Puritans
ISBN : MSU:31293107441549

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The Works of the Rev. John Howe ... by John Howe,Edmund Calamy Pdf

Author : Frederick Joseph,Porsche Joseph
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536226997

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Better Than We Found It: Conversations to Help Save the World by Frederick Joseph,Porsche Joseph Pdf

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Friend and a seasoned activist comes an indispensable guide to social and political progressivism for young people and anyone wanting to get more involved. What is disinformation, and how does it influence our lives? How did the wealth gap become so staggeringly wide? Why do so many Americans lack access to quality health care? And—most importantly—what can we do about it all? Through a combination of personal anecdotes and interviews, authors Frederick Joseph and Porsche Joseph make a compelling case for tackling some of the biggest issues of our day, from gun violence, the prison system, transphobia, and indigenous land theft to climate change, education, housing, and immigration. Covering sixteen topics and featuring more than two dozen interviews with prominent activists, authors, actors, and politicians, this is the essential resource for those who want to make the world better than we found it. Featuring interviews with: Mehcad Brooks Keah Brown Julián Castro Sonja Cherry-Paul Chelsea Clinton Charlotte Clymer Mari Copeny, aka Little Miss Flint Greg D’Amato Jesse Katz Amed Khan Daniel Alejandro Leon-Davis Willy and Jo Lorenz Ben O’Keefe Brittany Packnett Cunningham Anna Paquin Robert Reich Brandon T. Snider Nic Stone Anton Treuer Andrea Tulee David Villalpando Elizabeth Warren Shannon Watts Natalie Weaver Brandon Wolf

Author : Jeremy Clarkson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781405961431

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Diddly Squat: Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson Pdf

Get tucked in to a third bestselling helping of Clarkson's Farm from our favourite wellie-wearing wannabe farmer, Jeremy Clarkson Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. Since taking the wheel three years ago Jeremy's had his work cut out. And it's now clear from hard-won experience that, when it comes to farming, there's only one golden rule: Whatever you hope will happen, won't. Enthusiastic schemes to diversify have met with stubborn opposition from the red trouser brigade, defeat at the hands of Council Planning department, and predictable derision from Kaleb - although, to be fair, even Lisa had doubts about Jeremy's brilliant plan to build a business empire founded on rewilding and nettle soup. And only Cheerful Charlie is still smiling about the stifling amount of red tape that's incoming . . . But he charges by the hour. Then there are the animals: the sheep are gone; the cows have been joined by a rented bull called Break-Heart Maestro;. the pigs are making piglets; and the goats have turned out to be psychopaths. But despite the naysayers and (sometimes self-inflicted) setbacks, Jeremy remains irrepressibly optimistic about life at Diddly Squat. Because It's hard not to be when you get to harvest blackberries with a vacuum cleaner. And, after all, it shouldn't just be Break-heart Maestro who gets to enjoy a happy ending . . . Diddly Squat, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, October 2022

Author : Jerry Thornton
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781512600018

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From Darkness to Dynasty by Jerry Thornton Pdf

Love them or hate them, what the New England Patriots have been able to do over the past fifteen years is nothing short of remarkable. In addition to their four Super Bowl championships, the Patriots have the best coach in the league, a smart and savvy front office, and a future Hall of Fame quarterback who is internationally recognized as the face of the NFL. The longer the Patriots continue to dominate on the field as well as in the media and the American pop culture landscape, the harder it becomes for anyone to remember them as something other than a model franchise and the ultimate paradigm of success and accomplishment. Anyone, that is, except for Jerry Thornton. It wasn't always sunshine and roses for the Patriots; in fact, for the bulk of their existence, it was exactly the opposite. Though difficult to fathom now, the New England Patriots of old weren't just bad - they were laughably bad. Not so long ago, the Pats were the laughingstock of not only the NFL but also the entire sporting world. From Darkness to Dynasty tells the unlikely history of the New England Patriots as it has never been told before. From their humble beginnings as a team bought with rainy-day money by a man who had no idea what he was doing to the fateful season that saw them win their first Super Bowl, Jerry Thornton shares the wild, humiliating, unbelievable, and wonderful stories that comprised the first forty years of what would ultimately become the most dominant franchise in NFL history. Witty, hilarious, and brutally honest, From Darkness to Dynasty returns to the thrilling, perilous days of yesteryear - a welcome corrective for those who hate the Patriots and a useful reminder for those who love them that all glory is fleeting.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Utopias
ISBN : MINN:31951001871488I

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The Dialogues of Plato by Plato Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Wheat as feed
ISBN : LOC:00186951785

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Importation of Feed Wheat by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Pdf