Heroes Villains And Fools

Author : Orrin E. Klapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351515825

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Heroes, Villains, and Fools by Orrin E. Klapp Pdf

This volume presents three major social types in American society-heroes, villains, and fools-as models for American behaviour. Approaching these models primarily through language, Orrin E. Klapp explores what they may suggest about Americans as a people. Rather than study people, the author describes abstract types named and embedded in popular language. These social types are important symbols; and a way to attack a symbol is by identifying its meaning in various contexts. He further argues that the language surrounding heroes, villains, and fools reveals a social structure. We may not escape being ascribed a type, but we do have a choice of type. Known more commonly as "finding oneself," we can manipulate cues-with dress, facial expressions, style of life, or conspicuous public roles-to build an identity. This classic study has serious contemporary implications. For a public figure, an inevitable result of the typing process is the development of at least two selves, the public and the private. When the book originally appeared in 1962, the struggle to balance two images generally only plagued celebrities and politicians. Today, social media offers everyone the opportunity to develop an online persona. This volume will be of interest to sociologists as well as anyone who has a Facebook account.

Author : Orrin Edgar Klapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:13836520

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Author : Orrin Edgar Klapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760443281

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Heroes, villains, and fools by Orrin Edgar Klapp Pdf

Author : Peter Burke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351910002

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Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe by Peter Burke Pdf

The concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical research into early modern Europe. Due in no small part to the pioneering work of Peter Burke, the tools of the cultural historian are now routinely brought to bear on every aspect of history, and have transformed our understanding of the past. First published in 1978, this study examines the broad sweep of pre-industrial Europe's popular culture. From the world of the professional entertainer to the songs, stories, rituals and plays of ordinary people, it shows how the attitudes and values of the otherwise inarticulate shaped - and were shaped by - the shifting social, religious and political conditions of European society between 1500 and 1800. This third edition of Peter Burke's groundbreaking study has been published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the book's publication in 1978. It provides a new introduction reflecting the growth of cultural history, and its increasing influence on 'mainstream' history, as well as an extensive supplementary bibliography which further adds to the information about new research in the area.

Author : Lisa Barsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Tales
ISBN : 1591942101

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Timeless Tales of Heroes, Villains, Victims and Fools by Lisa Barsky Pdf

"These timeless tales show what ordinary--and extraordinary--people do when given the chance to act as heroes, villains, victims, or fools."--Publisher.

Author : Klapp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1978-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 052121923X

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Opening and Closing by Klapp Pdf

In this original application of information theory to social analysis, Orrin Klapp examines how and why societies are producing more stress than they ever can handle. He argues that the reduction of 'social noise', the chaos from which we try to construct meaning is a major goal of individuals and groups alike. Individuals, groups, even entire societies normally cycle rhythmically between two basic modes of adaptation to the constant communication flow: opening, or scanning for desired information; and closing, or defending against noise. For example, in a society functioning in the opening mode, movements like ecumenicism and expansionism achieve momentum. Extreme reactions in either mode lead to an opposite swing, according to Professor Klapp's model. His wide-ranging conceptual scheme incorporates hypotheses about the variety and redundancy of information, as well as about human channel capacities and the need for homeostatis. His research reveals intriguing relationships among such phenomena as the concern about industrial population and the search for ethnic roots.

Author : Joan Z. Spade,Catherine G. Valentine
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781412951463

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The Kaleidoscope of Gender by Joan Z. Spade,Catherine G. Valentine Pdf

"I have found Spade and Valentine's Kaleidoscope of Gender to be the most effective reader that I have used in my undergraduate Sociology of Gender class, and I was delighted to see what promises to be an even better second edition that recently arrived." -Linda Grant, University of Georgia "In a substantial theoretical introduction, Spade and Valentine move their discussion forward by introducing their kaleidoscope metaphor which is comprised of the "prisms" of culture...that intersect to produce patterns of difference and systems of privilege. Because it captures the fluidity and uniqueness of the intricate patterns, the kaleidoscope is a valuable analytical tool. Though it enters a terrain already littered with terminology, this "prismatic" understanding of gender has great potential for transforming current conceptualizations." -Jennifer Keys, North Central College Examining the elusive, evolving construct of gender in a unique text/ reader format An accessible, timely, and stimulating introduction to the sociology of gender, The Kaleidoscope of Gender: Prisms, Patterns, and Possibilities, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive analysis of key ideas, theories, and applications in this field as viewed through the metaphor of a kaleidoscope. This collection of creative articles by top scholars explains how the complex, evolving pattern of gender is constructed interpersonally, institutionally, and culturally and challenges students to question how gender shapes their daily lives. Like the prior edition, the Second Edition maintains a focus on contemporary contributions to the field while incorporating classical and theoretical arguments to provide a broad framework. Integrating a cross-cultural focus and intersectional inquiry, this unique text/reader

Author : Yiannis Gabriel
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780191588235

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Storytelling in Organizations : Facts, Fictions, and Fantasies by Yiannis Gabriel Pdf

Myths, stories, and folklore are part of the fabric and life of all organizations, enabling us to understand, identify, and communicate the character of the organization - its ambitions, conflicts, and peculiarities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork of storytelling in five organizations, this book argues that stories open valuable windows into the emotional and symbolic lives of organizations. By collecting stoires in different organizations, by listening and comparing different accounts, by investigating how narratives are constructed around specific events, by examining which events in an organization's history generate stories and which ones fail to do so, researchers can gain access to deeper organizational realities, closely linked to their members' experiences. In this way, stories enable researchers to study organizational politics, culture, and change in uniquely illuminating ways, revealing how wider organizational issues are viewed, commented upon, and worked upon by their members. The book's first part develops the theory of storytelling by building on various approaches, including narrative, folkloric, ethnographic, symbolic, social constructionist, and psychoanalytic, while the second offers a set of four studies which make use of stories in exploring particular aspects of organizational life.

Author : Horace Newcomb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2800 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135194727

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Encyclopedia of Television by Horace Newcomb Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.

Author : Orrin E. Klapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351487320

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Symbolic Leaders by Orrin E. Klapp Pdf

Radio, television and the press form the vast stage on which the public dramas of our time are played to a responsive audience of millions- the peoples of our nation and of the world. Almost anyone can steal the scene and become a public hero, a favorite villain or a lamented victim. How do these persons-the symbolic leaders-emerge? Who are they? How does the climate of public opinion affect the would-be leader? How does the public use its leaders?This book discusses how symbolic leaders emerge, how unknown people become symbolic and it analyzes the kinds of encounters that are likely to make individuals either ""heroes,"" ""villains,"" or ""fools."" The book portrays the ups-and-downs of public images, as well as crises and role reversals, in which parties may swap roles without meaning to. The book concludes with a final chapter, which deals with the concept of public drama and its implications for change as well as its instability in modern society.Symbolic Leaders is a probing and provocative analysis of the process of public drama and of the actors, who play the leading roles, discussed in terms of their significance for the structures of our rapidly changing society and illustrated by vivid case histories. Professor Klapp's lively style makes this work an eminently readable sociological study. The social scientist will find in it a challenging and original theory of social organization, which suggests strategic areas for further research. Public relations personnel will find it an invaluable practical handbook of clues for creating a public image. And the general reader will find Symbolic Leaders a fascinating and thought-provoking commentary on public life in our society.

Author : United States. Education Office,United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105219400202

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Final Report...The Teacher-Innovator by United States. Education Office,United States. Office of Education Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015039526473

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OE [publication] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857287922

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Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History by Graham Seal Pdf

This book is an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roman Empire to the present, showing how both real and mythic figures have influenced social, political, economic and cultural outcomes in many times and places. The book also looks at the contemporary continuations of the outlaw hero mythology, not only in popular culture and everyday life, but also in the current outbreak of global terrorism. The book also presents a more general argument related to the importance of understanding folk and popular mythologies in historical contexts. Outlaw heroes have a strong purchase in high and popular culture, appearing in film, books, plays, music, drama, art, even ballet. To simply ignore and discard such powerful expressions without understanding their origins, persistence and especially their ongoing cultural consequences, is to refuse the opportunity to comprehend some profoundly important aspects of human behaviour. These issues are pursued through discussion of the processes through which real and mythical outlaw heroes are romanticised, sentimentalised, sanitised, commodified and mythologised. The result is a new position in the continuing controversy over the existence the 'social bandit' that highlights the central role of mythology in the creation and perpetuation of outlaw heroes.

Author : Paul Rock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134622603

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Deviant Behaviour (Routledge Revivals) by Paul Rock Pdf

This book, first published in 1973, explores the manner in which conceptions of deviancy arise and shows how the attitudes of non-deviants, of society and of authority, are as instrumental in forming these conceptions as the actions of the deviants themselves. Chapters include discussions on the definition of deviants and deviancy and the enforcement of the law, alongside a detailed introduction. This title will be of particular value to students and scholars with an interest in criminology and the sociology and psychology of deviancy.

Author : Brian W. Dippie
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803265921

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Custer's Last Stand by Brian W. Dippie Pdf

Defeat and death at the Little Bighorn gave General George Custer and his Seventh Cavalry a kind of immortality. In Custer's Last Stand, Brian W. Dippie investigates the body of legend surrounding that battle on a bloody Sunday in 1876. His survey of the event in poems, novels, paintings, movies, jokes, and other ephemera amounts to a unique reflection on the national character.