There She Is

Author : E. Watson,Darcy Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403981820

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“There She Is, Miss America” by E. Watson,Darcy Martin Pdf

While some see the Miss American Pageant as hokey vestige of another era, many remain enthralled by the annual Atlantic City event. And whether you love it or hate it, no one can deny the impact the contest has had on American popular culture-indeed, many reality television shows seem to have taken cues from the pageant. Founded in 1921, the Miss America Pageant has provided a fascinating glimpse into how American standards of femininity have been defined, projected, maintained, and challenged. At various times, it has been praised as a positive role model for young American women, protested as degrading to women by feminists, and shamed by scandals, such as the one caused by the Penthouse photos of Vanessa Williams in 1984. In this first interdisciplinary anthology to examine this uniquely American event, scholars defend, critique, and reflect on the pageant, grappling with themes like beauty, race, the body, identity, kitsch, and consumerism. "There She Is, Miss America" provides a fascinating examination of an enduring American icon.

Author : Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781978836136

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There She Goes Again by Aviva Dove-Viebahn Pdf

There She Goes Again interrogates the representation of ostensibly powerful women in transmedia franchises, examining how presumed feminine traits—love, empathy, altruism, diplomacy—are alternately lauded and repudiated as possibilities for effecting long-lasting social change. By questioning how these franchises reimagine their protagonists over time, the book reflects on the role that gendered exceptionalism plays in social and political action, as well as what forms of knowledge and power are presumed distinctly feminine. The franchises explored in this book illustrate the ambivalent (post)feminist representation of women protagonists as uniquely gifted in ways both gendered and seemingly ungendered, and yet inherently bound to expressions of their femininity. At heart,There She Goes Again asks under what terms and in what contexts women protagonists are imagined, envisioned, embodied, and replicated in media. Especially now, in a period of gradually increasing representation, women protagonists demonstrate the importance of considering how we should define—and whether we need—feminine forms of knowledge and power.

Author : Amy Argetsinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982123406

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There She Was by Amy Argetsinger Pdf

A Washington Post style editor’s fascinating and irresistible look back on the Miss America pageant as it approaches its 100th anniversary. The sash. The tears. The glittering crown. And of course, that soaring song. For all its pomp and kitsch, the Miss America pageant is indelibly written into the American story of the past century. From its giddy origins as a summer’s-end tourist draw in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, it blossomed into a televised extravaganza that drew tens of millions of viewers in its heyday and was once considered the highest honor that a young woman could achieve. For two years, Washington Post reporter and editor Amy Argetsinger visited pageants and interviewed former winners and contestants to unveil the hidden world of this iconic institution. There She Was spotlights how the pageant survived decades of social and cultural change, collided with a women’s liberation movement that sought to abolish it, and redefined itself alongside evolving ideas about feminism. For its superstars—Phyllis George, Vanessa Williams, Gretchen Carlson—and for those who never became household names, Miss America was a platform for women to exercise their ambitions and learn brutal lessons about the culture of fame. Spirited and revelatory, There She Was charts the evolution of the American woman, from the Miss America catapulted into advocacy after she was exposed as a survivor of domestic violence to the one who used her crown to launch a congressional campaign; from a 1930s winner who ran away on the night of her crowning to a present-day rock guitarist carving out her place in this world. Argetsinger dissects the scandals and financial turmoil that have repeatedly threatened to kill the pageant—and highlights the unexpected sisterhood of Miss Americas fighting to keep it alive.

Author : Corinn Columpar,Sophie Mayer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0814333907

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There She Goes by Corinn Columpar,Sophie Mayer Pdf

Examines the exchanges within and through feminist film culture to expand critical horizons in film scholarship. Following in the footsteps of the filmmakers whose work it features--including Miranda July, Janie Geiser, Tracey Moffatt, Sally Potter, Cindy Sherman, Samira Makhmalbaf, Sadie Benning, Agnès Varda, Kim Longinotto, and Michelle Citron--There She Goes: Feminist Filmmaking and Beyond seeks to make trouble not only in the archives but also at the boundaries between artistic, industrial, political, critical, and disciplinary practices. Editors Corinn Columpar and Sophie Mayer have assembled scholarship that responds to women's work in the interstices between different branches of the film industry, modes of filmmaking, national or transnational contexts, exhibition media, and varieties of visual representation in order to assess the exchanges such work enables. Essays in the first three sections of There She Goes explore connections at the level of curation and exhibition, while the subsequent four consider local connections such as those between the film and the audience or between works within an oeuvre, down to those occurring on the surface of the film. Contributors reach beyond traditional screen cinema to interact with a larger field of artistic production, including still photography, music videos, installation art, digital media, performance art, and dance. Essays also pay particular attention to a variety of contextual factors that have shaped women's filmmaking, from the conditions of production and circulation to engagement with various social movements and critical traditions, including, but not limited to, feminism. By foregrounding fluidity, There She Goes presents a an exciting new appraisal of feminist film culture, as well as the intellectual and affective potential it holds for filmmakers and filmgoers alike. Scholars of film and television studies and gender studies will appreciate the fresh outlook of There She Goes.

Author : William Hussey Macy
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752418712

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There She Blows! by William Hussey Macy Pdf

Reproduction of the original: There She Blows! by William Hussey Macy

Author : Anna Beth Colder
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781597815604

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Wherever She Went There She Was by Anna Beth Colder Pdf

Author : William Hussey Macy
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066170486

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There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa by William Hussey Macy Pdf

"There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa" by William Hussey Macy. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Simon Hughes
Publisher : deCoubertin Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909245914

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There She Goes by Simon Hughes Pdf

Liverpool was once one of the greatest cities in the British empire but it no longer feels like it is in England, if it ever did. It had retreated as a significant port after the Second World War and by 1979, it was already on the brink. What it needed was support but instead, a Conservative Party with aggressive new ideas allowed it to slide. Thirty-years after the Toxteth Riots, classified government papers revealed that the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was urged to abandon the city and embark on a programme of 'managed decline'. Why did Liverpool's fortunes change so dramatically? Why did it fight back when other cities did not? This is the untold story of what it was like for Liverpool's people and how the period defines who they are.

Author : Chrystal Evans Hurst
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310348061

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She's Still There by Chrystal Evans Hurst Pdf

Have you wandered from the life you want to live? Chrystal Evans Hurst shares raw and vulnerable stories from her own life to let you know how you too can find your way back after a few missteps. Over 100,000 copies sold! What happens when a woman looks at herself in the mirror, lingering just a little longer than usual and realizes that she no longer recognizes the person staring back at her? What does she do when she sees that, somehow, her life has drifted away from all her original hopes, dreams, or plans? Speaker, blogger, and writer Chrystal Evans Hurst wrote this book because she was that woman. One day she realized that she had somehow wandered from the life she was meant to live. Chrystal since discovered that this moment of awareness happens to lots of women at different seasons of their lives. Poor decisions, a lack of intentionality or planning, or a long-term denial of deep hopes and dreams can leave a woman, old or young, reeling from the realization that she is lost, disappointed, or simply numb. And she just needs encouragement. This woman simply needs someone to hold her hand, cheer her on, and believe with her that she is still capable of being the person she intended to be. Chrystal uses her poignant story of an early and unexpected pregnancy, as well as other raw and vulnerable moments in her life, to let readers know she understands what it's like to try and find your way after some missteps or decisions you didn't plan on. In She's Still There Chrystal emphasizes the importance of the personal process and the beauty of authentically sharing your journey one girlfriend to another. It’s a book of "me toos," reminders of the hoped for, and challenges for the path ahead--to find direction, purpose, and true satisfaction. Also available: She's Still There DVD series and study guide.

Author : James Cooper Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Whalers (Persons)
ISBN : NYPL:33433076079288

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There She Blows! by James Cooper Wheeler Pdf

Author : Linda Gregg
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 155597578X

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All of It Singing by Linda Gregg Pdf

Now available in paperback, the award-winning retrospective by Linda Gregg, "one of the best poets in America" (Gerald Stern) Worlds out of time still exist. Worlds of achievement out of mind and remembering just as the poem lasts. In the concert of being present. -from "Arriving" Linda Gregg's abiding presence in American poetry for more than thirty years is a testament to the longevity of art and the spirit. All of It Singing collects the ongoing work of Gregg's career in one book, including poetry from her six previous volumes and more than twenty remarkable new poems. All of It Singing received the 2009 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, the 2009 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, the 2009 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the 2009 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.

Author : Anthony Trollope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PURD:32754062903319

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The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : EHC:148101075202V

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The English Illustrated Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : WISC:89072344179

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Punch by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : English periodicals
ISBN : UFL:31262098803132

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Belgravia by Anonim Pdf