Will And Kate S Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Author : Alex & Rory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857208002

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Will and Kate's Big Fat Gypsy Wedding by Alex & Rory Pdf

In Will and Kate's Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, the Royal couple take us behind-the-scenes with exclusive photos of their engagement, the hen night, the wedding day and more! Featuring comments from the future King and Queen, as well other less-interesting Royals, this unique photo album tells: . How Wills first 'grabbed' Kate at an Edinburgh fashion show: 'I had to get my hands on that see-through dress!' . Why Kate believes a Princess belongs in the caravan: 'It's not like Wills is going to be working either...' . Of Prince Harry's love of bare-knuckle boxing: 'It's just rahlly traditional, like' . And what the Queen thinks of anti-Royal/Gypsy prejudice: 'One is actually starting to get pi**ed off!'

Author : Jilly Boyce Kay,Melanie Kennedy,Helen Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429997815

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The Wedding Spectacle Across Contemporary Media and Culture by Jilly Boyce Kay,Melanie Kennedy,Helen Wood Pdf

This book interrogates the hyper-visibility and stubborn endurance of the wedding spectacle across media and culture in the current climate. The wide-ranging chapters consider why the symbolic power of weddings is intensifying at a time when marriage as an institution appears to be in decline – and they offer new insights into the shifting and complex gender politics of contemporary culture. The collection is a feminist project but does not straight-forwardly renounce the wedding spectacle. Rather, the diverse contributions offer close analyses of the myriad forms and practices of the wedding spectacle, from reality television and cinematic film to wedding videography and bridal boutiques. Drawing on feminist and queer theory, the chapters illuminate the paradoxes, contradictions, disappointments, cruelties and pleasures that are intimately bound up with the wedding spectacle. Written by leading and emerging feminist scholars, the chapters range across different national and cultural contexts to explore how the gender politics of weddings are changing and adapting to a new cultural and social landscape. This in-depth analysis of the wedding spectacle will appeal to academics and researchers in the fields of gender and mass media, cultural studies, feminist studies, and intercultural communication.

Author : Chrissie Manby
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444733662

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Kate's Wedding by Chrissie Manby Pdf

'Laugh-out-loud funny . . . Unputdownable' - Heat A tongue-in-cheek comedy, perfect if you're missing the buzz of the 2018 royal wedding! Thirty-nine-year-old Kate had almost given up on love when she met her fiance. Now she's planning for the wedding she never dreamed she'd have. But things seem to be slipping out of her control. Diana, born on the day of the 1981 Royal Wedding, never doubted that one day she would find her prince. Newly engaged, and with Daddy's credit card in her grasp, she's in full Bridezilla mode. Against the backdrop of the other couple getting married in April 2011, both women prepare for the most important day of their lives. But will each bride get her perfect day? Or will it all become a right royal fiasco? 'I've always liked Manby's books and this is my favourite so far . . . deeply cringe-making, sometimes poignant and often hilarious . . . I loved it. Six stars, hurrah!' - Daily Mail

Author : Mary Zeiss Stange,Carol K. Oyster,Jane E. Sloan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1160 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452270371

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The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World by Mary Zeiss Stange,Carol K. Oyster,Jane E. Sloan Pdf

This e-only volume expands and updates the original 4-volume Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World (2011), offering a wide range of new entries and new multimedia content. The entries reflect such developments as the Arab Spring that brought women's issues in the Islamic world into sharp relief, the domination of female athletes among medal winners at the London 2012 Olympics, nine more women joining the ranks of democratically elected heads of state, and much more. The 475 articles in this e-only update (accompanied by photos and video clips) supplement the themes established in the original edition, providing a vibrant collection of entries dealing with contemporary women's issues around the world.

Author : Laurie Essig
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520967922

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Love, Inc. by Laurie Essig Pdf

The notion of “happily ever after” has been ingrained in many of us since childhood—meet someone, date, have the big white wedding, and enjoy your well-deserved future. But why do we buy into this idea? Is love really all we need? Author Laurie Essig invites us to flip this concept of romance on its head and see it for what it really is—an ideology that we desperately cling to as a way to cope with the fact that we believe we cannot control or affect the societal, economic, and political structures around us. From climate change to nuclear war, white nationalism to the worship of wealth and conspicuous consumption—as the future becomes seemingly less secure, Americans turn away from the public sphere and find shelter in the private. Essig argues that when we do this, we allow romance to blind us to the real work that needs to be done—building global movements that inspire a change in government policies to address economic and social inequality.

Author : Brendan Gough
Publisher : Springer
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137510181

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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology by Brendan Gough Pdf

This handbook is the first to bring together the latest theory and research on critical approaches to social psychological challenges. Edited by a leading authority in the field, this volume further establishes critical social psychology as a discipline of study, distinct from mainstream social psychology. The handbook explains how critical approaches to social processes and phenomena are essential to fully understanding them, and covers the main research topics in basic and applied social psychology, including social cognition, identity and social relations, alongside overviews of the main theories and methodologies that underpin critical approaches. This volume features a range of leading authors working on key social psychological issues, and highlights a commitment to a social psychology which shuns psychologisation, reductionism and neutrality. It provides invaluable insight into many of the most pressing and distressing issues we face in modern society, including the migrant and refugee crises affecting Europe; the devaluing of black lives in the USA; and the poverty, ill-health, and poor mental well-being that has resulted from ever-increasing austerity efforts in the UK. Including sections on critical perspectives, critical methodologies, and critical applications, this volume also focuses on issues within social cognition, self and identity. This one-stop handbook is an indispensable resource for a range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of psychology and sociology, and particularly those with an interest in social identity, power relations, and critical interventions.

Author : Isabella Connor
Publisher : Choc Lit Limited
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781890066

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Beneath an Irish Sky by Isabella Connor Pdf

A “gripping” story of romance, mystery, and family secrets in contemporary Ireland (Bookbag). On the surface, Jack Stewart has everything—success, money, a fine house, and beautiful women at his beck and call. Then the past he’s tried so hard to forget returns, when a woman he hasn’t heard from in twenty years is killed in a car wreck in Ireland . . . Raised as an Irish Traveller, Luke Kiernan has never had it easy, and trouble has been his constant companion. So when he wakes from a car wreck in a Dublin hospital to learn his mother is dead, he is devastated. But when he learns the identity of the man waiting at his bedside, he is furious . . . These two men are at odds—but when two determined women enter their lives and push them toward reconciliation, they must decide whether love can heal old wounds, or if some scars are simply too deep to overcome.

Author : Kate Lace
Publisher : Random House
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446473184

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Gypsy Wedding by Kate Lace Pdf

Brought up in a caravan on a settled trailer park, Vicky could not be happier with her life. At 15 she is engaged to her childhood friend Liam, the handsomest man on the park. Not only that, but she can't help feeling she's got the balance of her life just right. She's doing well at school and if she works hard she might even fulfill her dream of becoming a dressmaker. But as she turns 17 the pressure is on for her and Liam to set a date for the wedding, and suddenly Vicky is not so sure. How can she give up her dreams and spend the rest of her life looking after Liam? Especially as her classmate Jordan seems a far more exciting prospect... What on earth is a girl to do? She loves Liam, but Jordan makes her feel things she's never felt before, and her best friend Kelly's life seems so much more fun than her own limited options. But can she really turn her back on her friends and family and survive in a hostile world? In the year running up to her wedding, Vicky is about to find out that life outside the traveller community is a lot more complicated than she'd thought...

Author : Gogglebox,Andrew Collins
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781509809561

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Gogglebook by Gogglebox,Andrew Collins Pdf

Channel 4's Gogglebox is one of the most loved shows on TV. Every week, more than 7 million of us tune in to watch the nation's favourite telly fanatics as they laugh and cry along with the TV. In doing so, we've fallen in love with being part of the Gogglebox family. Now in this official companion, Gogglebook, for the first time, we sit you on Britain's most famous sofas to find out what it's like to watch TV with all your favourite households. Have a cup of tea with Leon and June, drink from a pot noodle container with Sandra and Sandy, stroke the cats, pat the dogs and laugh along with Steph and Dom, the Moffatts, Jenny and Lee and all the fantastic Gogglebox gang. Remember all the year's big TV moments from all of your favourite shows, and for the first time get the Goggleboxers take on classic TV from the past - ever wanted to hear what Sandra and Sandy think about the moon landings, or Leon and June thought of Princess Diana's wedding dress? It's full of your favourite jokes, fascinating TV trivia and you'll even get the chance to play along at home with Gogglebox TV bingo (#goggleboxbingo) This definitive collection of the wit and wisdom of Gogglebox, covers Alan Carr to Z-Cars and everything in-between. Often funny, sometimes moving, but always surprising, this is the perfect way to enjoy TV the Gogglebox way.

Author : Kate McCabe
Publisher : Hachette Books Ireland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444726312

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The Man of Her Dreams: Can she build a future on what-might-have-beens? by Kate McCabe Pdf

Piper McKenzie is young, beautiful and rich - the darling of the Dublin social scene. Married to handsome music promoter Charlie White and successful in taking over the family hotel chain, she looks to have it all. But when Piper discovers that her marriage is not what she thought it was, she's forced to question everything she has held sacred. Then news comes that could have devastating consequences for the future of the family firm, concerning her wayward brother Jack and his self-interested wife Corinne.When Piper escapes to Spain with her young daughter to try to piece back together her world, her path once again crosses with Eduardo Delgado, a doctor she had a love affair with years earlier whilst on holidays. But can a girl create a future on what-might-have-beens? Or can a broken marriage be mended by second chances?

Author : Stuart Lenig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9798216054146

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The Bizarre World of Reality Television by Stuart Lenig Pdf

How do reality television programs shape our view of the world and what we perceive as real and normal? This book explores the bizarre and highly controversial world of reality television, including its early history, wide variety of subject matter, and social implications. In recent decades, reality television shows ranging from Keeping up with the Kardashians to Duck Dynasty have become increasingly popular. Why are these "unscripted" programs irresistible to millions of viewers? And what does the nearly universal success of reality shows say about American culture? This book covers more than 100 major and influential reality programs past and present, discussing the origins and past of reality programming, the contemporary social and economic conditions that led to the rise of reality shows, and the ways in which the most successful shows achieve popularity with both male and female demographics or appeal to specific, targeted niche audiences. The text addresses reality TV within five, easy-to-identify content categories: competition shows, relationship/love-interest shows, real people or alternative lifestyle and culture shows, transformation shows, and international programming. By examining modern reality television, a topic of great interest for a wide variety of readers, this book also discusses cultural and social norms in the United States, including materialism, unrealistic beauty ideals, gender roles and stereotypes in society, dynamics of personal relationships, teenage lifestyles and issues, and the branding of people for financial gain and wider viewership.

Author : Jim Nally
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781444729856

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Big Fat Gypsy Weddings by Jim Nally Pdf

BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS has been the most talked-about show on TV and delivered ratings almost as enormous as the frothy, bejewelled frocks its subjects wear. This book offers a window into the secret and surprising world of Gypsies and Travellers in Britain today. From spectacular first communions, strict courtings and jaw-dropping weddings, this book covers all the extraordinary rite-of-passage events in a Gypsy's life and offers an insight into their fascinating world. All the favourite characters from the show are there - from Thelma the miracle dressmaker to Paddy, the champion bare-knuckle boxer. Warm, engrossing and funny, BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDINGS lays bare an exotic unseen Britain that exists right on our doorstep.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781472906168

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Whitaker's Shorts: Five Years in Review by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Now in its 146th edition Whitaker's Almanack is the definitive reference guide containing a comprehensive overview of every aspect of UK infrastructure and an excellent introduction to world politics. Available only as ebooks, Whitaker's Shorts are selected themed sections from Whitaker's Almanack: portable and perfect for those with specific interests within the print edition. Whitaker's Shorts: Five Years in Review includes a digest of the year's events from 2008-9 to 2012-13 in the UK and abroad and articles covering subjects as diverse as Archaeology, Conservation, Business and Finance, Opera, Dance, Film and Weather. There is also an A-Z listing of all the results for the major sporting events from Alpine Skiing through to Fencing, Football, Horse Racing, Polo and Tennis.

Author : Colleen Coleman
Publisher : Bookouture
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786811462

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Don't Stop Me Now by Colleen Coleman Pdf

Author : Amy Lawrence
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781496838148

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Ghost Channels by Amy Lawrence Pdf

Through American history, often in times of crisis, there have been periodic outbreaks of obsession with the paranormal. Between 2004 and 2019, over six dozen documentary-style series dealing with paranormal subject matter premiered on television in the United States. Combining the stylistic traits of horror with earnest accounts of what are claimed to be actual events, “paranormal reality” incorporates subject matter formerly characterized as occult or supernatural into the established category of reality TV. Despite the high number of programs and their evident popularity, paranormal reality television has to date received little critical attention. Ghost Channels: Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America provides an overview of the paranormal reality television genre, its development, and its place in television history. Conducting in-depth analyses of over thirty paranormal television series, including such shows as Ghost Hunters, Celebrity Ghost Stories, and Long Island Medium, author Amy Lawrence suggests these programs reveal much about Americans’ contemporary fears. Through her close readings, Lawrence asks, “What are these shows trying to tell us?” and “What do they communicate about contemporary culture if we take them seriously and watch them closely?” Ridiculed by nearly everyone, paranormal reality TV shows—with their psychics, ghost hunters, and haunted houses—provide unique insights into contemporary American culture. Half-horror, half-documentary realism, these shows expose deep-seated questions about class, race, gender, the value of technology, the failure of institutions, and what it means to be American in the twenty-first century.