A Necessary Spectacle
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A Necessary Spectacle
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Author : Selena Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2005
A Necessary Spectacle written by Selena Roberts and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Billie Jean King didn’t want to play Bobby Riggs. He baited and begged her for months while she ignored his catcalls and challenges. But after Margaret Court’s ignominious defeat in the so-called Mother’s Day Massacre, Billie knew what she had to do despite the personal and professional risks: take on the self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig and slay the myths about women and weakness. And so it was that King’s acquiescence led to the Battle of the Sexes, one of the most wildly surreal moments of the decadent 1970s. The worldwide event, showcasing three sets of tennis in a raucous Houston Astrodome, forever changed the social landscape for women. In A Necessary Spectacle, Selena Roberts, one of the country’s finest sportswriters and the only female sports columnist in the New York Times’ history, has created a masterful and entertaining journey through the 1970s and beyond, capturing the color and passion, tackiness and anger, prejudice and progress of an American culture in transition. At the heart of the story lies the intersection of two complex characters: Billie Jean King, the daughter of a homemaker and a firefighter who grew up in the Norman Rockwell tradition of the 1950s; and Bobby Riggs, the gambling son of a fundamentalist minister who won everlasting fame as a card-carrying sexist—not because he believed women to be inferior, but because he craved attention. Roberts enjoyed unprecedented access to the characters in this story, including numerous in-depth interviews with Billie Jean King and her former husband, Larry, as well as the friends and family of Bobby Riggs, who died in 1995. Essential details and insights also were provided through hours of conversation with key figures in the women’s rights movement and Title IX fight, including Gloria Steinem and Donna de Varona, and with tennis legends of the 1970s, such as Chris Evert, Margaret Court, Rosie Casals, and others. This book reveals the outsize personalities of Billie and Bobby; the intensity and intricacy of the Kings’ longtime marria≥ the simmering social revolution that pitted chauvinists against feminists and tennis players against each other; and a wrenching coming-out story recounted in intimate detail by Billie Jean King for the first time. By the end of the book, Roberts has traced the cultural continuum of Billie and Bobby’s night at the Astrodome. She relates its significance to the day Richard Williams began hitting bald tennis balls to his pigtailed daughters, Venus and Serena; to the glorious afternoon when more than 90,000 fans watched as the U.S. women’s soccer team won the 1999 World ∪ and, ultimately, to the present day’s second-generation battle to keep Title IX alive. The book’s poignant last scene between Billie and Bobby serves to remind us how much of an effect that 1973 match—and the passion it fueled for change—continues to have on American society, showing how necessary it was, and how necessary it remains. 1973. The Battle of the Sexes. It was the match that changed everything. In this riveting book by New York Times sports columnist Selena Roberts, the whole spectacle returns, larger than life and more important than ever. This story reaches beyond two outsize and utterly fascinating personalities who emerged during a simmering social revolution that pitted chauvinists against feminists. It also chronicles the complex, longtime marriage of Billie Jean and Larry King; the cavalcade of issues that rocked the 1970s, from equal pay to abortion rights; and a wrenching coming-out story recounted in intimate detail by Billie Jean King for the first time.
Society Of The Spectacle
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Author : Guy Debord
language : en
Publisher: Bread and Circuses Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Society Of The Spectacle written by Guy Debord and has been published by Bread and Circuses Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Political Science categories.
The Das Kapital of the 20th century,Society of the Spectacle is an essential text, and the main theoretical work of the Situationists. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960's, in particular the May 1968 uprisings in France, up to the present day, with global capitalism seemingly staggering around in it’s Zombie end-phase, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late 20th century. This ‘Red and Black’ translation from 1977 is Introduced by Notting Hill armchair insurrectionary Tom Vague with a galloping time line and pop-situ verve, and given a more analytical over view by young upstart thinker Sam Cooper.
Rethinking The Spectacle
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Author : Devin Penner
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2019-06-15
Rethinking The Spectacle written by Devin Penner and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-15 with Political Science categories.
Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed agency. Rethinking the Spectacle re-examines the tension between spectacle and political agency using the ideas and practices of Guy Debord and the Situationist International as a point of departure. Drawing on radical democratic theory and examining case studies such as the 2011 Occupy movement, Devin Penner concludes that spectacle can and should be used to mobilize the public for egalitarian purposes.
Myths And Milestones In The History Of Sport
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Author : S. Wagg
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-11-29
Myths And Milestones In The History Of Sport written by S. Wagg and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-29 with History categories.
The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.
Observations On The Preservation Of Sight And Hints To Spectacle Wearers Etc
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Author : Alexander ALEXANDER (Optician.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1837
Observations On The Preservation Of Sight And Hints To Spectacle Wearers Etc written by Alexander ALEXANDER (Optician.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1837 with categories.
The Theory Of Ocular Defects And Of Spectacles
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Author : Hermann Scheffler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
The Theory Of Ocular Defects And Of Spectacles written by Hermann Scheffler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with Eye categories.
The Geopolitics Of Spectacle
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Author : Natalie Koch
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-15
The Geopolitics Of Spectacle written by Natalie Koch and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-15 with History categories.
"Develops a geographic approach to the politics of spectacle and its unspectacular Others through examining recent spectacular capital city development projects in seven authoritarian, resource-rich states of Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Asia"--
The Theory Of Ocular Defects And Of Spectacles Translated From The German By R B Carter With Prefatory Notes And A Chapter Of Practical Instructions
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Author : Hermann SCHEFFLER (Dr. Phil.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869
The Theory Of Ocular Defects And Of Spectacles Translated From The German By R B Carter With Prefatory Notes And A Chapter Of Practical Instructions written by Hermann SCHEFFLER (Dr. Phil.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with categories.
Sensational
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Author : Jodie Lynn Zdrok
language : en
Publisher: Tor Teen
Release Date : 2020-02-11
Sensational written by Jodie Lynn Zdrok and has been published by Tor Teen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-11 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Eighteen-year-old Nathalie Baudin, ever-curious reporter at the Paris morgue, is no stranger to death—even discounting the supernatural visions that give her disturbing glimpses into the minds of killers. Paris, 1889. When the Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, Nathalie welcomes a much-needed break from the heartache of her friend's murder. The fair is full of sensational innovations, cultural displays, and marvelous inventions from around the world. But someone is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the guillotine with a gruesome display of their own: beheaded victims in some of the Exposition’s most popular exhibits. Haunted by the past and burdened with new secrets, Nathalie struggles to use her wits and her gift. Yet she and her friends must stop the killer before the macabre display features one of them... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A Handbook On Practical Approach To Troubleshooting And Solution In Spectacle Dispensing
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Author : Lavanya Kalikivayi, Venkataramana Kalikivayi
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2019-06-17
A Handbook On Practical Approach To Troubleshooting And Solution In Spectacle Dispensing written by Lavanya Kalikivayi, Venkataramana Kalikivayi and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-17 with Medical categories.
For practicing Optometrists and the Opticians, this book, A Handbook on Practical Approach to Troubleshooting and Solution in Spectacle Dispensing, will be helpful in day to day dispensing aspects from selecting the appropriate frame and lenses to the importance of taking proper measurements, the complaints that arise from the patients in failing to do so and how to scientifically rectify the same is written in detail in this book. For Optometry students, this book will be a very comprehensive tool in identifying the various problems that can arise due to dispensing spectacles, and the solution to those problems. Key features: • In-depth analysis of various complaints that can arise after dispensing a pair of spectacles. • The methodical and scientific approach in dealing with those complaints. • Easy to understand even for an inexperienced Optometrist or Optician.