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Jet Man
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Author : Duncan Campbell-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-12-10
Jet Man written by Duncan Campbell-Smith and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of Frank Whittle – RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. 'Wonderful' David Edgerton, TLS 'A fascinating account' Aeroplane Monthly 'Casts new light on the intense, heroic character of Frank Whittle' Leo McKinstry '[A] thorough dissection of the evolution of the jet engine... I recommend this mighty tome unreservedly' Journal of Aeronautical History 'A long overdue corrective of an extraordinary man' James Hamilton-Paterson 'A fine, deeply researched book' Military History Monthly In 1938, a thirty-one-year-old RAF pilot and engineer named Frank Whittle – given special leave to pursue his own startlingly original concept of flight – presented the Air Ministry with a written proposal for a revolutionary jet-powered fighter aircraft. A ready response might have changed the course of history, but Whittle got no reply. In this gripping and insightful biography, Duncan Campbell-Smith charts Whittle's success at building a pre-war jet engine against all the odds – and tracks his desperate struggle to have it launched into active service against Hitler's Luftwaffe. It arrived too late – but nonetheless transformed the future of aviation.
The Astronaut
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Author : Dario Llinares
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2011-05-25
The Astronaut written by Dario Llinares and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-25 with Social Science categories.
The Astronaut: Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity interrogates the historical and cultural dynamics of one of the most revered icons of the 20th century. Analysing a diverse range of cultural representations the book postulates the construction of an intertextual mythology through which the astronaut becomes an embodiment of American ideological values and heroic manhood. The discursive processes at work in the range of media texts examined serve to embed the astronaut into the cultural imaginary as a largely coherent and uncontested exemplar of idealised masculinity. Using a range of interdisciplinary analytical tools the book examines how the social construction of this masculine ideal iterates and naturalises gender hegemony. The book situates the astronaut within the context of a modern/postmodern theoretical framework linking shifts in gender perspectives to the contradictory narratives and characterisations that inform the mediation of the astronaut. In so doing, the book argues for a re-evaluation of the, often oversimplified, use of the term hegemonic masculinity as an anchoring point for the critique of masculinity. The strength of this work is its interdisciplinary diversity and its interconnection of a range of themes including gender, representation, history, ideology, the postmodern and the media. Drawing upon contemporary theoretical debates while redeploying seminal theoretical texts the book offers new cultural interrogations of a highly familiar historical subject.
Marshall Mcluhan Renaissance For A Wired World
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Author : Gary Genosko
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2005
Marshall Mcluhan Renaissance For A Wired World written by Gary Genosko and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Cybernetics categories.
This collection contains key critical essays and assessments of the writings of Canadian communications thinker Marshall McLuhan selected from the voluminous output of the past forty years. McLuhan's famous aphorisms and uncanny ability to sense megatrends are once again in circulation across and beyond the disciplines. Since his untimely death in 1980, McLuhan's ideas have been rediscovered and redeployed with urgency in the age of information and cybernation.Together the three volumes organise and present some forty years of indispensable critical works for readers and researchers of the McLuhan legacy. The set includes critical introductions to each section by the editor.Forthcoming titles in this series include Walter Benjamin (0-415-32533-1) December 2004, 3 vols, Theodor Adorno (0-415-30464-4) April 2005, 4 vols and Jean-Francois Lyotard (0-415-33819-0) 2005, 3 vols.
The Bloomsbury Reader In The Study Of Religion And Popular Culture
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Author : Lisle W. Dalton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-12-16
The Bloomsbury Reader In The Study Of Religion And Popular Culture written by Lisle W. Dalton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-16 with Religion categories.
This is the first anthology to trace broader themes of religion and popular culture across time and theoretical methods. It provides key readings, encouraging a broader methodological and historical understanding. With a combined experience of over 30 years dedicated to teaching undergraduates, Lisle W. Dalton, Eric Michael Mazur, and Richard J. Callahan, Jr. have ensured that the pedagogical features and structure of the volume are valuable to both students and their professors. Features include: - A number of units based on common semester syllabi - A blend of materials focused on method with materials focused on subject - An introduction to the texts for each unit - Questions designed to encourage and enhance post-reading reflection and classroom discussion - A glossary of terms from the unit's readings, as well as suggestions for further reading and investigation. The Reader is suitable as the foundational textbook for any undergraduate course on religion and popular culture, as well as theory in the study of religion.
Black And Blue
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Author : Carol Mavor
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2012-09-25
Black And Blue written by Carol Mavor and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Art categories.
Audacious and genre-defying, Black and Blue is steeped in melancholy, in the feeling of being blue, or, rather, black and blue, with all the literality of bruised flesh. Roland Barthes and Marcel Proust are inspirations for and subjects of Carol Mavor's exquisite, image-filled rumination on efforts to capture fleeting moments and to comprehend the incomprehensible. At the book's heart are one book and three films—Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Chris Marker's La Jetée and Sans soleil, and Marguerite Duras's and Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour—postwar French works that register disturbing truths about loss and regret, and violence and history, through aesthetic refinement. Personal recollections punctuate Mavor's dazzling interpretations of these and many other works of art and criticism. Childhood memories become Proust's "small-scale contrivances," tiny sensations that open onto panoramas. Mavor's mother lost her memory to Alzheimer's, and Black and Blue is framed by the author's memories of her mother and effort to understand what it means to not be recognized by one to whom you were once so known.
Meeting The Jet Man
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Author : David Knowles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Meeting The Jet Man written by David Knowles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Poetry categories.
This poetry comes direct from the cockpit of a modern fighter-bomber. It brings the sparse literature of aerial warfare bang up-to-date, aiming neither to glorify nor to apologise. Knowles' dogged pursuit of himself in the guise of the Jet Man takes us into the aircraft with him, moving us beyond the CNN video-clips of surgical strikes and collateral damage. A twenty-first century reprise of High Flight or The Battle of Britain this is not. Meeting the Jet Man is about a young pilot growing up in thrall to these aviation icons - and following that vision into the heart of the high-tech killing machine that is modern warfare.
Identity And African American Men
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Author : Kenneth Maurice Tyler
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2014-07-16
Identity And African American Men written by Kenneth Maurice Tyler and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-16 with Social Science categories.
Kenneth Maurice Tyler identifies and describes the multiple identity components of young African American men using theoretical and empirical literatures from education and the social sciences. Identity and African American Men: Exploring the Content of Our Characterization provides a comprehensive, research-based account of the ideologies and mindsets of many young African American men. The book critically discusses eight identity components that young African American men begin to negotiate during their adolescent years. These identity components include gender, sexual, racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, athletic, and academic identity. Identity and African American Men makes a unique contribution to the literature by offering a conceptual framework that identifies the multiple identity components possessed by young African American men. Such a framework expands the conversation about African American men and their behaviors by broadening the understanding of who these individuals are, the identities they possess, and how their identity-based attitudes and orientations may influence the behaviors exhibited by them.
Jet Age Aesthetic
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Author : Vanessa R. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-21
Jet Age Aesthetic written by Vanessa R. Schwartz and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-21 with Design categories.
A stunning look at the profound impact of the jet plane on the mid-century aesthetic, from Disneyland to Life magazine Vanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents the jet plane’s power to define a new age at a critical moment in the mid-20th century, arguing that the craft’s speed and smooth ride allowed people to imagine themselves living in the future. Exploring realms as diverse as airport architecture, theme park design, film, and photography, Schwartz argues that the jet created an aesthetic that circulated on the ground below. Visual and media culture, including Eero Saarinen’s airports, David Bailey’s photographs of the jet set, and Ernst Haas’s experiments in color photojournalism glamorized the imagery of motion. Drawing on unprecedented access to the archives of The Walt Disney Studios, Schwartz also examines the period’s most successful example of fluid motion meeting media culture: Disneyland. The park’s dedication to “people-moving” defined Walt Disney’s vision, shaping the very identity of the place. The jet age aesthetic laid the groundwork for our contemporary media culture, in which motion is so fluid that we can surf the internet while going nowhere at all.
Alphabetical Index Of Occupations And Industries
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Alphabetical Index Of Occupations And Industries written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Occupations categories.
Census Of Population 1960 Alphabetical Index Of Occupations And Industries Rev Ed 1960
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Census Of Population 1960 Alphabetical Index Of Occupations And Industries Rev Ed 1960 written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with categories.