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Public Spectacle
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Author : WR Maxwell
language : en
Publisher: Pink Flamingo Media
Release Date : 2021-12-03
Public Spectacle written by WR Maxwell and has been published by Pink Flamingo Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-03 with Fiction categories.
Planet xz345 delta was founded in 2103 as a penal colony for the galaxy’s antisocial criminals. Most prisoners are male, and while their sentences are limited, there is no way off the planet when they are released. By 2230, the non-prison population is nearly 2,000,000, 86% male. Females are highly prized, and jealously protected by their husbands. But with so many men, the crime of rape is common. Thus in order to satisfy the male libido and maintain order, prostitution is legalized and bordellos are licensed with a small number of off-world whores. A single female can satisfy the sexual desires of a dozen or more men each day. The sex workers are protected from abuse, clients are protected from diseases, and the whole industry is taxed to generate revenue. While sex between unmarried people is not a crime, sex outside of marriage, with a partner who is not a whore is strictly forbidden. Although stiff fines are imposed for offenders, it does little to curb unlawful sex.
Public Spectacles In Roman And Late Antique Palestine
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Author : Zeev Weiss
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-24
Public Spectacles In Roman And Late Antique Palestine written by Zeev Weiss and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-24 with Architecture categories.
Wishing to ingratiate himself with Rome, Herod the Great built theaters, amphitheaters, and hippodromes to bring pagan entertainments of all sorts to Palestine. Zeev Weiss explores how the indigenous Jewish and Christian populations responded, as both spectators and performers, to these cultural imports, which left a lasting imprint on the region.
Castaways Of The Image Planet
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Author : Geoffrey O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Release Date : 2002
Castaways Of The Image Planet written by Geoffrey O'Brien and has been published by Counterpoint Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art categories.
The cultural critic presents sixteen years' worth of film criticism and writings on popular culture, covering such topics as Seinfeld, 1930s screwball comedies, Hong Kong martial-arts movies, and sexploitation pictures.
Public Spectacles
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Author : Stephen M. Silverman
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Release Date : 1981
Public Spectacles written by Stephen M. Silverman and has been published by Dutton Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Performing Arts categories.
An entertainment reporter for the New York Post, Silverman blends the sublime with the ridiculous in an anecdotal account of his close encounters with such celebrities as Woody Allen, Robert Redford, Bette Midler, and Jane Fonda
Mobs Messiahs And Markets
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Author : William Bonner
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-12-28
Mobs Messiahs And Markets written by William Bonner and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-28 with Business & Economics categories.
An insightful look at how to succeed by going against the crowd Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner-a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public-is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity. From the witch-hunts of the early modern world to the war on terror, from dot-com mania to the real estate bubble, people have always been caught up in frauds, conceits, and wild guesses-often with devastating results. In Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets, Bonner and coauthor Lila Rajiva show groupthink at work in an improbable array of instances throughout history and reveal why swimming against the current pays. Shares the deeper secrets of investing and pushes you to question what this means for your financial well-being Explains why people so often abandon good sense and good behavior to "follow the crowd" Offers concrete advice on how you can avoid the "public spectacle" of modern finance The authors' cautionary tale of bubble economies reveals how the gush of credit let loose by Alan Greenspan has wreaked havoc on our lives-but their thoughtful and always entertaining approach also offers some sound investing principles for avoiding the pitfalls of the public spectacle, thinking for yourself, and protecting your money, your sanity, and your soul.
Public Spectacles Of Violence
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Author : Rielle Navitski
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2017-05-18
Public Spectacles Of Violence written by Rielle Navitski 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 2017-05-18 with Performing Arts categories.
In Public Spectacles of Violence Rielle Navitski examines the proliferation of cinematic and photographic images of criminality, bodily injury, and technological catastrophe in early twentieth-century Mexico and Brazil, which were among Latin America’s most industrialized nations and later developed two of the region’s largest film industries. Navitski analyzes a wide range of sensational cultural forms, from nonfiction films and serial cinema to illustrated police reportage, serial literature, and fan magazines, demonstrating how media spectacles of violence helped audiences make sense of the political instability, high crime rates, and social inequality that came with modernization. In both nations, sensational cinema and journalism—influenced by imported films—forged a common public sphere that reached across the racial, class, and geographic divides accentuated by economic growth and urbanization. Highlighting the human costs of modernization, these media constructed everyday experience as decidedly modern, in that it was marked by the same social ills facing industrialized countries. The legacy of sensational early twentieth-century visual culture remains felt in Mexico and Brazil today, where public displays of violence by the military, police, and organized crime are hypervisible.
The Spectacle Of Intimacy
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Author : Karen Chase
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-08-15
The Spectacle Of Intimacy written by Karen Chase and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. But the Victorians attached unprecedented importance to domesticity, romanticizing the family in every medium from novels to government reports, to the point where actual families felt anxious and the public developed a fierce appetite for scandal. Here Karen Chase and Michael Levenson explore how intimacy became a spectacle and how this paradox energized Victorian culture between 1835 and 1865. They tell a story of a society continually perfecting the forms of private pleasure and yet forever finding its secrets exposed to view. The friction between the two conditions sparks insightful discussions of authority and sentiment, empire and middle-class politics. The book recovers neglected episodes of this mid-century drama: the adultery trial of Caroline Norton and the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne; the Bedchamber Crisis of the young Queen Victoria; the Bloomer craze of the 1850s; and Robert Kerr's influential treatise, celebrating the ideal of the English Gentleman's House. The literary representation of household life--in Dickens, Tennyson, Ellis, and Oliphant, among others--is placed in relation to such public spectacles as the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill of 1848, the controversy over divorce in the years 1854-1857, and the triumphant return of Florence Nightingale from the Crimea. These colorful incidents create a telling new portrait of Victorian family life, one that demands a fundamental rethinking of the relation between public and private spheres.
Execution Culture In Nineteenth Century Britain
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Author : Helen Rutherford
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020
Execution Culture In Nineteenth Century Britain written by Helen Rutherford and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
"This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison wall. By examining a period of dramatic change in punishment practice, this collection of essays provides a fresh historical perspective on nineteenth century execution culture, with a focus on Scotland, Wales and the regions of England. Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual has two parts. Part 1 addresses the criminal body and the witnessing of executions in the nineteenth century, including studies of the execution crowd and executioners' memoirs, as well as reflections on the experience of narratives around capital punishment in museums in the present day. Part 2 explores the treatment of the execution experience in the print media, from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The collection draws together contributions from the fields of Heritage and Museum Studies; History; Law; Legal History and Literary Studies, to shed new light upon execution culture in nineteenth century Britain. The volume will be of interest to students and academics, in the fields of criminology; heritage and museum studies; history; law; legal history; medical humanities, and socio-legal studies"--
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.
The Logic Of Representation In The Public Spectacles Of Early Modern Florence
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Author : Louis Gerdelan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Logic Of Representation In The Public Spectacles Of Early Modern Florence written by Louis Gerdelan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Florence (Italy) categories.
Florentine public spectacles offer a unique entry-point into early modern culture. However, dealing with their bewildering array of symbols requires a careful methodological approach. Rather than attempting to 'decode' these signs in an effort to unravel meanings, I argue that historians should attempt to better understand the logic of representation which underlay their creation. An examination of the intellectual and cultural contexts surrounding allegory, and an awareness of its spiritual associations, gives us an idea of the ethical dimensions faced by spectacle designers and writers, and allows us to make some conclusions about the moral function of festival texts. Such an investigation also gives us an insight into the importance of enigma and opacity to spectacle representations, and the role played by aesthetic pleasure in moral guidance. Contemporary attitudes to rhetoric and love, particularly through the influence of Renaissance Neoplatonism, placed a series of fundamental antagonisms at the heart of representational culture. Spectacle writers and organisers adopted creative strategies in response to these conflicts. We can trace their decisions through a range of primary texts - including printed festival books, diaries, the state ceremonial handbook and Vasari's biographies and letters. Ultimately, making use of the spatial, physical and metaphorical transformations within festive events, Florentines were able to orient the symbolic power of the spectacle towards the care and salvation of the soul.