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Traumatic possessions the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance / by Griffiths, Jennifer L., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…"The quick gasp of sympathy": trauma and interracial witnessing in Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose -- Betrayal trauma and the test of complicity in Suzan-Lori Parks's Venus -- Between women: trauma, witnessing, and the legacy of interracial rape in Robbie Mccauley's Sally's rape -- Uncanny spaces: trauma, cultural memory, and female body in Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- "I have never seen a movie like that": traumatic memory and the "acceleration of history" in Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.…”
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Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939 : a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film / by Fanning, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The death ray in fiction and popular culture -- Early death-ray novels and short stories -- Death-ray novels and short stories of the interwar years -- Death rays in other media: movies, theater, pulps, radio and humor -- Conclusion.…”
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Traumatic possessions the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance / by Griffiths, Jennifer L., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…"The quick gasp of sympathy": trauma and interracial witnessing in Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose -- Betrayal trauma and the test of complicity in Suzan-Lori Parks's Venus -- Between women: trauma, witnessing, and the legacy of interracial rape in Robbie Mccauley's Sally's rape -- Uncanny spaces: trauma, cultural memory, and female body in Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- "I have never seen a movie like that": traumatic memory and the "acceleration of history" in Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.…”
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Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939 : a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film / by Fanning, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The death ray in fiction and popular culture -- Early death-ray novels and short stories -- Death-ray novels and short stories of the interwar years -- Death rays in other media: movies, theater, pulps, radio and humor -- Conclusion.…”
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Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / by Welling, David, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…-- Will Horwitz, philanthropist -- The neighborhood theatre, 1934-1949 -- Hoblitzelle's interstate -- Jim Crow and the ethnic theatre -- The fifties : the incredible 3-d wide-screen technicolor stereophonic-sound ballyhoo parade -- The drive-in : a view from the car seat -- The sixties : the times, they are a-changin' -- The x-houses -- From multicinema to multiplex : safety in numbers -- Let them eat candy : the concession stand -- Beyond the fringe : midnight movies and the alternative cinema -- Rediscovery in the age of the megaplex -- Perspectives : an afterword -- Notes.…”
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When boys become parents adolescent fatherhood in America / by Kiselica, Mark S.

Table of Contents: “…The looming crisis America must confront -- The sexual worlds of American teenagers from different eras and its impact on boys who become fathers -- The characteristics and parenting behaviors of adolescent fathers : stereotypical versus accurate portraits -- The service needs of adolescent fathers : addressing hardships and societal neglect -- Helping teenage fathers : the process of engaging young fathers and assisting them with the transition to parenthood -- Model programs and useful resources : comprehensive service projects, organizations, web sites, movies, and young-adult books pertaining to teenage fathers -- Policy considerations : what America must do to prevent early fatherhood and help teenage boys who are fathers.…”
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My future is in America autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish immigrants /

Table of Contents: “…/ Minnie Goldstein -- Why I came to America / Ben Reisman -- "I have nothing to complain about" / Shmuel Krone -- Why I left my old home and what I have accomplished in America / Aaron Domnitz -- What drove me to America and my experiences in Europe and America / Rose Schoenfeld -- "My future is in America" / Rose Silverman -- The movies pale in comparison / Bertha Fox -- Why I left the old country and what I have accomplished in America / -- Chaim Kusnetz -- I haven't lost anything by coming to America / Minnie Kusnetz.…”
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The Blackwell guide to aesthetics

Table of Contents: “…Thomasson -- Evaluating art / Alan Goldman -- Interpretation in aesthetics / Laurent Stern -- Art and the moral realm / Noël Carroll -- Beauty and the critic's judgment : remapping aesthetics / Mary Mothersill -- The philosophy of taste : thoughts on the idea / Ted Cohen -- The emotions in art / Jenefer Robinson -- The philosophy of literature : pleasure restored / Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen -- The philosophy of the visual arts : perceiving paintings / Joseph Margolis -- The philosophy of the movies : cinematic narration / Berys Gaut -- The philosophy of music : formalism and beyond / Philip Alperson -- The philosophy of dance : bodies in motion, bodies at rest / Francis Sparshott -- Tragedy / Susan Feagin -- The aesthetics of nature and the environment / Donald W. …”
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Cinema Houston from Nickelodeon to Megaplex / by Welling, David, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…-- Will Horwitz, philanthropist -- The neighborhood theatre, 1934-1949 -- Hoblitzelle's interstate -- Jim Crow and the ethnic theatre -- The fifties : the incredible 3-d wide-screen technicolor stereophonic-sound ballyhoo parade -- The drive-in : a view from the car seat -- The sixties : the times, they are a-changin' -- The x-houses -- From multicinema to multiplex : safety in numbers -- Let them eat candy : the concession stand -- Beyond the fringe : midnight movies and the alternative cinema -- Rediscovery in the age of the megaplex -- Perspectives : an afterword -- Notes.…”
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When boys become parents adolescent fatherhood in America / by Kiselica, Mark S.

Table of Contents: “…The looming crisis America must confront -- The sexual worlds of American teenagers from different eras and its impact on boys who become fathers -- The characteristics and parenting behaviors of adolescent fathers : stereotypical versus accurate portraits -- The service needs of adolescent fathers : addressing hardships and societal neglect -- Helping teenage fathers : the process of engaging young fathers and assisting them with the transition to parenthood -- Model programs and useful resources : comprehensive service projects, organizations, web sites, movies, and young-adult books pertaining to teenage fathers -- Policy considerations : what America must do to prevent early fatherhood and help teenage boys who are fathers.…”
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My future is in America autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish immigrants /

Table of Contents: “…/ Minnie Goldstein -- Why I came to America / Ben Reisman -- "I have nothing to complain about" / Shmuel Krone -- Why I left my old home and what I have accomplished in America / Aaron Domnitz -- What drove me to America and my experiences in Europe and America / Rose Schoenfeld -- "My future is in America" / Rose Silverman -- The movies pale in comparison / Bertha Fox -- Why I left the old country and what I have accomplished in America / -- Chaim Kusnetz -- I haven't lost anything by coming to America / Minnie Kusnetz.…”
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The Blackwell guide to aesthetics

Table of Contents: “…Thomasson -- Evaluating art / Alan Goldman -- Interpretation in aesthetics / Laurent Stern -- Art and the moral realm / Noël Carroll -- Beauty and the critic's judgment : remapping aesthetics / Mary Mothersill -- The philosophy of taste : thoughts on the idea / Ted Cohen -- The emotions in art / Jenefer Robinson -- The philosophy of literature : pleasure restored / Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen -- The philosophy of the visual arts : perceiving paintings / Joseph Margolis -- The philosophy of the movies : cinematic narration / Berys Gaut -- The philosophy of music : formalism and beyond / Philip Alperson -- The philosophy of dance : bodies in motion, bodies at rest / Francis Sparshott -- Tragedy / Susan Feagin -- The aesthetics of nature and the environment / Donald W. …”
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The librarian's book of lists

Table of Contents: “…Dewey" used to say -- The Seattle book examiner's top 20 things librarians in public libraries wish patrons knew or did -- The Swiss Army librarian's top 10 pet peeves about patrons -- 10 commandments for borrowers of books -- 6 birds that make library-related sounds -- Larry Nix's top 10 libraries on postage stamps -- 15 favorite library postcards -- Top 10 library blogs -- Top 16 book blogs -- Top 60 subject blogs and news sources -- Norman Stevens's 10 best children's picture books that feature libraries and librarians -- 10 librarians in adult fiction -- 25 offbeat book titles -- Martha Spear's top 10 reasons to be a librarian -- Scott Douglas's 10 reasons to be (and not to be) a librarian -- Top 10 ways to make sure potential applicants for your library job are turned off by your ad -- 10 recruitment vows for librarians -- Roy Tennant's top 10 things library administrators should know about technology -- Leigh Anne Vrabel's 10 things to do when you are a library director -- Jenny Levine's mindset list for library school students -- Sean Fitzpatrick's 7 cool tools that librarians should know about -- Key dates in American library history -- 5 movies with the worst librarian stereotypes -- 5 movies with librarian role models -- 3 TV shows with librarians -- 12 librarians who came back to haunt -- Top 15 books about real librarians -- 12 librarians who were poets -- 14 ways public libraries are good for the country -- Ranganathan's 5 laws of library science (updated) -- Michael Gorman's revised laws of library science -- John Cotton Dana's 12 rules for reading -- Top 25 largest libraries in North America -- Ten unusual rare-book genres -- 10 book curses -- 10 intriguing paper defects -- Stephen Leary's top 10 ways to exit a library -- Booklist editors' best American fiction, 1980-2005 -- Top 10 challenged books, 1990-2000 -- Other challenged books, 2001-2009 -- Top 12 silly reasons to ban a book -- 10 most popular ALA celebrity READ posters -- What to do when the media calls -- How to say "where is the library?" …”
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The librarian's book of lists

Table of Contents: “…Dewey" used to say -- The Seattle book examiner's top 20 things librarians in public libraries wish patrons knew or did -- The Swiss Army librarian's top 10 pet peeves about patrons -- 10 commandments for borrowers of books -- 6 birds that make library-related sounds -- Larry Nix's top 10 libraries on postage stamps -- 15 favorite library postcards -- Top 10 library blogs -- Top 16 book blogs -- Top 60 subject blogs and news sources -- Norman Stevens's 10 best children's picture books that feature libraries and librarians -- 10 librarians in adult fiction -- 25 offbeat book titles -- Martha Spear's top 10 reasons to be a librarian -- Scott Douglas's 10 reasons to be (and not to be) a librarian -- Top 10 ways to make sure potential applicants for your library job are turned off by your ad -- 10 recruitment vows for librarians -- Roy Tennant's top 10 things library administrators should know about technology -- Leigh Anne Vrabel's 10 things to do when you are a library director -- Jenny Levine's mindset list for library school students -- Sean Fitzpatrick's 7 cool tools that librarians should know about -- Key dates in American library history -- 5 movies with the worst librarian stereotypes -- 5 movies with librarian role models -- 3 TV shows with librarians -- 12 librarians who came back to haunt -- Top 15 books about real librarians -- 12 librarians who were poets -- 14 ways public libraries are good for the country -- Ranganathan's 5 laws of library science (updated) -- Michael Gorman's revised laws of library science -- John Cotton Dana's 12 rules for reading -- Top 25 largest libraries in North America -- Ten unusual rare-book genres -- 10 book curses -- 10 intriguing paper defects -- Stephen Leary's top 10 ways to exit a library -- Booklist editors' best American fiction, 1980-2005 -- Top 10 challenged books, 1990-2000 -- Other challenged books, 2001-2009 -- Top 12 silly reasons to ban a book -- 10 most popular ALA celebrity READ posters -- What to do when the media calls -- How to say "where is the library?" …”
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Screens by Chateau, Dominique, Moure, Jose

Table of Contents: “…/ Raymond Bellour -- Gulliver goes to the movies : screen size, scale, and experiential impact : a dialogue / Martine Beugnet and Annie van den Oever -- The skin and the screen : a dialogue / Laura U. …”
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Screens by Chateau, Dominique, Moure, Jose

Table of Contents: “…/ Raymond Bellour -- Gulliver goes to the movies : screen size, scale, and experiential impact : a dialogue / Martine Beugnet and Annie van den Oever -- The skin and the screen : a dialogue / Laura U. …”
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Taking on the big boys, or, Why feminism is good for families, business, and the nation by Bravo, Ellen

Table of Contents: “…: sexual harassment -- Nine to five : not just a movie--the right to organize -- Working other than nine to five : part-time and temporary jobs -- What this nation really thinks of motherhood : welfare reform -- Revaluing women's work outside of work -- How you can help get there.…”
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Taking on the big boys, or, Why feminism is good for families, business, and the nation by Bravo, Ellen

Table of Contents: “…: sexual harassment -- Nine to five : not just a movie--the right to organize -- Working other than nine to five : part-time and temporary jobs -- What this nation really thinks of motherhood : welfare reform -- Revaluing women's work outside of work -- How you can help get there.…”
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Thomas Dixon, Jr. and the birth of modern America

Table of Contents: “…Gaines -- The cinematic representation of race in The birth of a nation: a Black horror film / Charlene Regester -- Do movies have rights? / Louis Menand -- Epilogue: the enduring worlds of Thomas Dixon / William A. …”
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The politically incorrect guide to the sixties by Leaf, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…-- Rock 'n' roll : soundtrack to the sixties? -- Movies and TV : not great, but not yet decadent -- Mods, minis, wide ties, and Brooks Brothers : the best of sixties fashion -- To the moon, but at what price? …”
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