From Mouse to Mermaid, an interdisciplinary collection of original essays, is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of Disney cinema. Addressing children's classics as well as the Disney affiliates' more recent attempts to capture adult audiences, the contributors respond to the Disney film legacy from feminist, marxist, poststructuralist, and cultural studies perspectives. The volume contemplates Disney's duality as an American icon and as an industry of cultural production, created in and through fifty years of filmmaking. The contributors treat a range of topics at issue in...
From Mouse to Mermaid, an interdisciplinary collection of original essays, is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of Disney cinema. Address...
This work analyzes the image Europe presented to Japan, deliberately or otherwise, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century. It covers developments in Japanese culture and civilization during 300 years of interaction between Japanese and Europeans, including Dutch merchants, Spanish Catholic missionaries, and German and Portuguese Jesuits. The author examines not only Europeans' influence on Japan but also the unique Japanese interpretation of European culture. This perspective offers a prism through which Europe may be viewed and frequently sheds light on facets of European...
This work analyzes the image Europe presented to Japan, deliberately or otherwise, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 18th century. It covers...
Theories of Performance invites students to explore the possibilities of performance for creating, knowing, and staking claims to the world. Each chapter surveys, explains, and illustrates classic, modern, and postmodern theories that answer the questions, "What is performance?" "Why do people perform?" and "How does performance constitute our social and political worlds?" The chapters feature performance as the entry point for understanding texts, drama, culture, social roles, identity, resistance, and technologies.
Theories of Performance invites students to explore the possibilities of performance for creating, knowing, and staking claims to the world. Each chap...
Theories of Performance invites students to explore the possibilities of performance for creating, knowing, and staking claims to the world. Each chapter surveys, explains, and illustrates classic, modern, and postmodern theories that answer the qu
Theories of Performance invites students to explore the possibilities of performance for creating, knowing, and staking claims to the world. Ea...
In a unique approach this book links policy theory and research with the expertise of service providers and users to explore the major debates concerning the provision of mental health services. Many of these dilemmas revolve around questions of who makes the choices and who has control. The book examines the power and demands of the disparate groups involved in the provision and use of services before considering the different practice options and their implicit values and goals. This book will inform critical debate among all those involved in the mental health enterprise and challenge...
In a unique approach this book links policy theory and research with the expertise of service providers and users to explore the major debates concern...
Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People contains 60 quick and easy meals you can make in a rice cooker, most in 30 minutes or less. Enjoy delicious, multicultural recipes that are less expensive and healthier than fast food. Includes Mexican, Italian, Tex-Mex and Cajun recipes And one-pot cooking means less mess to clean up You'll see how easy it is to cook jambalayas, seafood dishes, pastas, "casseroles," soups, rice side dishes, and various vegetable recipes including potatoes, cabbage, and sweet potatoes. "IN A RICE COOKER?" Yes, they're all cooked in a rice cooker. Here...
Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People contains 60 quick and easy meals you can make in a rice cooker, most in 30 minutes or less. En...
Island boy is a tear jerking, heart warming, true story of a young boy, who lost his father at an early age, and how he coped. Its full of hope, and proves that dreams really can come true. This book will inspire all fathers to see how important they are to their children. This book is based on a true story about my Jamaican husband, Junior Bernard's life as a young island boy. His love inspired me to write this story.
Island boy is a tear jerking, heart warming, true story of a young boy, who lost his father at an early age, and how he coped. Its full of hope, and p...
Never Say Goodbye: Lisa Arcenaud lives a life of mystery and excitement until 1880, when the first passenger train arrives in town and turns her life upside down.
Wind Walkers: The Archbishop in France sends two French priests to build a church for the Acadians who were exiled from their Canadian home by the British in 1755. The adventures of these two men give the reader a unique look at the religious traditions and beliefs of these exiles.
After Tomorrow: During the last days of the Civil War, Maries Desportes sends her family away and remains...
Never Say Goodbye Real Stories of the Cajuns
Never Say Goodbye: Lisa Arcenaud lives a life of mystery and excitement until 1880, when the...
