Cornell university press jan 2012 (10 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Serling's complex life was very like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone, and Gordon F. Sander uniquely captures all the twists and ironies of a talented man struggling against the conventions of society and the insecurities of self. Sander's haunting portrait is of a writer indeed caught between light and shadow.'-from the Foreword by Ron Simon 'Sander has fashioned a vivid and fascinating portrait of this complex innovator from television's Golden Age.'-Library Journal 'The story of Serling's career doubles as a history of the television industry itself, and Sander vividly depicts the heady early days of live TV, when the highest artistic achievement seemed attainable. Highly recommended.'-Booklist 'Sander's strong, straightforward portrait of Serling as an industry goad who confronted his corporate bosses forms the most unexpected and powerful part of the book. Rod Serling merited this fine book.'-Philadelphia Inquirer Gordon F. Sander's acclaimed biography of Rod Serling is at once a portrait of a prodigiously talented writer and a history of the first-quarter century of television. A former paratrooper in World War II, Serling rose to fame in the 1950s with his hard-hitting plays Patterns and Requiem for a Heavyweight during the 'golden age' of live television in New York City. In 1959, excited by the prospect of writing and producing his own dramatic anthology show, the angry young man of television followed his fortune-and the burgeoning video medium-to Hollywood. Serling's anthology show, of course, was the landmark The Twilight Zone. Still considered one of the greatest television shows ever produced, Serling's surreal video showcase ran for five seasons, adding to Serling's record clutch of Emmys, and continues to be a cult favorite today. Meanwhile Serling also tried his hand at writing for movies, turning out the screenplays for Seven Days in May and Planet of the Apes before his death in 1975 at age fifty. Sander's historical biography-for which he interviewed more than two hundred of Serling's friends, family members, and colleagues, including Robert Redford, Sydney Pollack, Kim Hunter, and William Shatner-follows the video bard's odyssey from Binghamton, the small upstate city that served as the template for some of the best-remembered episodes of The Twilight Zone to his searing and equally influential wartime experiences in the South Pacific; from his apprenticeship as a Midwestern radio and television writer to his successes in New York and Hollywood, before he himself was consumed by the commercialism of the medium he had helped create.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was One of Us tells for the first time the story of her deep and lasting ties to the American labor movement. Brigid O'Farrell follows Roosevelt-one of the most admired and, in her time, controversial women in the world-from the tenements of New York City to the White House, from local union halls to the convention floor of the AFL-CIO, from coal mines to political rallies to the United Nations. Roosevelt worked with activists around the world to develop a shared vision of labor rights as human rights, which are central to democracy. In her view, everyone had the right to a decent job, fair working conditions, a living wage, and a voice at work. She Was One of Us provides a fresh and compelling account of her activities on behalf of workers, her guiding principles, her circle of friends-including Rose Schneiderman of the Women's Trade Union League and the garment unions and Walter Reuther, 'the most dangerous man in Detroit'-and her adversaries, such as the influential journalist Westbrook Pegler, who attacked her as a dilettante and her labor allies as 'thugs and extortioners.' As O'Farrell makes clear, Roosevelt was not afraid to take on opponents of workers' rights or to criticize labor leaders if they abused their power; she never wavered in her support for the rank and file. Today, union membership has declined to levels not seen since the Great Depression, and the silencing of American workers has contributed to rising inequality. In She Was One of Us, Eleanor Roosevelt's voice can once again be heard by those still working for social justice and human rights.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'No people are more talked about and no people seem more imperfectly understood. Those who see us every day seem not to know us.'-Frederick Douglass on African Americans 'There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.'-on civil rights 'Woman should have justice as well as praise, and if she is to dispense with either, she can better afford to part with the latter than the former.'-on women 'The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.'-on rebellion 'A man is never lost while he still earnestly thinks himself worth saving; and as with a man, so with a nation.'-on perseverance 'I am ever pleased to see a man rise from among the people. Every such man is prophetic of the good time coming.'-on Lincoln Frederick Douglass, a runaway Maryland slave, was witness to and participant in some of the most important events in the history of the American Republic between the years of 1818 and 1895. Beginning his long public career in 1841 as an agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, Douglass subsequently edited four newspapers and championed many reform movements. An advocate of morality, economic accumulation, self-help, and equality, Douglass supported racial pride, constant agitation against racial discrimination, vocational education for blacks, and nonviolent passive resistance. He was the only man who played a prominent role at the 1848 meeting in Seneca Falls that formally launched the women's rights movement. He was a temperance advocate and opposed capital punishment, lynching, debt peonage, and the convict lease system. A staunch defender of the Liberty and Republican parties, Douglass held several political appointments, frequently corresponded with leading politicians, and advised Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Harrison. He met with John Brown before his abortive raid on Harpers Ferry, helped to recruit African American troops during the Civil War, attended most national black conventions held between 1840 and 1895, and served as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Frederick Douglass has left one of the most extensive bodies of significant and quotable public statements of any figure in American history. In the Words of Frederick Douglass is a rich trove of quotations from Douglass. The editors have compiled nearly seven hundred quotations by Douglass that demonstrate the breadth and strength of his intellect as well as the eloquence with which he expressed his political and ethical principles.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Benjamin McKay was a writer, critic, and academic based in Kuala Lumpur. He had just completed his PhD research on 1950s and 1960s Malay cinema when, on July 18, 2010, he died of a cardiac arrest. As a lecturer in Film Studies at Monash University Malaysia, he was much loved by his students. As a critic, Benjamin wrote a monthly column for the Malaysian magazine Off The Edge and was a regular contributor to Kakiseni and the Southeast Asian cinema online journal Criticine.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Douglas Greenberg is Professor of History and Executive Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is coauthor of A Concise History of the American People and coeditor of Colonial America: Essays in Political and Social Development.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Virginia Doellgast is Lecturer in Comparative Employment Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Since the late 1990s, a vivid new sphere of cinematic practice in Southeast Asia has emerged and been identified as independent. What exactly does this term mean in relation to the way films and videos are made, and the way they look How do issues of festival circulation, piracy, technology, state and institutional power, and spectatorship.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Petrus Liu received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley, triple major in German Literature, East Asian Languages, and Comparative Literature (1997); MA and PhD in Comparative Literature (2000 and 2005). He was previously Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University from 2005 to 2012. He is currently Associate Professor and JY Pillay Fellow at Yale-NUS in Singapore.…