Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice

Marriage Wars in Late Renaissance Venice

Author: Joanne Marie Ferraro

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0195144961

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Based on previously unexamined archival literature, this book brings to life the lost voices of ordinary Venetians and opens up their world of intimacy and conflict, sexuality, and living arrangements.


Marriage Wars

Marriage Wars

Author: Sherry Hale Humphrey-Jones

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1398499811

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You may believe that you know the person with whom you are walking down the aisle, but do you know the person that he/she will become after the vows are spoken? What changes take place with the placement of rings? What are the critical issues that you might be facing that you had never addressed, or thought you had addressed? For example: how will you handle money, friendships and family, children, hidden addictions, sex, and cheating? While not insurmountable, they can become overwhelming, and potential battlegrounds for the war that has so often become marriage. Learning to navigate the battles, and choosing the right weaponry, can help you to win the war without destroying the relationship—or yourself.


Social Q's

Social Q's

Author: Philip Galanes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 145160579X

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A series of whimsical essays by the New York Times "Social Q's" columnist provides modern advice on navigating today's murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.


The Wedding War

The Wedding War

Author: Liz Talley

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9781643588254

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Once upon a time, Melanie Layton and Tennyson O'Rourke were inseparable — but their friends-4ever promises were shattered when an explosive secret was revealed at Mel's wedding, a secret that destroyed her family. The two haven't spoken for the past twenty-some-odd years, and they'd be happy if they never crossed paths again.


The Chapel Wars

The Chapel Wars

Author: Lindsey Leavitt

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1599907887

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Lindsey Leavitt's trademark humor, heart, and sweet romance meet Vegas!


White Weddings

White Weddings

Author: Chrys Ingraham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1135928568

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This is a groundbreaking study of our culture's obsession with weddings. By examining popular films, commercials, magazines, advertising, television sitcoms and even children's toys, this book shows the pervasive influence of weddings in our culture and the important role they play in maintaining the romance of heterosexuality, the myth of white supremacy and the insatiable appetite of consumer capitalism. It examines how the economics and marketing of weddings have replaced the religious and moral view of marriage. This second edition includes many new and updated features including: full coverage of the wedding industrial complex; gay marriage and its relationship to white weddings and heterosexuality and demographics shifts as to who is marrying whom and why, nationally and internationally.


The Ethics of Reality TV

The Ethics of Reality TV

Author: Wendy N. Wyatt

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-05-10

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1441179348

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Reality television is continuing to grow, both in numbers and in popularity. The scholarship on reality TV is beginning to catch up, but one of the most enduring questions about the genre-Is it ethical?-has yet to be addressed in any systematic and comprehensive way. Through investigating issues ranging from deception and privacy breaches to community building and democratization of TV, The Ethics of Reality TV explores the ways in which reality TV may create both benefits and harms to society. The edited collection features the work of leading scholars in the field of media ethics and provides a comprehensive assessment of the ethical effects of the genre.


Consuming Reality

Consuming Reality

Author: J. Deery

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-03

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1137007680

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Engaging in a comprehensive examination of reality TV's advertising and promotional strategies, as well as the commodification of viewers, Consuming Reality dissects the unique and startling relation between mediation and consumption.


Social Psychology of Dress

Social Psychology of Dress

Author: Sharron J. Lennon

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-03-09

Total Pages: 715

ISBN-13: 1501313584

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Social Psychology of Dress presents and explains the major theories and concepts that are important to understanding relationships between dress and human behavior. These concepts and theories are derived from such disciplines as sociology, psychology, anthropology, communication, and textiles and clothing. Information presented will provide summaries of empirical research, as well as examples from current events or popular culture. The book provides a broad-based and inclusive discussion of the social psychology of dress, including: - The study of dress and how to do it - Cultural topics such as cultural patterns including technology, cultural complexity, normative order, aesthetics, hygiene, ethnicity, ritual - Societal topics such as family, economy-occupation, social organizations and sports, fraternal organizations - Individual-focused theories on deviance, personality variables, self, values, body image and social cognition - Coverage of key theories related to dress and identity provide a strong theoretical foundation for further research Unique chapter features bring in industry application and current events. The end-of-chapter summaries, discussion questions and activities give students opportunities to study and research dress. Teaching resources including an instructor's guide, test bank and PowerPoint presentations with full-color versions of images from the textbook. Social Psychology of Dress STUDIO - Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips - Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary - Download worksheets to complete chapter activities


Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation

Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation

Author: Dustin Bradley Goltz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-04

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1135168865

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Through the analysis of over seventy films and thirty television series, ranging from Shortbus, Sweet Home Alabama, and Poseidon to Noah’s Arc, Brothers & Sisters, and Dawson’s Creek, Goltz examines reoccurring narrative structures in popular media that perpetuate the extreme value placed upon "young" gay male bodies, while devaluing health, aging, and longevity. Alienated from the future -- outside of limited and exclusionary systems of marriage and procreation -- the gay male is narrated within a circular tragedy that draws upon cultural mythologies of "older" gay male predation, the absence of gay intergenerational mentorship, and the gay male as sacrificial victim. Using a Burkean framework, Goltz makes a theoretical, rhetorical, and cultural investigation of how the increased visibility of "positive" gay representation in dominant media shapes contemporary meanings of gay aging, heteronormative future, homonormative future, and queer potential.