Children, Cinema and Censorship. From Dracula to the Dead End Kids
Using original research, this book explores the recurring debates in Britain and America about children and how they use and respond to the media, focusing on a key example: the controversy surrounding children and cinema in the 1930s. It explores the attempts to control children's viewing, the theories that supported these approaches and the extent to which they were successful. The author develops her challenging proposition that children are agents in their cinema viewing, not victims; showing how these angels with dirty faces colonized the cinema.
Fmany years the dominant focus in gender relations has been the differences between men and women. Authors like Chodorow, Gilligan, and Tannen (author of the best-selleror You Just Don't Understand) have portrayed males and females as possessing different traits, styles, and even different languages, viewing these gender differences as deep-seated and enduring.
Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs: A Guide to Spectacular Viewing
Most amateur astronomers, because they live in or near cities, have to carry out their observing from relatively light-polluted sites. It is possible to reduce the effects of a poor location by the use of CCD imaging, but many observers prefer to look at astronomical objects rather than photograph them.
Frommer's OregonOur expert author, an Oregon resident, is in-the-know when it comes to the best hotels, restaurants, shops, and nightlife spots in Portland and beyond, and gives readers truly insider opinions about what's worth your time and money.
In keeping pioneering approach to city guide publishing, In Your Pocket is the first travel publisher to offer its unrivalled print publications in full, in PDF format. Optimized for quick download and viewing on screen, they are the perfect primer to the cities of Europe.
