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The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

Implications for National Discourse

By: Debbie Jay Williams,Kalyn L. Prince

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The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

Implications for National Discourse

By: Debbie Jay Williams,Kalyn L. Prince

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign: Implications for National Discourse provides a lens through which to explore the implications of the monster metaphor as applied to Trump during the 2016 presidential election. Analyzing the overt and buried usages of the monster metaphor in the media’s and Trump’s discourse, as well as the structure of the monster narrative generally, offers connections between the metaphor and the actions incited by its narrative. This book explores the ways in which this language also serves as a metaphor to understand the ecology of Trump’s candidacy and the polarized responses drawn by his campaign, and considers its troubling implications for the future direction of national discourse.

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Lexington Books

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1498547001

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9781498547000

Black Children in Hollywood Cinema

Cast in Shadow

By: Debbie Olson

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Black Children in Hollywood Cinema

Cast in Shadow

By: Debbie Olson

This book explores cultural conceptions of the child and the cinematic absence of black children from contemporary Hollywood film. Debbie Olson argues that within the discourse of children’s studies and film scholarship in relation to the conception of “the child,” there is often little to no distinction among children by race—the “child” is most often discussed as a universal entity, as the embodiment of all things not adult, not (sexually) corrupt. Discussions about children of color among scholars often take place within contexts such as crime, drugs, urbanization, poverty, or lack of education that tend to reinforce historically stereotypical beliefs about African Americans. Olson looks at historical conceptions of childhood within scholarly discourse, the child character in popular film and what space the black child (both African and African American) occupies within that ideal.

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237

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Springer

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3319482734

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9783319482736

This Promise of Change

One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality

By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce,Debbie Levy

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This Promise of Change

One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality

By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce,Debbie Levy

In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students---found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process.

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321

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1681198533

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9781681198538

Understanding Suicide's Allure

Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars

By: Stanley Krippner,Linda Riebel,Debbie Joffe Ellis,Daryl S. Paulson

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Understanding Suicide's Allure

Steps to Save Lives by Healing Psychological Scars

By: Stanley Krippner,Linda Riebel,Debbie Joffe Ellis,Daryl S. Paulson

This book explains why suicide can be alluring to a person aiming to stop his or her traumatic pain—whether its source is bullying, sexual assault, war combat, or other PTSD-invoking events—and details approaches that can prevent suicide. Suicide has been a taboo topic in Western culture. The mere mention of suicide sparks reactive responses that include medical, moral, spiritual, and religious debates. As a result, the authors open an important discussion here, offering an honest and non-judgmental examination of the many aspects involved in the nature of suicide, explaining that above all, people need to learn how to support those struggling with suicidal thoughts or to intercept their own suicidal thinking. The book also includes an extensive review and evaluation of the many available mental health treatments. Special consideration is given to military suicides. U.S. soldier suicides exceed one per day and continue to rise in all military branches, while veteran suicide rates are even higher, averaging 17 per day. Communities, families, veterans, and service members are in need of tools and insights for coping with, navigating, and exposing the suicidal attitudes affecting many current and former members of the military.

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361

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440862559

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9781440862557

Private Property and Public Power

Eminent Domain in Philadelphia

By: Debbie Becher

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Private Property and Public Power

Eminent Domain in Philadelphia

By: Debbie Becher

News media reports on eminent domain often highlight outrage and heated protest. But these accounts, Debbie Becher finds, obscure a much more complex reality of how Americans understand property. Private Property and Public Power presents the first comprehensive study of a city's acquisitions, exploring how and why Philadelphia took properties between 1992 and 2007 for private redevelopment. Becher uses original data-collected from city offices and interviews with over a hundred residents, business owners, community leaders, government representatives, attorneys, and appraisers-to explore how eminent domain really works. Surprisingly, the city took over 4,000 private properties, and these takings rarely provoked opposition. When conflicts did arise, community residents, businesses, and politicians all appealed to a shared notion of investment to justify their arguments about policy. It is this social conception of property as an investment of value, committed over time, that government is responsible for protecting. Becher's findings stand in stark contrast to the views of libertarian and left-leaning activists and academics, but recognizing property as investment, she argues, may offer a solid foundation for more progressive urban policies.

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361

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Oxford University Press

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0199322562

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9780199322565

Murray County, Oklahoma

By: Debbie Sharp,C. Roland Earsom,Richard W. Chadwick

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Murray County, Oklahoma

By: Debbie Sharp,C. Roland Earsom,Richard W. Chadwick

Created from part of the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Murray County is an area of Oklahoma rich in resources and heritage. The 420 square miles of rolling hills and fields were home to several different groups and tribes of Native Americans, as well as an abundance of bison and other wild animals. During the early twentieth century, thousands of tourists testified to the healing powers of the free-flowing springs, flocking to the area. The Arbuckle Mountains, Turner Falls, Platt National Park, the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, and the Lake of the Arbuckles also draw visitors each year. Combining scenes of community and family life, industries, commerce, catastrophes, and celebrations with lively commentary, this book illustrates the history that shaped Murray County in a way that is both entertaining and educational.

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134

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738503126

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9780738503127

Holidays in the Danger Zone

Entanglements of War and Tourism

By: Debbie Lisle

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Holidays in the Danger Zone

Entanglements of War and Tourism

By: Debbie Lisle

Holidays in the Danger Zone exposes the mundane and everyday interactions between two seemingly opposed worlds: warfare and tourism. Debbie Lisle shows how a tourist sensibility shapes the behavior of soldiers in war—especially the experiences of Western military forces in “exotic” settings. This includes not only R&R but also how battlefields become landscapes of leisure and tourism. She further explores how a military sensibility shapes the development of tourism in the postwar context, from “Dark Tourism” (engaging with displays of conflict and atrocity) to exhibitions of conflict in museums and at memorial sites, as well as advertising, film, journals, guidebooks, blogs, and photography. Focused on how war and tourism reinforce prevailing modes of domination, Holidays in the Danger Zone critically examines the long historical arc of the war–tourism nexus—from nineteenth-century imperialism to World War I and World War II, from the Cold War to globalization and the War on Terror.

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346

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452953333

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9781452953335

The Star Trek Encyclopedia

By: Michael Okuda,Denise Okuda,Debbie Mirek

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The Star Trek Encyclopedia

By: Michael Okuda,Denise Okuda,Debbie Mirek

From 'audet IX to Zytchin III, this book covers it all. This is the ultimate reference book for all Star Trek fans! Added to this edition are 128 new pages. This addendum highlights the latest episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager® and the newest feature film, Star Trek: Insurrection™. The thousands of photos and hundreds of illustrations place the Star Trek universe at your fingertips. Planets and stars, weapons and ships, people and places are just part of the meticulous research and countless cross-reference that fill this book.

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2985

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Simon and Schuster

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1451646887

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9781451646887

Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion

How Praising God A to Z Will Transform Your Life

By: Debbie Williams

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Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion

How Praising God A to Z Will Transform Your Life

By: Debbie Williams

In this reflective guide, Debbie Williams walks you through the discipline and relationship of prayer—a new life of passion and purpose awaits you. With an enthusiastic invitation to use her book as an interactive guide to deepen the reader's prayer, Debbie Williams sets out to redirect the focus from us to God, who is divine, and who can accomplish all things. Using the acronym PRAY for Praise, Repent, Ask, and Yield, she encourages a study of God's attributes with an A-Z exploration which ranges from Almighty to Zealous God. Each chapter reveals more of who God is and how He alone is capable to meet our every need as we recognize who He truly is.

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356

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Simon and Schuster

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1439122814

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9781439122815

Simon Cowell

Global Music Mogul

By: Debbie Foy

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Simon Cowell

Global Music Mogul

By: Debbie Foy

Profiles music executive and "American idol" judge Simon Cowell.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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144883290X

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9781448832903

Becoming RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

By: Debbie Levy

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Becoming RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice

By: Debbie Levy

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a modern feminist icon—a leader in the fight for equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace. She blazed trails to the peaks of the male-centric worlds of education and law, where women had rarely risen before. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has often said that true and lasting change in society and law is accomplished slowly, one step at a time. This is how she has evolved, too. Step by step, the shy little girl became a child who questioned unfairness, who became a student who persisted despite obstacles, who became an advocate who resisted injustice, who became a judge who revered the rule of law, who became…RBG.

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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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1534424563

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9781534424562

Wednesdays in Mississippi

Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964

By: Debbie Z. Harwell

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Wednesdays in Mississippi

Proper Ladies Working for Radical Change, Freedom Summer 1964

By: Debbie Z. Harwell

As tensions mounted before Freedom Summer, one organization tackled the divide by opening lines of communication at the request of local women: Wednesdays in Mississippi (WIMS). Employing an unusual and deliberately feminine approach, WIMS brought interracial, interfaith teams of northern middle-aged, middle- and upper-class women to Mississippi to meet with their southern counterparts. Sponsored by the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), WIMS operated on the belief that the northern participants' gender, age, and class would serve as an entrée to southerners who had dismissed other civil rights activists as radicals. The WIMS teams' respectable appearance and quiet approach enabled them to build understanding across race, region, and religion where other overtures had failed. The only civil rights program created for women by women as part of a national organization, WIMS offers a new paradigm through which to study civil rights activism, challenging the stereotype of Freedom Summer activists as young student radicals and demonstrating the effectiveness of the subtle approach taken by "proper ladies." The book delves into the motivations for women's civil rights activism and the role religion played in influencing supporters and opponents of the civil rights movement. Lastly, it confirms that the NCNW actively worked for integration and black voting rights while also addressing education, poverty, hunger, housing, and employment as civil rights issues. After successful efforts in 1964 and 1965, WIMS became Workshops in Mississippi, which strived to alleviate the specific needs of poor women. Projects that grew from these efforts still operate today.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1626744084

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9781626744080

Teaching with Intention

Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practice, Taking Action, K-5

By: Debbie Miller

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Teaching with Intention

Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practice, Taking Action, K-5

By: Debbie Miller

Effective, intentional teaching begins with a strong set of beliefs, but even the best teachers -- including author Debbie Miller -- struggle to make sure that their classroom practice consistently reflects their core convictions. In Teaching with Intention: Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practice, Taking Action, K-5, Miller defines her actions to ensure that children are the true beneficiaries of her teaching. As Peter Johnston writes, Through this book we have Debbie's teaching mind on loan. She engages us in the details of a teaching life from inside her mind, showing the thinking behind her teaching and the consequences of her actions.Teaching with Intention brings us into classrooms of teachers and children Miller has met over the last five years in her work as a literacy consultant. From setting up the classroom environment to the intentional use of language, from comprehension instruction to lesson design, Miller is explicit about what she does and why. At the same time, she encourages teachers to develop their own belief statements concerning teaching and learning and includes key questions to guide them in this important process.In an environment where the handing down of scripted programs and foolproof curricula is increasingly the norm, Teaching with Intention offers a compelling reminder that truly transformative teaching is built from the ground up, and is rebuilt every year, by every teacher, in every classroom, with every new group of students.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003842380

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9781003842385

Great Destinations Washington Dc and Northern Virginia

By: Debbie K. Hardin,Nathan Borchelt

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Great Destinations Washington Dc and Northern Virginia

By: Debbie K. Hardin,Nathan Borchelt

Offers information on the history, accommodations, culture, dining, and shopping in Washington D.C. and northern Virginia.

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332

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Countryman Press

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1581570767

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9781581570762

Civil Liberties

By: Debbie Levy

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Civil Liberties

By: Debbie Levy

Discusses civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution including freedom of speech and assembly, media freedoms, religious liberties, and right to privacy.

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1560066113

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9781560066118

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

Implications for National Discourse

By: Debbie Jay Williams,Kalyn L. Prince

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The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

Implications for National Discourse

By: Debbie Jay Williams,Kalyn L. Prince

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The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

Black Children in Hollywood Cinema

Black Children in Hollywood Cinema

This Promise of Change

This Promise of Change

Understanding Suicide's Allure

Understanding Suicide's Allure

Private Property and Public Power

Private Property and Public Power

Murray County, Oklahoma

Murray County, Oklahoma

Holidays in the Danger Zone

Holidays in the Danger Zone

The Star Trek Encyclopedia

The Star Trek Encyclopedia

Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion

Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion

Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell

Becoming RBG

Becoming RBG

Wednesdays in Mississippi

Wednesdays in Mississippi

Teaching with Intention

Teaching with Intention

Great Destinations Washington Dc and Northern Virginia

Great Destinations Washington Dc and Northern Virginia

Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

The Monstrous Discourse in the Donald Trump Campaign

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