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Deconstructing Reaganism

An Analysis of American Fantasy Films

By: Douglas E. Forster

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Deconstructing Reaganism

An Analysis of American Fantasy Films

By: Douglas E. Forster

As in so many other areas of American society, the political legacy of Ronald Reagan had an imposing presence in many contemporary American films, particularly between 1980 and 2000. Six films, which collectively represent the spectrum of Reaganism’s most popular tropes, demonstrate quite compellingly that in celebrating nostalgically the blissful pleasantries of family stability and social order so essential to Reagan’s political philosophy, an unsettling and unsatisfying mythology has been created about a period in which many Americans were acutely aware that something was missing, even if they could not pinpoint it at the time. This leads the critical viewer to largely unacknowledged subtexts in all six films that begin to reveal the contradictions, incoherencies, and paradoxes rooted in popular Reaganesque portrayals. Utilising a detailed qualitative case study methodology, this book incorporates theoretical foundations that expand upon Fairclough’s path-breaking research on media discourse and Todorov’s broadly articulated framework of fantasy in order to explore: 1) Which elements of Fairclough’s framework for critical discourse analysis can be applied to explore the discursive structures within these American fantasy films? 2) How far do the films follow Reaganist concepts of a “new” American society? 3) How far do notions of the “fantastic” and postmodern concepts break with common patterns of Reaganism reflected in these films? While many critics rightly cite the numerous elements in these films that appear to reinforce fundamental message points underlying Reaganism, this study demonstrates how the films’ characters and plot lines also serve to reveal the inherent and irreconcilable incoherence of the sociopolitical and sociocultural tenets of Reaganism.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443860778

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9781443860772

Heart Failure E-Book

A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

By: G. Michael Felker,Douglas L. Mann

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Heart Failure E-Book

A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

By: G. Michael Felker,Douglas L. Mann

Lead editor of Braunwald's Heart Disease, Dr. Douglas L. Mann, and nationally and internationally recognized heart failure expert Dr. G. Michael Felker, bring you the latest, definitive state-of-the art information on heart failure in this outstanding Braunwald's companion volume. Heart Failure, 3rd Edition keeps you current with recent developments in the field, improved patient management strategies, and new drug therapies and implantable devices that will make a difference in your patients' lives and your practice.

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787

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323315682

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9780323315685

The Art of Medieval French Romance

By: Douglas Kelly

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The Art of Medieval French Romance

By: Douglas Kelly

Douglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the romancers themselves describe it. He focuses on well-known writers, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France, and also draws on a wide range of other sources—prose romances, non-Arthurian romances, thirteenth-century verse romances, and variant versions from the later Middle Ages. Kelly is the first scholar to present the “art” of medieval romance to a modern audience through the interventions and comments of medieval writers themselves. The book begins by examining the difficulties scholars perceive in medieval literature: problems such as source and intertextuality, structure in its manifold modern meanings, and character psychology and individuality. These issues frame Kelly’s identification and discussion of all the known authorial interventions on the art and craft of romance. Kelly’s careful reconstruction of the “art” of romance, based on the records left by the romancers themselves, will be an invaluable resource and guide for all medievalists.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299131904

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A Social Psychology of Prejudice

By: Douglas W. Bethlehem

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A Social Psychology of Prejudice

By: Douglas W. Bethlehem

Prejudice is a topic of major interest to psychologists and sociologists, but had rarely been given the broad treatment its importance demanded. Originally published in 1985, this title first introduces the term, showing how it is related to other terms commonly used in psychology and the social sciences, and explains simply and clearly what a scientific analysis must involve. It then goes on to show how prejudice affects our reasoning and judgement in a wide variety of spheres in addition to race or ethnic attitudes. Next it traces the development of prejudiced attitudes towards black people in Britain and the New World, through the slave system and the slave trade, with a brief look at the remarkably similar development of ethnic attitudes in South Africa at the time. It then goes on to discuss the debate about race differences in intelligence, showing simply and clearly what the statistical assumptions underlying the heritability hypothesis are. Following that the psychological explanation of prejudice and principles explaining prejudice are spelled out, the question of sex prejudice is dealt with, and finally, the extent of ethnic prejudice in Britain and the USA is discussed. The final chapter is a summary of the general principles and conclusions discussed through the book. This title provides a scientific and historical perspective on prejudice, a thorough literature review, and clear summarising principles of prejudice, in a simple and straightforward style.

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Psychology Press

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1317548558

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9781317548553

Liberals

By: Roy Douglas

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Liberals

By: Roy Douglas

The Liberal Party emerged in mid-Victorian Britain from a combination of Whigs and Peelite Tories. The party of Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George, it was a dominant force in Britain, and the world, at the height of the power of the British Empire. Split by Gladstone's Home Rule Bills, it nevertheless returned to power in Edwardian England and held it until after the outbreak the First World War, with Lloyd George heading a National Government from 1916-22. Riddled by internal divisions and with its traditional ground increasingly occupied by the Labour Party, the party lost ground in Parliament, becoming little more than a rump for many years. With the foundation of the Social Democrats in 1981, and their subsequent merger with the Liberals as Liberal Democrats in 1988, a modern version of the party emerged, under Paddy Ashdown and now Charles Kennedy as a significant third force in British politics.

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A&C Black

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0826443427

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9780826443427

Cataract and Refractive Surgery

With 37 Tables

By: Thomas Kohnen (Dr. med.),Douglas D. Koch

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Cataract and Refractive Surgery

With 37 Tables

By: Thomas Kohnen (Dr. med.),Douglas D. Koch

The topic of the second volume of the series in "Essentials in Ophthalmology" is cataract and refractive surgery, a realm of ophthalmic care that has undergone revolutionary changes in the past 10 years. Worldwide, the removal of the opaque crystalline lens is the most frequently performed surgical intervention in the human body, and refractive surgery encompasses an increasing array of procedures with rapidly growing surgical volumes. The goal of the editors of this book has been to provide up-to-date clinically relevant overviews and to highlight the most interesting fields of research and controversy.The first half of the book focuses on new cataract surgical techniques and devices, including topical anaesthesia, small incision cataract surgery, modern intraocular lenses and ophthalmic viscosurgical devices. Special attention is devoted to difficult situations, such as mature, uveitic and pediatric cataracts, and to the prevention and management of complications.The second half of the book describes current and evolving modalities - both corneal and lenticular - to correct human refractive errors. Particular emphasis is placed on topics related to quality of vision, such as wavefront technology, measuring quality of vision, and issues in pupil measurement. Many of these topics pertain also to cataract surgery, indicating the merging of technologies that is occurring in these two major ophthalmic subspecialties.

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354

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540200460

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9783540200468

Go East, Young Man

The Early Years : the Autobiography of William O. Douglas

By: William Orville Douglas

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Go East, Young Man

The Early Years : the Autobiography of William O. Douglas

By: William Orville Douglas

Anecdotes and reflections are shared in Justice Douglas' personal record of his life, family, acquaintances, and concerns

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493

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Random House Incorporated

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0394711653

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Douglas of the Forests

The North American Journals of David Douglas

By: David Douglas,John Davies

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Douglas of the Forests

The North American Journals of David Douglas

By: David Douglas,John Davies

Journal of Douglas's second botanical expedition to the Pacific Northwest from 1824-1827.

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Seattle : University of Washington Press

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0295957077

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9780295957074

Book's by Douglas E. Forster

Deconstructing Reaganism

Deconstructing Reaganism

Heart Failure E-Book

Heart Failure E-Book

The Art of Medieval French Romance

The Art of Medieval French Romance

A Social Psychology of Prejudice

A Social Psychology of Prejudice

Liberals

Liberals

Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Go East, Young Man

Go East, Young Man

Douglas of the Forests

Douglas of the Forests

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