Typecasting chronicles the emergence of the "science of first impression" and reveals how the work of its creators—early social scientists—continues to shape how we see the world and to inform our most fundamental and unconscious judgments of beauty, humanity, and degeneracy. In this groundbreaking exploration of the growth of stereotyping amidst the rise of modern society, authors Ewen & Ewen demonstrate "typecasting" as a persistent cultural practice. Drawing on fields as diverse as history, pop culture, racial science, and film, and including over one hundred images, many published here for the first time, the authors present a vivid portrait of stereotyping as it was forged by colonialism, industrialization, mass media, urban life, and the global economy.
The Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico sizzles in the sun. Daytime temperatures commonly soar above [actual symbol not reproducible]. The parched, mineral earth gets less than three inches of rainfall a year on average; some years, none at all. Plants of the region even drop their leaves to hold each precious drop of moisture. Yet this desert is one of the most fascinating and beautiful places in North America. A large variety of plants - creosote bush, the fabled boojum and numerous other cacti and succulents - flourish here, as do a wealth of birds, insects, and small mammals. Man is an uneasy resident, however, and although modern cities such as Phoenix and Tucson use artificial water supplies and air-conditioning to survive on its fringes, the natural heart of the desert still rejects all but the most intrepid sojourners. Two who know this desert well are Jack Dykinga and Charles Bowden. Each has confronted it on foot over the course of many years. Bowden, who now lives in Tucson, recently said, "I go to it like a thirsty animal goes to water. Something happens when you walk for a hundred miles in the desert and don't see a footprint. Once I turned around and saw someone else's footprint and it really shook me up. Then I realized it was my own." No casual visitor, Bowden expresses his feelings and experiences in words. He looks not only down at his own footprints, but also back in the historical record - to the Spanish conquistador Cabeza de Vaca, to an eighteenth-century Jesuit priest who cast for souls for seventeen years in Baja California. He recalls a Sand Papago Indian shaman who knows the desert like a medicine chest and plans to live forever; and he affectionately remembers both the madness and the sanity of his late friend, desert lover, and fellow pleader for preservation, Edward Abbey. Dykinga recaptures for us the way the desert looks and feels in exquisite color photographs. He has walked and sweated and camped the length and breadth of this place and brought back hundreds of brilliant large-format camera views. More than 120 are preserved here - most never before published. Interwoven together, the personal visions of these two remarkable observers evoke the Sonoran Desert with extraordinary power. We may or may not wish to be in the desert as they have been, but in these pages we will come as close as it is possible to being there.
Wentworth the House Seat of the biggest landed family owner in South Yorkshire, England, who owned most of the land in the surrounding Rotherham, Brampton area, and who lived in a large Palladium fronted House, almost equal to the Duke of Devonshire's 'Chatsworth House'. This fictional story is written in the above setting and revolves around the Master and Ladyships two daughters Elise and Chantelle, and their heir Willis, who strives to keep his male identity having two sisters to compete with, him being the youngest of the three. Elise commands the centre stage of the book as she moves from childhood through into puberty, and then into womanhood. The servants her Papa employ's strive to guide her through her most unbearable moments only for her to find more emotional tangles awaiting.
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: EVIDENCE OF INNOCENCE By New York Times Bestselling Author Shirlee McCoy Determined to find her father’s true killer when she’s finally exonerated and freed after seventeen years in prison, Kinsley Garrett puts herself right into a murderer’s crosshairs. But with help from her neighbor, police chief Marcus Bayne, can she survive long enough to expose the truth? TAKEN IN THE NIGHT (A Mount Shasta Secrets novel) By Elizabeth Goddard Danielle Collins has no idea how she and her daughter will escape the man who shot her brother—until her ex, Reece Bradley, comes to their rescue. Now on the run with the secret father of her child, Danielle must rely on Reece to figure out what someone wants from them…before it’s too late. TEXAS RANCH SABOTAGE By Liz Shoaf Someone’s dead set on sabotaging Tempe Calloway’s ranch, no matter who they hurt in the process. Special agent Ewen Duncan doesn’t trust Tempe, but he’s sure the attacks have something to do with why the single mother took something from his home in Scotland. And he’ll risk everything to keep her safe…and uncover her secrets. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense June 2021 Box Set – 1 of 2
Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: EVIDENCE OF INNOCENCE By New York Times Bestselling Author Shirlee McCoy Determined to find her father’s true killer when she’s finally exonerated and freed after seventeen years in prison, Kinsley Garrett puts herself right into a murderer’s crosshairs. But with help from her neighbor, police chief Marcus Bayne, can she survive long enough to expose the truth? TAKEN IN THE NIGHT (A Mount Shasta Secrets novel) By Elizabeth Goddard Danielle Collins has no idea how she and her daughter will escape the man who shot her brother—until her ex, Reece Bradley, comes to their rescue. Now on the run with the secret father of her child, Danielle must rely on Reece to figure out what someone wants from them…before it’s too late. TEXAS RANCH SABOTAGE By Liz Shoaf Someone’s dead set on sabotaging Tempe Calloway’s ranch, no matter who they hurt in the process. Special agent Ewen Duncan doesn’t trust Tempe, but he’s sure the attacks have something to do with why the single mother took something from his home in Scotland. And he’ll risk everything to keep her safe…and uncover her secrets. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense June 2021 Box Set – 1 of 2
What does it mean to be young, poor, and black in our consumer culture? Are black children "brand-crazed consumer addicts" willing to kill each other over a pair of the latest Nike Air Jordans or Barbie backpack? In this first in-depth account of the consumer lives of poor and working-class black children, Elizabeth Chin enters the world of children living in hardship in order to understand the ways they learn to manage living poor in a wealthy society. To move beyond the stereotypical images of black children obsessed with status symbols, Chin spent two years interviewing poor children in New Haven, Connecticut, about where and how they spend their money. An alternate image of the children emerges, one that puts practicality ahead of status in their purchasing decisions. On a twenty-dollar shopping spree with Chin, one boy has to choose between a walkie-talkie set and an X-Men figure. In one of the most painful moments of her research, Chin watches as Davy struggles with his decision. He finally takes the walkie-talkie set, a toy that might be shared with his younger brother. Through personal anecdotes and compelling stories ranging from topics such as Christmas and birthday gifts, shopping malls, Toys-R-Us, neighborhood convenience shops, school lunches, ethnically correct toys, and school supplies, Chin critically examines consumption as a medium through which social inequalities -- most notably of race, class, and gender -- are formed, experienced, imposed, and resisted. Along the way she acknowledges the profound constraints under which the poor and working class must struggle in their daily lives.
The Elizabeth Stories serves as a legacy of Alfred Baroodys wife, Elizabeththe authorwho previously published several articles, short stories, and books. This is a collection of ten short stories and two novelettes compiled into one book. These are stories about adventure, action, mystery, and so much more.
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