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Garments of Paradise

Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age

By: Susan Elizabeth Ryan

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Garments of Paradise

Wearable Discourse in the Digital Age

By: Susan Elizabeth Ryan

A historical and critical view of wearable technologies that considers them as acts of communication in a social landscape. Wearable technology—whether a Walkman in the 1970s, an LED-illuminated gown in the 2000s, or Google Glass today—makes the wearer visible in a technologically literate environment. Twenty years ago, wearable technology reflected cultural preoccupations with cyborgs and augmented reality; today, it reflects our newer needs for mobility and connectedness. In this book, Susan Elizabeth Ryan examines wearable technology as an evolving set of ideas and their contexts, always with an eye on actual wearables—on clothing, dress, and the histories and social relations they represent. She proposes that wearable technologies comprise a pragmatics of enhanced communication in a social landscape. “Garments of paradise” is a reference to wearable technology's promise of physical and mental enhancements. Ryan defines “dress acts”—hybrid acts of communication in which the behavior of wearing is bound up with the materiality of garments and devices—and focuses on the use of digital technology as part of such systems of meaning. She connects the ideas of dress and technology historically, in terms of major discourses of art and culture, and in terms of mass media and media culture, citing such thinkers as Giorgio Agamben, Manuel De Landa, and Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. She examines the early history of wearable technology as it emerged in research labs; the impact of ubiquitous and affective approaches to computing; interaction design and the idea of wearable technology as a language of embodied technology; and the influence of open source ideology. Finally, she considers the future, as wearing technologies becomes an increasingly naturalized aspect of our social behavior.

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337

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MIT Press

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ISBN 10

0262323974

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9780262323970

Robert Indiana

Figures of Speech

By: Susan Elizabeth Ryan,Robert Indiana

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Robert Indiana

Figures of Speech

By: Susan Elizabeth Ryan,Robert Indiana

The author argues that Indiana's strident visual language emerges from his tendency to recast his life in story and verse, a fact that unlocks complex and secret tissues of figurative meaning within the deceptively simple canvases. By illuminating the enigmas in Indiana's word and image combinations, she helps to explain the longevity of LOVE and its influence on a later generation of artists."--BOOK JACKET.

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320

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Yale University Press

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0300079575

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9780300079579

Good Apples

Behind Every Bite

By: Susan Futrell

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Good Apples

Behind Every Bite

By: Susan Futrell

Apples are so ordinary and so ubiquitous that we often take them for granted. Yet it is surprisingly challenging to grow and sell such a common fruit. In fact, producing diverse, tasty apples for the market requires almost as much ingenuity and interdependence as building and maintaining a vibrant democracy. Understanding the geographic, ecological, and economic forces shaping the choices of apple growers, apple pickers, and apple buyers illuminates what’s at stake in the way we organize our food system. Good Apples is for anyone who wants to go beyond the kitchen and backyard into the orchards, packing sheds, and cold storage rooms; into the laboratories and experiment stations; and into the warehouses, stockrooms, and marketing meetings, to better understand how we as citizens and eaters can sustain the farms that provide food for our communities. Susan Futrell has spent years working in sustainable food distribution, including more than a decade with apple growers. She shows us why sustaining family orchards, like family farms, may be essential to the soul of our nation.

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269

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University of Iowa Press

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1609384830

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9781609384838

Ocean City Baby Parade

By: Fred Miller,Susan Miller

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Ocean City Baby Parade

By: Fred Miller,Susan Miller

The Ocean City Baby Parade is the longest continuously held baby parade in the nation, tracing back to August 10, 1901, when the city's first baby show was held. From its beginning with 46 babies in the prettiest, cutest, and fattest baby categories, it has grown into a boardwalk extravaganza with 300 entrants, bands and bugle corps, professionally decorated commercial floats, homemade baby floats, grand marshals, and cartoon characters. Many families plan their vacations around this well-known event, and they are among the thousands of spectators lining the boardwalk each year.

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132

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738565032

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9780738565033

New Moroccan Style

The Art of Sensual Living

By: Susan Sully

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New Moroccan Style

The Art of Sensual Living

By: Susan Sully

A treasury of ideas, inspirations, and images, this book captures Morocco's colorful, multifarious design heritage and shows how to bring a touch of Morocco into the home. 250 full-color photos.

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232

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Potter Style

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0609610457

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9780609610459

Displays!

Dynamic Design Ideas for Your Library Step by Step

By: Susan P. Phillips

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Displays!

Dynamic Design Ideas for Your Library Step by Step

By: Susan P. Phillips

Just about any librarian needs new ideas for dynamic, topical library displays. This new second volume offers ideas on a wide range of subjects including women of note, news-worthy events, Mother Nature, great moments in time, prominent figures in history, global cultures and more. Each display topic includes a comprehensive background discussion along with detailed assembly instructions, an explanation of the genesis of the idea and suggestions on ways to adapt these designs to fit into larger spaces. The author includes everyday items, prized collectibles and authentic antiques in each of the 45 displays featured.

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249

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McFarland

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0786487070

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9780786487073

Coming On Strong

Gender and Sexuality in Women's Sport

By: Susan K Cahn

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Coming On Strong

Gender and Sexuality in Women's Sport

By: Susan K Cahn

Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports. In this new edition, Susan K. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality, race, class, and policy that have often defined it. A new chapter explores the impact of Title IX and how the opportunities and interest in sports it helped create reshaped women's lives even as the legislation itself came under sustained attack.

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433

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University of Illinois Press

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0252097521

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9780252097522

Widow's Tears

By: Susan Wittig Albert

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Widow's Tears

By: Susan Wittig Albert

Herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is “in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum” (Publishers Weekly). In Widow’s Tears, a haunted house may hold the key to solving the murder of one of China’s friends… After losing her family and home in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Rachel Blackwood rebuilt her house a hundred miles inland and later died there, still wrapped in her grief. In present-day Texas, Claire, the grandniece of Rachel’s caretaker, has inherited the house and wants to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast. But she is concerned that it’s haunted, so she calls in her friend Ruby—who has the gift of extrasensory perception—to check it out. While Ruby is ghost hunting, China Bayles walks into a storm of trouble in nearby Pecan Springs. A half hour before she is to make her nightly deposit, the Pecan Springs bank is robbed and a teller is shot and killed. Before she can discover the identity of the killers, China follows Ruby to the Blackwood house to discuss urgent business. As she is drawn into the mystery of the haunted house, China opens the door on some very real danger…

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310

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Penguin

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1101622202

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9781101622209

Esopus

By: Karl R. Wick,Susan B. Wick,Susan Wick

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Esopus

By: Karl R. Wick,Susan B. Wick,Susan Wick

Located on the western shore of the Hudson River, the town of Esopus is known as "place of the small river, wellspring of creation." Here, Amerindians made wampum belts and forged treaties with rogue ambassador and pioneer Kit Davits; former slave Sojourner Truth began her freedom trail; Judge Parker wrote speeches for his presidential campaign; and on nearby riverbanks, John Burroughs pondered nature and composed his essays. Esopus, with its collection of more than two hundred images, tells not only of these historic figures but also of the immigrants who plied their trades among the ice, boats, and barns; built walls of stone and farmed the land; or sought their riches in the salted gold mine on Hussey's Hill.

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134

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738511889

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9780738511887

Straight Talk about Child Abuse

By: Susan Mufson

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Straight Talk about Child Abuse

By: Susan Mufson

A guide for teens discussing the pervasive problem of child abuse in all forms, its effects, and possible solutions. A resource section provides lists of hotlines, associations, and agencies that offer assistance.

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Laurel Leaf

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0440213495

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9780440213499

Ruffs and Ruffians

By: Susan P. Gates

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Ruffs and Ruffians

By: Susan P. Gates

Dad'sgot the Revolting Rabbles a job at this Elizabethian Fayre. Rae'sgoing undercover as a Bearded Lady, so at least no one will know it'sher. Rupert'sso excited he'sfallen in love with an Elizabethian toilet, but Dad is worried that his calves won't be manly enough for his tights. Fortunately, Ryan has invented just the thing to help...

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Hippo Bks

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0439996015

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9780439996013

Weeding Out the Tears

A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Renewal

By: Jeanne White,Susan Dworkin

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Weeding Out the Tears

A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Renewal

By: Jeanne White,Susan Dworkin

After contracting AIDS through a tainted clotting factor, hemophiliac Ryan White, at age 13, confronted the ignorance and bigotry all around him with strength and determination. The one woman who stood beside him throughout his ordeal, his mother, Jeanne White, now tells the uplifting story of their struggle to the bitter end, when Ryan died in 1990. of photos.

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0380973286

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9780380973286

The Mommy Guide

Real-life Advice and Tips from Over 250 Moms and Other Experts

By: Susan Bernard

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The Mommy Guide

Real-life Advice and Tips from Over 250 Moms and Other Experts

By: Susan Bernard

Solutions to everyday problems on bringing up baby.

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0809237970

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9780809237975

Votes for Women

A Portrait of Persistence

By: Kate Clarke Lemay,Susan Goodier,Martha Jones,Lisa Tetrault

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Votes for Women

A Portrait of Persistence

By: Kate Clarke Lemay,Susan Goodier,Martha Jones,Lisa Tetrault

Published to accompany the exhibition Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2019-January 5, 2020)"--Colophon.

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Princeton University Press

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0691191174

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9780691191171

Book's by Susan Elizabeth Ryan

Garments of Paradise

Garments of Paradise

Robert Indiana

Robert Indiana

Good Apples

Good Apples

Ocean City Baby Parade

Ocean City Baby Parade

New Moroccan Style

New Moroccan Style

Displays!

Displays!

Coming On Strong

Coming On Strong

Widow's Tears

Widow's Tears

Esopus

Esopus

Straight Talk about Child Abuse

Straight Talk about Child Abuse

Ruffs and Ruffians

Ruffs and Ruffians

Weeding Out the Tears

Weeding Out the Tears

The Mommy Guide

The Mommy Guide

Votes for Women

Votes for Women

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