Makeover Nation

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Makeover Nation

Makeover Nation written by Toby Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.

Life is very much a project in the United States--but not a straightforwardly individual one. A duality of individual free choice and disciplinary institutional governance is the grand national paradox. Simply being--leading life without a bumper sticker avowing one's elective institutional affinities--seems implausible in a country consumed by the makeover--the idea that what you were born as need not define you forever. As Toby Miller writes in his introduction: "I come neither to bury the makeover nor to praise the makeover, but to criticize it, even as I stand alternately bewildered, amused, appalled, and attracted by it." In Makeover Nation he does just that in a witty, no-holds-barred style. Miller looks at the power of various forms of knowledge about people and their emotions as they have been applied to the US population, from talk therapy to drug treatment. He is particularly interested in young people--in examining how childhood is constructed--and pays close attention to the much-favored (and overused) diagnosis and treatment of ADHD/ADD. He also focuses his attention on metrosexuals and right-wing Christians to disclose how these opposing groups manifest their drive toward self-creation. Miller believes that we must question the pleasures of reinvention even as we embrace them.

Research Creative Activity

Research Creative Activity written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Creative ability in science categories.

Makeover Tv

Makeover Tv written by Brenda R. Weber and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-20 with Performing Arts categories.

Examines the phenomenon of makeover television in order to explore how these shows participate in cultural debates about body modification, empowerment, gender roles, and personal responsibility.

Dress Vanity Fair

Dress Vanity Fair written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Dressmaking categories.

U S News World Report

U S News World Report written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with United States categories.

Makeup Identity Performance Discrimination

Makeup Identity Performance Discrimination written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Discrimination in employment categories.

This symposium analyzes two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination cases: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards.

Why Physically Attractive People Are More Successful

Why Physically Attractive People Are More Successful written by Gordon L. Patzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Health & Fitness categories.

Chronicles the reality about physical attractiveness that scientific research has shown to be universal throughout the world. This book presents the pertinent theories, research data, and knowledge that document the physical attractiveness as a universal phenomenon.

Choice

Choice written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Academic libraries categories.

The Nation

The Nation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.

Film And Risk

Film And Risk written by Mette Hjort and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art categories.

The phenomenon of risk has been seriously neglected in connection with the study of film, yet many of those who write about film seem to have intuitions about how various forms of risk-taking shape aspects of the filmmaking or film-viewing process. Film and Risk fills this gap as editor Mette Hjort and interdisciplinary contributors discuss film's relation to all types of risk. Bringing together scholars from philosophy, anthropology, film studies, economics, and cultural studies, as well as experts from the fields of law, filmmaking, and photojournalism, this volume discusses risk from multiple intriguing angles. In thirteen chapters, contributors consider concrete risks (e.g., stunts or financial decisions); theoretical aesthetic and artistic risks (e.g., filmmakers who incorporate excessive hazards into their films); and the real-world jeopardy spectators might put themselves in when viewing films. The first three chapters tackle the conceptual terrain that is relevant to understanding risk in film. The next three chapters focus on risk as it pertains to the practice of filmmaking. Subsequent chapters deal with economic risk and the role that risk has in the development of film's institutional landscape. The scholarship in this collection is impressive, boasting some of the top writers in their respective fields. Through the contributors' clear and thorough discussions, this cohesive but diverse collection shows that risk arises in many different areas that tend to be thought of as central to film studies. Scholars of film studies will appreciate this daring and inventive collection, and readers with a general interest in film studies will enjoy its accessible style.