Television

The overarching mission of the rescue services comprises three main areas of responsibility: protection against disasters and accidents; crisis management; and civil defence.

Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity and quantity of 'quality' television programs, many of which featuring complicated versions of masculinity that are informed not only by the women's movement of the sixties and seventies, but also by several decades of backlash and debate about the effects of women's equality on men, masculinity, and the relationship between men and women.

Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity and quantity of 'quality' television programs, many of which featuring complicated versions of masculinity that are informed not only by the women's movement of the sixties and seventies, but also by several decades of backlash and debate about the effects of women's equality on men, masculinity, and the relationship between men and women.

Offering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours de Voyage, and Browning's The Ring and the Book, Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian epic.

Offering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours de Voyage, and Browning's The Ring and the Book, Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian epic.

The significance of human anatomy to the most physical of art forms, the theatre, has hitherto been an under-explored topic.

The significance of human anatomy to the most physical of art forms, the theatre, has hitherto been an under-explored topic.

Is it true that Christianity is being marginalised by the secular media, at the expense of Islam?

Is it true that Christianity is being marginalised by the secular media, at the expense of Islam?

Drawing on methodologies and approaches from media and cultural studies, sociology, social history and the study of popular music, this book outlines the development of the study of men and masculinities, and explores the role of cultural texts in bringing about social change.

Drawing on methodologies and approaches from media and cultural studies, sociology, social history and the study of popular music, this book outlines the development of the study of men and masculinities, and explores the role of cultural texts in bringing about social change.

When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades.

When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades.

Plural Masculinities offers a contemporary portrait of the plural dynamics and forms of masculinity, emphasizing the multiple, even contradictory, pathways through which men are remaking their identities.

Plural Masculinities offers a contemporary portrait of the plural dynamics and forms of masculinity, emphasizing the multiple, even contradictory, pathways through which men are remaking their identities.

Bringing together well-established scholars of media, political science, sociology, and film to investigate the representation of Washington politics on U.

Bringing together well-established scholars of media, political science, sociology, and film to investigate the representation of Washington politics on U.

Listening to popular music and watching television have become the two most common activities for postwar generations in Britain.

Listening to popular music and watching television have become the two most common activities for postwar generations in Britain.

The music industry has been waging some very significant battles in recent years, reacting to numerous inter-related crises provoked by globalization, digitalization and the ever more extensive commercialization of public culture.

The music industry has been waging some very significant battles in recent years, reacting to numerous inter-related crises provoked by globalization, digitalization and the ever more extensive commercialization of public culture.

This collection of essays critically engages with factors relating to black urban life and cultural representation in the post-civil rights era, using Ice-T and his myriad roles as musician, actor, writer, celebrity, and industrialist as a vehicle through which to interpret and understand the African American experience.

This collection of essays critically engages with factors relating to black urban life and cultural representation in the post-civil rights era, using Ice-T and his myriad roles as musician, actor, writer, celebrity, and industrialist as a vehicle through which to interpret and understand the African American experience.

Societal notions of fathers have evolved from the distant breadwinner through genial dad and masculine role model to today's equal co-parent.

Societal notions of fathers have evolved from the distant breadwinner through genial dad and masculine role model to today's equal co-parent.

David Lynch and Mark Frost's television series Twin Peaks debuted in April 1990 and by June of 1991 had been cancelled.

In JUMP*CUT, the follow-up to the authors' acclaimed Make the Cut, leading film/TV editors and industry veterans Lori Jane Coleman ACE and Diana Friedberg ACE offer editing techniques, insider tips and unwritten rules that contribute to making a great production.

In JUMP*CUT, the follow-up to the authors' acclaimed Make the Cut, leading film/TV editors and industry veterans Lori Jane Coleman ACE and Diana Friedberg ACE offer editing techniques, insider tips and unwritten rules that contribute to making a great production.

Winner of first Prize in the BAFTSS Best Edited Collection competition, this volume examines how different generations of women work within the genericity of audio-visual storytelling not necessarily to 'undo' or 'subvert' popular formats, but also to draw on their generative force.

Winner of first Prize in the BAFTSS Best Edited Collection competition, this volume examines how different generations of women work within the genericity of audio-visual storytelling not necessarily to 'undo' or 'subvert' popular formats, but also to draw on their generative force.

As American television continues to garner considerable esteem, rivalling the seventh art in its "e;cinematic"e; aesthetics and the complexity of its narratives, one aspect of its development has been relatively unexamined.

As American television continues to garner considerable esteem, rivalling the seventh art in its "e;cinematic"e; aesthetics and the complexity of its narratives, one aspect of its development has been relatively unexamined.

The twentieth century generated tens of thousands of hours of American newsfilm but not the scholarly apparatus necessary to analyze and contextualize them.

The twentieth century generated tens of thousands of hours of American newsfilm but not the scholarly apparatus necessary to analyze and contextualize them.

In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration through the discovery of 'strange new worlds' in space.

In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek has maintained the values of western maritime exploration through the discovery of 'strange new worlds' in space.

Learn first-rate techniques and tips from some of the best makeup artists in the business in the new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook.

Learn first-rate techniques and tips from some of the best makeup artists in the business in the new edition of The Makeup Artist Handbook.

Maurice Peress leads an unusual American musical life.

Maurice Peress leads an unusual American musical life.

Since the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'.

Since the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'.

Presenting a collection of original chapters, this book reassesses the history of the BBC foreign-language services prior to, and during, the Second World War.

This book explores the emergence and encouragement of the new narcissus in our society and the ways in which this is portrayed in reality television.

This book explores the emergence and encouragement of the new narcissus in our society and the ways in which this is portrayed in reality television.

It dominates our lives.

It dominates our lives.

The Fake Food Cookbook: Props You Can't Eat for Theatre, Film, and TV contains step by step instructions on how to create the most realistic prop food for a theatrical production.

The Fake Food Cookbook: Props You Can't Eat for Theatre, Film, and TV contains step by step instructions on how to create the most realistic prop food for a theatrical production.

Addressing the relationship between masculinity, war, and violence, this book covers these themes broadly and across different disciplines.