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Emotions, Genre, and Justice in Film and Television explores textual representations of emotions from a cultural perspective. It considers emotions as structures of feeling that are collectively shared and historically developed, focusing on the justice genres ¿ the generic network of film and television programs that are concerned with crime, law, and social order ¿ to examine how fictional police, detective, and legal stories participate in ...

Astrid Lindgren, author of the famed "Pippi Longstocking" novels, is perhaps one of the most significant children's authors of the last half of the twentieth century. This title consider films, music, and picturebooks relating to Lindgren, in addition to the author's reception internationally.

In this study, Gould argues that it was in the imperial capital¿s theatrical venues that the public was put into contact with the places and peoples of empire. Plays and similar forms of spectacle offered Victorian audiences the illusion of unmediated access to the imperial periphery, separated from the action by only the thin shadow of the proscenium arch, theatrical audiences observed cross-cultural contact in action. But without narrative d...

A clear and concise introduction to green networks and green network operations, this book examines analytical measures and discusses virtualization, network computing, and web services as approaches for green data centers and networks. It identifies some strategies for green appliance and end devices and examines the methodical steps that can be taken over time to achieve a seamless migration to Green IT.

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A how-to-do-it resource for researchers and professionals, this book brings together discussions of technical issues in driving simulation with broad areas in which driving simulation is now playing a role. Covering basic and advanced topics, the book examines hardware and software selection, visual database and scenario development, independent subject variables, and dependent vehicle, environmental, and psychological variables. It also explo...

This book aims to provide insights into how `second lives¿ in the sense of virtual identities and communities are constructed textually, semiotically and discursively, specifically in the online environment Second Life and Massively Multiplayer Online Games such as World of Warcraft. The book¿s philosophy is multi-disciplinary and its goal is to explore the question of how we as gamers and residents of virtual worlds construct alternative onli...

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This research guide includes more than 1, 400 annotated entries relating to the genre as it appears on stage and screen. It includes reference works, monographs, articles, anthologies, and websites related to the musical. Separate sections are devoted to sub-genres (such as operetta and megamusical), non-English language musical genres in the U.S., traditions outside the U.S., individual shows, creators, performers, and performance. This new e...

This text offers a detailed presentation of thermoplastic materials that are commercially available for the plastics and polymer industries. It discusses chemical structure-property relationships and various categories of thermoplastic resins, including general purpose/commodity, quasicommodity, engineering, and specialty. Some of the thermoplastics covered include polycarbonate, nylon, ABS, and PMMA. Using a process-oriented format, the autho...

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Responding to the era of the sequel, the multi-media franchise, and the War on Terror, the US action film has altered dramatically. This textbook covers the changes and highlights the attributes of the genre in its current state, examining the influences of major events such as 9/11 and the War on Terror, British and European connections, as well as the role of homosexuality, gender, the body, and ethnicity on the genre.

Marcel Maauss's Essai sur le don (The Gift) (1923--4) has become one of the central non-philosophical references of contemporary French philosophy. Now Gerald Moore shows how the concept of the gift both drives and illuminates the last century of French philosophy. This ambitious study engages with key poststructuralist thinkers including Heidegger, Lacan, Deleuze, Derrida as well as the contemporary figures of

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Provides readers with an understanding of the field of e-learning, and advises them on the issues that are critical to the success of a meaningful e-learning environment. This book walks you through the various factors critical to developing, evaluating and implementing e-learning.

Packed with important information for today's parents and professionals, this new edition of a groundbreaking work presents the latest research on how visually impaired children learn and develop at different ages and in the various developmental domains: sensory development, communication, movement, manipulation, and comprehension. Clear, practical, and reassuring, and full of suggested activities, this book provides a guide to teaching young...

A series of essays on the writing and ideas of Philip K. Dick presented in eight chapters. This in-depth look at the philosophies behind Dick's SF and mainstream novels is based on Barlow's 1988 doctoral dissertation at the University of Iowa.

Provides an overview of data mining technology and how it is applied in a business environment. This volume describes the corresponding data mining methodologies that are used to solve a variety of business problems which enhance firm-level efficiency in a less technical, more managerial style.

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