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[Review of] Clara E. Rodriguez, ed. Latin Looks: Images of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. Media [PDF]
, 1997 The anthology Latin Looks is an important contribution to the literature on Latinos and their relationship to the mass media in the United States. It builds on the earlier work by Rosa Linda Fregoso, George Hadley-Garcia, Chon Noriega, Luis Reyes, Peter ...
Haslip-Viera, Gabriel
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
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Metafictional mise en abyme in Saura\u27s Carmen [PDF]
, 1996 In the 1983 film Carmen, Carlos Saura creatively refashions Mérimée\u27s novella and Bizet\u27s opera into an exciting new rendering of the Carmen myth.
Willem, Linda M.
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
History, EarlyView.Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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The effect of dynamic range compression on the psychoacoustic quality and loudness of commercial music [PDF]
, 2010 It is common practice for music productions to be mastered with the aim of increasing the perceived loudness for the listener, allowing one record to stand out from another by delivering an immediate impact and intensity.
Campbell, William +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract The Beqaa Valley in Lebanon has become increasingly polluted, and residents are attributing illness to improper waste disposal and dumping. This article explores local epistemologies of pollution’s causes and effects in three films, which were researched and produced by local residents of Bar Elias, a small town in the Beqaa, which has rapidly
Hannah Sender +2 more
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Convertibility of Cultural Capital: A Longitudinal Study of University Students From 2017 to 2024
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A defining feature of cultural capital is its propensity for accumulation and the potential of its convertibility. However, there are a lack of studies that would explore how different forms of cultural capital could be employed as an advantage.
Ondřej Špaček
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology offers a non‐invasive, non‐pharmacological approach to reduce pain perception in patients undergoing diagnostic or interventional procedures. Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy of immersive VR technology in reducing pain perception during obstetric and gynaecological ...
Jhia Jiat Teh +5 more
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, 2017 It is proper that I should begin by admitting that I am only an apprentice Reger-scholar. In planning this invited paper I evertheless learned much about how and why a British Mahler- and Schreker specialist, interested in the music of Hans fitzner and Franz Schmidt, might have remained so inconsistently ignorant of Reger. Setting aside, for the moment,
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On the need and contents of a specific addiction recovery research agenda
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background For decades knowledge about the etiology, epidemiology, neurobiology, typology, and treatment of addiction in various populations has been well documented and widely disseminated. In more recent years, there has been a growing interest in investigating the prevalence, multiple pathways, and mechanisms that facilitate sustained ...
William L. White, John F. Kelly
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