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Entertaining Futility

Author : Andrew McMurry
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623496861
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Entertaining Futility written by Andrew McMurry and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In playfully pessimistic and thought-provoking essays, author Andrew McMurry explores a vital but fundamentally perverse human practice: destroying our planet while imagining we are not. How are humans able to do this? Entertaining Futility: Despair and Hope in the Time of Climate Change investigates the discourses of hope, progress, and optimism in the era of climate change, concepts that, McMurry argues, are polite names for blind faith, greed, and wishful thinking. The itemized list of humanity’s arrogance can quickly lead to despair, so McMurry compensates by presenting the news in a darkly comic and irreverent style. McMurry believes human culture relies on a full suite of rhetorical tricks to distract us from our own demise. He investigates the role language, discourse, media, and technology play in shaping perceptions and misperceptions of our complex environmental crises. Writing in a mode that freely mixes the scholarly, fictive, poetic, and personal, McMurry draws on philosophy, history, ecology, film, science fiction, and pop culture to raise questions that are difficult to face, let alone answer. In the author’s words, “our age is utterly paralyzing unless you can crack jokes about it.” Entertaining Futility offers no easy solutions to today’s environmental calamities and, in fact, claims that perhaps the continual proposing of solutions is part of the problem. Instead, McMurry encourages readers to examine their own deeply held beliefs about the environment and the future and to look more closely at where those beliefs originate. By pulling back the curtain, he reveals the rhetorical and cultural ruses that distract us from the reality of our environmental crises.

Entertaining Futility

Author : Andrew McMurry
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623496853
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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The Wreck of the Titan

Author : Morgan Robertson
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Wreck of the Titan written by Morgan Robertson and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1912 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Futility Closet

Author : Greg Ross
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780989887106
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Futility Closet written by Greg Ross and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nine years the popular website Futility Closet has collected arresting curiosities in history, literature, language, art, philosophy, and mathematics. This book presents the best of them: pipe-smoking robots, clairvoyant pennies, zoo jailbreaks, literary cannibals, corned beef in space, revolving squirrels, disappearing Scottish lighthouse keepers, reincarnated pussycats, dueling Churchills, horse spectacles, onrushing molasses, and hundreds more. Plus the obscure words, odd inventions, puzzles and paradoxes that have made the website a quirky favorite with millions of readers -- hundreds of examples of the marvelous, the diverting, and the strange, now in a portable format to occupy your idle hours.

Hoopla Sports and Entertainment Inc. V. Nike Inc

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoopla Sports and Entertainment Inc. V. Nike Inc written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Only Entertainment

Author : Richard Dyer
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415254977
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Only Entertainment written by Richard Dyer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Dyer's text on entertainment and the pleasures of popular culture features a revised introduction and five new chapters on topics from serial killer movies to Elizabeth Taylor.

Understanding the Business of Entertainment

Author : Gregory Bernstein
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317680510
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Business of Entertainment written by Gregory Bernstein and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the Business of Entertainment: The Legal and Business Essentials All Filmmakers Should Know is an indispensable guide to the business aspects of the entertainment industry, providing the legal expertise you need to break in and to succeed. Written in a clear and engaging tone, this book covers the essential topics in a thorough but reader-friendly manner and includes plenty of real-world examples that bring business and legal concepts to life. Whether you want to direct, produce, write, edit, photograph or act in movies, this book covers how to find work in your chosen field and examines the key provisions in employment agreements for creative personnel. If you want to make films independently, you’ll find advice on where to look for financing, what kinds of deals might be made in the course of production, and important information on insurance, releases, and licenses. Other topics covered include: Hollywood’s growth and the current conglomerates that own most of the media How specific entertainment companies operate, including facts about particular studios and employee tasks. How studios develop projects, manage production, seek out independent films, and engage in marketing and distribution The kinds of revenues studios earn and how they account for these revenues How television networks and new media-delivery companies like Netflix operate and where the digital revolution might take those who will one day work in the film and TV business As an award- winning screenwriter and entertainment attorney, Gregory Bernstein give us an inside look at the business of entertainment. He proves that knowing what is behind filmmaking is just as important as the film itself.

Understanding the Business of Media Entertainment

Author : Gregory Bernstein
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429665172
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Business of Media Entertainment written by Gregory Bernstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Understanding the Business of Media Entertainment is an indispensable guide to the business aspects of the entertainment industry, providing the information you need to break in and to succeed. Written in a clear and engaging tone, the second edition of this book covers the essential topics in a thorough but reader-friendly manner and includes plenty of real-world examples that bring business and legal concepts to life, such as the growing clout of digital companies and the rise of streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon, the transformation of independent film development and distribution, and changes to the media ownership landscape. Award-winning screenwriter and entertainment attorney Gregory Bernstein gives an insider's look at the filmmaking business, from copyright law and government media regulation to development, distribution, revenue, the role of agents, managers, and unions, entertainment contracts, and more. Other topics covered include: Hollywood's growth and the current conglomerates that own most of the traditional media. How specific entertainment companies operate, including facts about particular studios and employee tasks. How studios develop projects and engage in marketing and distribution. The kinds of revenues studios earn and how they account for these revenues.

The New Statesman

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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New Statesman and Nation

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book New Statesman and Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mass Media in Modern Society

Author : Norman Jacobs
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000678024
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Mass Media in Modern Society written by Norman Jacobs and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively and yet scholarly book, creative artists, people who direct channels of communications, and social scientists present their numerous positions and deeply felt disagreements.

Entertaining Crime

Author : Mark Fishman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351328182
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Entertaining Crime written by Mark Fishman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In eleven original studies by social scientists, this is the first volume to focus on television reality crime programming as a genre. Contributors address such questions as: why do these programs exist; what larger cultural meaning do they have; what effect do they have on audiences; and what do they indicate about crime and justice in the late twentieth century? Adaptable at both undergraduate and graduate levels, Entertaining Crime will contribute to discussions of crime and the media, as well as crime in relation to other issues, such as gender, race/ethnicity, and fear of crime.

An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231127618
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-06 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds is the first English verse translation of the Greek satirical poem Diegesis Paidiophrastos ton Zoon ton Tetrapodon. Written by an anonymous author in fourteenth-century Byzantium, this vernacular allegorical poem has long been recognized as a unique document, one that appears to have originated independently of comparable works in other traditions. A medieval Animal Farm, the story describes a convention of animals in which each beast vaunts its uses to humanity while denigrating others, resulting in a cataclysmic battle. The authors provide extensive textual analysis and notes on the form, style, and context of the poem.

The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement written by and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1775 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Make 'Em Laugh & Take Their Money

Author : Dan S. Kennedy
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 098237934X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Make 'Em Laugh & Take Their Money written by Dan S. Kennedy and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from 30 years' experience as a popular professional speaker, author of 13 books, columnist and advertising copywriter, Dan Kennedy looks at humor as an instrument of persuasion and influence. Anyone--amateur--or pro--who must stand and deliver speeches, seminars, group sales presentations, serve as toastmaster, or write advertisements, sales letters or newsletters will find fodder here, to be faster on their feet, more confident and adept at being funny with a purpose. The book contains thoughtful insight but also simple shortcuts. Reading it, you'll get a better appreciation for the humor around you and humor professionals who entertain you, and you'll exit stage left with humor strategies and tricks you can use. Even if you're not all that funny.