Download or read book The World in a Selfie written by Marco D'Eramo and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spirited critique of the cultural politics of the tourist age. Or, why we are all tourists who hate tourists We've all been tourists at some point in our lives. How is it we look so condescendingly at people taking selfies in front of the Tower of Pisa? Is there really much to distinguish the package holiday from hipster city-breaks to Berlin or Brooklyn? Why do we engage our free time in an activity we profess to despise? The World in a Selfie dissects a global cultural phenomenon. For Marco D'Eramo, tourism is not just the most important industry of the century, generating huge waves of people and capital, calling forth a dedicated infrastructure, and upsetting and repurposing the architecture and topography of our cities. It also encapsulates the problem of modernity: the search for authenticity in a world of ersatz pleasures. D'Eramo retraces the grand tours of the first globetrotters - from Francis Bacon and Samuel Johnson to Arthur de Gobineau and Mark Twain - before assessing the cultural meaning of the beach holiday and the 'UNESCO-cide' of major heritage sites. The tourist selfie will never look the same again.
Download or read book Sexual Diversity in Young Cuban Cinema written by Margaret G. Frohlich and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how young Cuban filmmakers have expanded the range of sexual subjectivities on screen. It analyzes cine joven (films made by young directors) from the late 1980s to the early 2020s, film reviews, articles, and materials from the Cinematheque of Cuba's archive to illustrate the confluence of sexuality, cinema, and discourses of youth. While sexual and cinematic cultures have their own unique relation to the public sphere, state institutions, and transnational flows, this book explores tensions, debates, and expressions that unite them. In an investigation of how young filmmakers employ queer strategies of self-making to bring sexual diversity to the screen, Margaret G. Frohlich shows us how cine joven takes part in the socialization of power in Cuba.
Download or read book A Changing World written by Cesar Vidal and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is democracy done? Historian Dr. Cesar Vidal explores the expressions and failures of democracy throughout history, and the current threats to its existence around the globe in A Changing World. Vidal, author of over 180 books and possessing Ph.Ds. in history, philosophy, law, and theology, connects the dots between the collapse of national sovereignty and global warming, illegal immigration, gender ideology, national debt, and a globalist agenda. A Changing World details in five parts— a history of democracy, its threats, and options for the future, explaining the following: The foundations of modern democracy and the preponderant role of the Reformation in vital notions such as the supremacy of the law, limited power, and the separation of powers. Similarly, the author explores how these concepts took root in America and gave rise to the emergence of the United States, distinguishing this nation from European countries. The risks facing democracy and how these dangers arose. Starting from an analysis of contemporary philosophical ideologies, he moves on to the emergence of interventionist States, from the origin of Marxism, the imposition and fall of communism, and the rise of fascism in Europe. The threat of the globalist agenda, its main promoters—from Soros to Pope Francis—as well as the dogmas that compose it: global warming, gender ideology, population reduction, and the defense of illegal immigration, all issues that severely affect contemporary society. The evolution of Europe and the emergence of the European Union as the end of independent nations. He then addresses the case of Latin America and the roots of its constant economic and governmental crises. He analyzes the current situations of Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia and why they matter. The final part deals with the emerging resistance to the globalist agenda, manifested in the patriotic and democratic movements in the European Union, South America, and particularly in the United States with the rise of Donald Trump to power. Vidal uses a chapter to focus on Russian history, from tsarism to Putin, and then looks at China and its resurgence, with an appendix on the Middle East. “Far from democracy and freedom being almost naturally imposed realities, both are more threatened than ever. This threat is not only external but also, to a large extent, internal. A Changing World is an attempt to explain what democracy is and its fragility as well as what the globalist agenda is—a colossal threat to the continuity of democracy itself,” says the author about his new book.
Download or read book How the World Changed Social Media written by Daniel Miller and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the World Changed Social Media is the first book in Why We Post, a book series that investigates the findings of anthropologists who each spent 15 months living in communities across the world. This book offers a comparative analysis summarising the results of the research and explores the impact of social media on politics and gender, education and commerce. What is the result of the increased emphasis on visual communication? Are we becoming more individual or more social? Why is public social media so conservative? Why does equality online fail to shift inequality offline? How did memes become the moral police of the internet? Supported by an introduction to the project’s academic framework and theoretical terms that help to account for the findings, the book argues that the only way to appreciate and understand something as intimate and ubiquitous as social media is to be immersed in the lives of the people who post. Only then can we discover how people all around the world have already transformed social media in such unexpected ways and assess the consequences
Download or read book Our Catholic Children Ministry with Hispanic Youth and Young Adults written by Hosffman Ospino, PhD and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 60 percent of all Catholicsyounger than eighteen are Hispanic. The numbers are clear. The voices and experiences of Hispanic young people are writinga new chapter in the history of theChurch in this country. Our Catholic Children: Ministry with Hispanic Youth and Young Adults is a groundbreaking collection of essays, the result of several national conversations, bringing together the best research and analysis available to date on the most urgentrealities that shape the lives of Hispanic Catholic young people. Hosffman Ospino, PhD is a researcherand an Associate Professor of Theologyand Religious Education at BostonCollege, School of Theology & Ministry. Aproximadamente el 60 por ciento de todos los católicos menores de 18 años son hispanos. Los números hablan por sí mismos. Las voces y las experiencias de los jóvenes hispanos están escribiendo un capítulo nuevo en la historia de la Iglesia en este país. Nuestros jóvenes católicos: Pastoral Juvenil Hispana en los Estados Unidos es una colección de ensayos sin precedente, el resultado de varias conversaciones nacionales, que ofrece lo mejor de la investigación y el análisis actualizado sobre las realidades más urgentes que definen las vidas de los jóvenes católicos hispanos. Hosffman Ospino, PhD es investigador y profesor de teología y educación religiosa en la Escuela de Teología y Ministerio de Boston College.
Download or read book El Efecto Ancla Descubra porque todav a no es rico written by Jordi Palau and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Society of the Selfie written by Jeremiah Morelock and published by University of Westminster Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how the Internet is connected to the global crisis of liberal democracy. Today, self-promotion is at the heart of many human relationships. The selfie is not just a social media gesture people love to hate. It is also a symbol of social reality in the age of the Internet. Through social media people have new ways of rating and judging themselves and one another, via metrics such as likes, shares, followers and friends. There are new thirsts for authenticity, outlets for verbal aggression, and social problems. Social media culture and neoliberalism dovetail and amplify one another, feeding social estrangement. With neoliberalism, psychosocial wounds are agitated and authoritarianism is provoked. Yet this new sociality also inspires resistance and political mobilisation. Illustrating ideas and trends with examples from news and popular culture, the book outlines and applies theories from Debord, Foucault, Fromm, Goffman, and Giddens, among others. Topics covered include the global history of communication technologies, personal branding, echo chamber effects, alienation and fear of abnormality. Information technologies provide channels for public engagement where extreme ideas reach farther and faster than ever before, and political differences are widened and inflamed. They also provide new opportunities for protest and resistance.
Download or read book O Globetrotter written by Ian Boudreault and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O Bestseller ingles Globetrotter chega ao Brasil. E por um bom motivo! O homem mais viajado do mundo, Ian Boudreault, sempre disse que o Brasil foi seu pais favorito no mundo! Uma historia real e de tirar o folego sobre dedicacao, perseveranca e inovacao no empreendedorismo online e alternativa de vida. Um testemunho sobre como levar os limites da curiosidade humana a novas fronteiras."e;Antes da era Covid-19, ser um globetrotter digital e passar por todos os paises do mundo parecia estar na moda, por isso Ian estava definitivamente criando uma tendencia"e; - Tony Wheeler, Co-fundador da Lonely PlanetO que voce poderia aprender apos mais de vinte anos passados percorrendo o planeta, sendo dezessete deles sem pausas, como um empreendedor digital? O quanto a sua vida poderia mudar apos explorar todos os paises do mundo, 230 paises incluindo cada um dos 195 reconhecidos pelas Nacoes Unidas? Esse e o relato de uma incrivel jornada com reviravoltas e aventuras sem fim. Sao dezessete anos vivendo e trabalhando com uma mochila nas costas, carregando consigo apenas o absolutamente essencial para viver confortavelmente, financiado pelo home office, atraves das maravilhas da renda passiva. A historia sobre como um homem destinado a uma carreira promissora de Engenharia se tornou assombrado pela ideia de ter que viver uma rotina de trabalho das nove da manha as cinco da tarde, engatilhando seus instintos nomadicos para escolher uma vida em que ele pudesse dedicar cada dia de sua existencia para viver, respirando e experimentando a liberdade, muitas aventuras e surpresas. A historia de como um homem que, embora curioso sobre o que o mundo reservou para ele, se apaixonou pelo Brasil e seu povo, lutando para decidir entre ficar ou continuar seu caminho para novos horizontes.Um testemunho inspirador sobre formas alternativas de viver a vida fora dos caminhos tradicionais que nos sempre conhecemos. Uma reflexao sobre o nivel de liberdade que uma pessoa consegue alcancar quando se da essa oportunidade. Uma sede por conhecimento guiada por um desejo de encontrar outros colegas cidadaos do mundo, desde aqueles pertencentes a tribos ate a realeza, do Afeganistao ao Zimbabue, pela terra, mar ou pelo ceu. Uma jornada motivada apenas por um desejo: descobrir o desconhecido e viver cada dia como se fosse o ultimo.Abandonar a seguranca e o conforto da civilizacao ocidental nao e a coisa mais intuitiva a se fazer. A historia de um sonhador que, por toda a sua vida, teve o desejo de viajar e que, com o diploma de Engenharia em maos, decidiu jogar tudo fora e arriscar uma saida da vida tradicional. O conceito de empreendedorismo online era desconhecido ate entao, quando o sonhador decidiu ser o pioneiro de um novo estilo de vida e apostar "e;tudo ou nada"e; em uma configuracao de nomade digital para custear seu amor por viajar. Uma jornada que, de forma vagarosa, certamente o guiaria por todos os paises do mundo.Uma longa viagem que, invariavelmente, trouxe um catalogo de inesperadas anedotas fresquinhas. Seu habito de sempre testar o territorio e socializar nas mais diversificadas situacoes o levou a se infiltrar em tribos na Africa, Oriente Medio e nas Ilhas do Pacifico, a se juntar as comunidades de surfistas nos mares mais remotos ou ate dividir refeicoes com os nomades mongois, assim como com ministros afegaos. Seu estilo incomum de viajar o levou a navegar o Oceano Pacifico, de navios cargueiros a iates, cruzando fronteiras internacionais pela selva em uma motocicleta e, ate mesmo, embarcar em trens intercontinentais por milhares de quilometros. Isso muitas vezes o levava a encarar os horrores da guerra em locais como Siria, Iemen, Iraque e Libia, enquanto escapava das maos do terrorismo por muitas ocasioes.Essa e uma historia de um aventureiro inquieto com gosto pela vida.
Download or read book Land of Women written by María Sánchez and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: María Sánchez is obsessed with what she cannot see. As a field veterinarian following in the footsteps of generations before her, she travels the countryside of Spain bearing witness to a life eroding before her eyes—words, practices, and people slipping away because of depopulation, exploitation of natural resources, inadequate environmental policies, and development encroaching on farmland and villages. Sánchez, the first woman in her family to dedicate herself to what has traditionally been a male-dominated profession, rebuffs the bucolic narrative of rural life often written by—and for consumption by—people in cities, describing the multilayered social complexity of people who are proud, resilient, and often misunderstood. Sánchez interweaves family stories of three generations with reflections on science and literature. She focuses especially on the often dismissed and undervalued generations of women who have forgone education and independence to work the land and tend to family. In doing so, she asks difficult questions about gender equity and labor. Part memoir and part rural feminist manifesto, Land of Women acknowledges the sacrifices of Sánchez’s female ancestors who enabled her to become the woman she is. A bestseller in Spain, Land of Women promises to ignite conversations about the treatment and perception of rural communities everywhere.
Download or read book Sonr e te est n puntuando written by Roberto Aparici and published by Editorial GEDISA. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Celebrating Nature on the Seven Continents A Photographic Journey Around the World written by Sunil Singh and published by Sunil Singh. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Celebrating Nature on the Seven Continents: A Photographic Journey Around the World" takes readers on a stunning journey to experience the beauty of nature and wildlife. Written by Sunil and Vani, a nature and wildlife enthusiast couple, the book features hundreds of breathtaking images and personal stories from their travels through rainforests, savannahs, deserts, the Arctic tundra, and the pristine wilderness of Antarctica. Sunil, who as a teenager viewed the world through the lens of his camera with his first prized possession - Zenit TTL, a 35mm film SLR camera made in the USSR, shares his passion for wildlife and photography with readers. Vani, inspired by Jane Goodall's work, meticulously researched and planned this journey to fragile habitats to better understand the wild. Their journey begins in Alaska and takes them across both the Arctic and Antarctic circles before ending in the southernmost national park of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. Along the way, Sunil and Vani carry two camera backpacks and a few sets of clothes, savoring the unexpected moments and experiencing a deep humility in the face of nature's splendor. In addition to providing breathtaking images and personal stories, the book also offers practical information on researching destinations, packing for a variety of climates and destinations, photography gear and tips, and the logistics of planning a journey around the world. It is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the rich and colorful biodiversity of our planet.
Download or read book Get A Life Online written by Mighty Rasing and published by OMF Literature. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bad yan!" sabi ng ilan. Dapat daw iwasan ang Internet. Pero halos lahat ng bagay sa buhay natin ay ginagawa online. Tulad ng--- Catching up with family and friends — online Researching for school reports — online Checking weather updates and traffic reports — online Bank transactions — online Shopping — online Listening to music and watching films -- online Watching porn -- BAWAL! Mukhang wala na tayong kawala sa pagiging online. So how do we tame the great beast called the Internet? Learn from New Media guru Mighty Rasing kung paano i-maximize ang social media and online technology para mapabuti ang lahat ng aspects ng buhay mo. Itinuturo din niya how to avoid or deal with the online dangers tulad ng cyberbullying, pornography, at identity theft. So ano pang hinihintay mo? GET A LIFE . . . ONLINE!
Download or read book I Justine written by Justine Ezarik and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world. Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website. A decade later, she became one of the Internet’s first—and most popular—“lifecasters,” inviting people around the world to watch her every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. But it was a one-minute video about an itemized AT&T bill that gave Justine her first taste of viral success: Within ten days of release, her “300-page iPhone bill” had garnered more than 3 million views and international media attention. These days, iJustine is a one-woman new media phenomenon: The popular techie, gamer, vlogger, and digital influencer has an army of nearly 3.5 million subscribers across multiple YouTube channels, with total views approaching half a billion. Now, Justine is giving friends and fans a look behind the scenes, sharing never-before-told stories about the hilarious (and sometimes heartbreaking) reality of sharing your life online. With her trademark wit and delightfully weird sense of humor, Justine delivers an inspirational message in support of creativity, entrepreneurship, and the power of staying true to yourself, while reminding readers that the Internet is a very small world—you just never know who you’re going to meet.
Download or read book Kim Kardashian West Selfish written by Kim Kardashian West and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newly updated book dedicated to the selfie photography of Kim Kardashian, featuring sixty-four new pages of the latest snaps of Kim’s children, her immediate family, and some of the world’s most prominent figures. From her early beginnings as a wardrobe stylist, Kim Kardashian has catapulted herself into becoming one of the most recognizable celebrities in Hollywood. Hailed by many (including Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci) as the modernday Marilyn Monroe, Kim has become a true American icon. With her curvaceous style, successful reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, DASH clothing store, makeup and perfume lines, and workout DVDs, she has acquired a massive fan following in the multi-millions. Through Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Kim connects with her legions of fans on a daily basis, sharing details of her life with her selfie photography. Widely regarded as a trailblazer of the selfie movement—a self-portrait for the digital age—Kim has mastered the art of taking flattering and highly personal photos of herself. This updated volume presents 64 new pages of some of Kim’s favorite selfies—from her favorite throwback images and current ultra-sexy glam shots to newly snapped selfies with Serena Williams, Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama—Selfish provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look into this larger-than-life star. This revised and expanded edition features previously unpublished images of her children and immediate family.
Download or read book Midnight written by Amy McCulloch and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pulse-pounding thriller, a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica—to camp beneath the legendary midnight sun—becomes a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to follow their prey to the ends of the earth. THE SUN NEVER SETS AND THIS KILLER NEVER SLEEPS In the frigid summers of the Antarctic continent, the sun never sets, and Olivia Campbell has long dreamed of spending a sunlit night in this beautiful, remote place. So when her boyfriend—a high-powered art dealer with a taste for the finer things in life—decides to stage an ostentatious, career-making auction aboard a luxury cruise liner to Antarctica, Olivia can hardly believe her luck. That is, until the ship sets sail and her boyfriend is nowhere to be found, and she is left to manage both the auction and her own creeping fear of the open ocean entirely alone. And as though that weren't enough, the first bodies turn up soon after. It seems like a terrible accident. This is the Drake Passage, after all, one of the most notorious bodies of water on the planet, and there are always risks in such extreme conditions. But as the situation deteriorates, it soon becomes clear that there is real danger on board—and that the closest help is hundreds of miles away. With tensions rising and temperatures plummeting, Olivia wonders whether she's booked a fabulous adventure . . . or a one-way ticket to her own destruction.
Download or read book Give Your Speech Change the World written by Nick Morgan and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2005-02-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember the topic of the last speech you heard? If not, you're not alone. In fact, studies show that audiences remember only 10% to 30% of speech or presentation content. Given those bleak statistics, why do we give speeches at all? We give them, says communications expert Nick Morgan, because they remain the most powerful way of connecting with audiences since ancient Greek times. But as we've evolved to a more conversational mode of public speaking, thanks to television, we have forgotten much of what the Greeks taught us about the nonverbal aspects of speech-giving: the physical connection with audiences that can create an almost palpable emotional bond. Morgan says this "kinesthetic connection" comes from truly listening to your audience—not just with your brain but with your body. In this book, he draws from more than 20 years as a speech coach and consultant, combining the best of ancient Greek oratory with modern communications research to offer a new, audience-centered approach to public speaking. Through entertaining and insightful examples, Morgan illustrates a 3 part process—focusing on content development, rehearsal, and delivery—that will enable readers of all experience levels to give more effective, passion-filled speeches that move audiences to action.
