Benjamin T. Smith
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469638089
- eISBN:
- 9781469638140
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469638089.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
Mexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this ...
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Mexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this history of the press and civil society, the cycle of violent repression and protest over journalism is nothing new. He traces it back to the growth in newspaper production and reading publics between 1940 and 1976, when a national thirst for tabloids, crime sheets, and magazines reached far beyond the middle class.
As Mexicans began to view local and national events through the prism of journalism, everyday politics changed radically. Even while lauding the liberty of the press, the state developed an arsenal of methods to control what was printed, including sophisticated spin and misdirection techniques, covert financial payments, and campaigns of threats, imprisonment, beatings, and even murder. The press was also pressured by media monopolists tacking between government demands and public expectations to maximize profits, and by coalitions of ordinary citizens demanding that local newspapers publicize stories of corruption, incompetence, and state violence. Since the Cold War, both in Mexico City and in the provinces, a robust radical journalism has posed challenges to government forces.Less
Mexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this history of the press and civil society, the cycle of violent repression and protest over journalism is nothing new. He traces it back to the growth in newspaper production and reading publics between 1940 and 1976, when a national thirst for tabloids, crime sheets, and magazines reached far beyond the middle class.
As Mexicans began to view local and national events through the prism of journalism, everyday politics changed radically. Even while lauding the liberty of the press, the state developed an arsenal of methods to control what was printed, including sophisticated spin and misdirection techniques, covert financial payments, and campaigns of threats, imprisonment, beatings, and even murder. The press was also pressured by media monopolists tacking between government demands and public expectations to maximize profits, and by coalitions of ordinary citizens demanding that local newspapers publicize stories of corruption, incompetence, and state violence. Since the Cold War, both in Mexico City and in the provinces, a robust radical journalism has posed challenges to government forces.
Mark O'Brien
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780719096136
- eISBN:
- 9781526121004
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719096136.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This book examines the history of journalists and journalism in twentieth century Ireland. While many media institutions have been subjected to historical scrutiny, the professional and ...
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This book examines the history of journalists and journalism in twentieth century Ireland. While many media institutions have been subjected to historical scrutiny, the professional and organisational development of journalists, the changing practices of journalism, and the contribution of journalists and journalism to the evolution of modern Ireland have not. This book rectifies this deficit by mapping the development of journalism in Ireland from the late 1880s to today. Beginning with the premise that the position of journalists and the power of journalism are products of their time and are shaped by ever-shifting political, economic, technological, and cultural forces it examines the background and values of those who worked as journalists, how they viewed and understood their role over the decades, how they organised and what they stood for as a professional body, how the prevailing political and social atmosphere facilitated or constrained their work, and, crucially, how their work impacted on social change and contributed to the development of modern Ireland. Placing the experiences of journalists and the practice of journalism at the heart of its analysis it examines, for the first time, the work of journalists within the ever-changing context of Irish society. Based on strong primary research – including the previously un-consulted journals and records produced by the many journalistic representative organisations that came and went over the decades – and written in an accessible and engaging style, this book will appeal to anyone interested in journalism, history, the media, and the development of Ireland as a modern nation.Less
This book examines the history of journalists and journalism in twentieth century Ireland. While many media institutions have been subjected to historical scrutiny, the professional and organisational development of journalists, the changing practices of journalism, and the contribution of journalists and journalism to the evolution of modern Ireland have not. This book rectifies this deficit by mapping the development of journalism in Ireland from the late 1880s to today. Beginning with the premise that the position of journalists and the power of journalism are products of their time and are shaped by ever-shifting political, economic, technological, and cultural forces it examines the background and values of those who worked as journalists, how they viewed and understood their role over the decades, how they organised and what they stood for as a professional body, how the prevailing political and social atmosphere facilitated or constrained their work, and, crucially, how their work impacted on social change and contributed to the development of modern Ireland. Placing the experiences of journalists and the practice of journalism at the heart of its analysis it examines, for the first time, the work of journalists within the ever-changing context of Irish society. Based on strong primary research – including the previously un-consulted journals and records produced by the many journalistic representative organisations that came and went over the decades – and written in an accessible and engaging style, this book will appeal to anyone interested in journalism, history, the media, and the development of Ireland as a modern nation.
Terri Blom Crocker
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813166155
- eISBN:
- 9780813166650
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813166155.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter sets the scene for the Christmas truce by examining the letters British soldiers wrote home during the first winter of the war, which included forthright descriptions of the horrors of ...
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This chapter sets the scene for the Christmas truce by examining the letters British soldiers wrote home during the first winter of the war, which included forthright descriptions of the horrors of the trenches, the respect they had for the German soldiers, and occasional friendly relations with their enemies. Letters that were printed in the British newspapers containing this information conditioned the public to accept a reality about the front lines that deviated from the official reports. The frankness with which the British soldiers wrote home during this time anticipates how they would report the truce, and the way it would be received by the home front.Less
This chapter sets the scene for the Christmas truce by examining the letters British soldiers wrote home during the first winter of the war, which included forthright descriptions of the horrors of the trenches, the respect they had for the German soldiers, and occasional friendly relations with their enemies. Letters that were printed in the British newspapers containing this information conditioned the public to accept a reality about the front lines that deviated from the official reports. The frankness with which the British soldiers wrote home during this time anticipates how they would report the truce, and the way it would be received by the home front.
Terri Blom Crocker
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813166155
- eISBN:
- 9780813166650
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813166155.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
The popular narrative of the truce further maintains that the event was “hushed up” by the military leadership and the government, and that the British public would have been horrified to learn that ...
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The popular narrative of the truce further maintains that the event was “hushed up” by the military leadership and the government, and that the British public would have been horrified to learn that their soldiers had fraternized with the enemy. An examination of six nationally available newspapers from the end of 1914 through the beginning of 1915, however, shows that many letters from soldiers freely discussing the truce were published during that time. As a result, the British public was fully aware of the event; additionally, no letters or editorials critical of the soldiers who participated or of the truce itself appeared in those papers.Less
The popular narrative of the truce further maintains that the event was “hushed up” by the military leadership and the government, and that the British public would have been horrified to learn that their soldiers had fraternized with the enemy. An examination of six nationally available newspapers from the end of 1914 through the beginning of 1915, however, shows that many letters from soldiers freely discussing the truce were published during that time. As a result, the British public was fully aware of the event; additionally, no letters or editorials critical of the soldiers who participated or of the truce itself appeared in those papers.
Gary W. Gallagher
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469625331
- eISBN:
- 9781469625355
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469625331.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
Gary W. Gallagher’s opening essay focuses on Grant and Lee, who occupied singular positions in their respective nations. Both were compared to George Washington, a sure indication that fellow ...
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Gary W. Gallagher’s opening essay focuses on Grant and Lee, who occupied singular positions in their respective nations. Both were compared to George Washington, a sure indication that fellow citizens invested substantial emotional capital in their leadership. As the Overland campaign ground toward its conclusion, with escalating losses and no clear indication that either side was winning, Grant and Lee came under intense scrutiny from newspapers, civilians, soldiers in their armies, and foreign observers. This essay assesses why Grant received harsher critiques, exploring, among other factors, the different political environments in the two nations, how previous operations affected civilian perceptions, and the relationships between Grant and Lee and their soldiers.Less
Gary W. Gallagher’s opening essay focuses on Grant and Lee, who occupied singular positions in their respective nations. Both were compared to George Washington, a sure indication that fellow citizens invested substantial emotional capital in their leadership. As the Overland campaign ground toward its conclusion, with escalating losses and no clear indication that either side was winning, Grant and Lee came under intense scrutiny from newspapers, civilians, soldiers in their armies, and foreign observers. This essay assesses why Grant received harsher critiques, exploring, among other factors, the different political environments in the two nations, how previous operations affected civilian perceptions, and the relationships between Grant and Lee and their soldiers.
Corinna Nicolaou
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231173940
- eISBN:
- 9780231541251
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231173940.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Recounting the article about her project that appears in the Los Angeles Times and her subsequent blog, the author struggles with the public reception of her journey into faith as a religious None. ...
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Recounting the article about her project that appears in the Los Angeles Times and her subsequent blog, the author struggles with the public reception of her journey into faith as a religious None. She weighs her different options, wondering which she might pick. Ultimately, she decides None is a perfectly valid religious affiliation and, in fact, may herald a sea change-for-the-better in the religious landscape.Less
Recounting the article about her project that appears in the Los Angeles Times and her subsequent blog, the author struggles with the public reception of her journey into faith as a religious None. She weighs her different options, wondering which she might pick. Ultimately, she decides None is a perfectly valid religious affiliation and, in fact, may herald a sea change-for-the-better in the religious landscape.
Rachelle Hope Saltzman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719079771
- eISBN:
- 9781781704080
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719079771.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Social History
‘The volunteers’ farewell: closing rituals, genteel ironies’ recounts the activities and perspectives of volunteers, Government officials, the Church, strikers, and various media at the end of the ...
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‘The volunteers’ farewell: closing rituals, genteel ironies’ recounts the activities and perspectives of volunteers, Government officials, the Church, strikers, and various media at the end of the General Strike. The Liberal press, the King, and the Church took a neutral position and called for a binding up of the wounds. Most newspapers, however, blamed one side or the other, depending upon their political perspective. The strike ended with the Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress more isolated than ever from Prime Minister Baldwin's Conservative Government, the mine owners, and the majority of public opinion.Less
‘The volunteers’ farewell: closing rituals, genteel ironies’ recounts the activities and perspectives of volunteers, Government officials, the Church, strikers, and various media at the end of the General Strike. The Liberal press, the King, and the Church took a neutral position and called for a binding up of the wounds. Most newspapers, however, blamed one side or the other, depending upon their political perspective. The strike ended with the Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress more isolated than ever from Prime Minister Baldwin's Conservative Government, the mine owners, and the majority of public opinion.
Melanie Tebbutt
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719066139
- eISBN:
- 9781781704097
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719066139.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Social History
Chapter 5 continues this examination of how these changes affected the emotional landscapes of young men's lives by scrutinising how the ‘male world’ of youthful feeling was expressed through the ...
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Chapter 5 continues this examination of how these changes affected the emotional landscapes of young men's lives by scrutinising how the ‘male world’ of youthful feeling was expressed through the advice columns of popular newspapers and magazines, which expanded significantly in the 1930s. The chapter samples letters from boys and young men to illustrate a complex interplay of discourse and mediated experience to help illustrate their responses to the period's informalising expectations and changing social relations.Less
Chapter 5 continues this examination of how these changes affected the emotional landscapes of young men's lives by scrutinising how the ‘male world’ of youthful feeling was expressed through the advice columns of popular newspapers and magazines, which expanded significantly in the 1930s. The chapter samples letters from boys and young men to illustrate a complex interplay of discourse and mediated experience to help illustrate their responses to the period's informalising expectations and changing social relations.
Joanna Hofer-Robinson
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781474420983
- eISBN:
- 9781474453738
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474420983.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
Field Lane was envisioned as a nexus of crime, overcrowding, foreignness, social unrest and insanitary conditions in representations of the district in multiple media and contexts in the ...
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Field Lane was envisioned as a nexus of crime, overcrowding, foreignness, social unrest and insanitary conditions in representations of the district in multiple media and contexts in the mid-nineteenth century. In London more widely, these anxieties helped to shape how improvements were conceived, and which places were targeted for demolition. This chapter presents evidence that the improvements promised by advocates of Field Lane’s redevelopment were repeatedly articulated and conceptualised through references to Oliver Twist. For example, by emphasising its association with Fagin and Bill Sikes to draw attention to the slum as a dangerous locale. Focusing on appropriations of Dickens’s works in newspapers, periodicals and parliamentary debates, the chapter traces a proliferation of Dickensian afterlives in commentaries on Field Lane’s improvement before, during and after its demolition. Of course, as is the case with all the afterlives analysed in this book, the novel was variously appropriated, even when users commented on the same site or descriptive passage. However, it is in this instability that we can see how Dickensian afterlives were put to work in arguments for Field Lane’s demolition. His fiction provided a mobile and rhetorically effective vocabulary, which was easily manipulated to serve numerous interests.Less
Field Lane was envisioned as a nexus of crime, overcrowding, foreignness, social unrest and insanitary conditions in representations of the district in multiple media and contexts in the mid-nineteenth century. In London more widely, these anxieties helped to shape how improvements were conceived, and which places were targeted for demolition. This chapter presents evidence that the improvements promised by advocates of Field Lane’s redevelopment were repeatedly articulated and conceptualised through references to Oliver Twist. For example, by emphasising its association with Fagin and Bill Sikes to draw attention to the slum as a dangerous locale. Focusing on appropriations of Dickens’s works in newspapers, periodicals and parliamentary debates, the chapter traces a proliferation of Dickensian afterlives in commentaries on Field Lane’s improvement before, during and after its demolition. Of course, as is the case with all the afterlives analysed in this book, the novel was variously appropriated, even when users commented on the same site or descriptive passage. However, it is in this instability that we can see how Dickensian afterlives were put to work in arguments for Field Lane’s demolition. His fiction provided a mobile and rhetorically effective vocabulary, which was easily manipulated to serve numerous interests.
Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748635924
- eISBN:
- 9780748671083
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748635924.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
Provides a social history of the media sport relationship. Examines newspapers, radio, film and television. Sets the present study in an historical context.
Provides a social history of the media sport relationship. Examines newspapers, radio, film and television. Sets the present study in an historical context.
Kenneth R. Johnston
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199657803
- eISBN:
- 9780191771576
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199657803.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature, 19th-century Literature and Romanticism
James Montgomery is known to history as a prolific writer of church hymns. In his young manhood, he was a liberal newspaper editor and poet in Sheffield. Encouraged by the radical Joseph Gales, who ...
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James Montgomery is known to history as a prolific writer of church hymns. In his young manhood, he was a liberal newspaper editor and poet in Sheffield. Encouraged by the radical Joseph Gales, who absconded to America to avoid prosecution, Montgomery took over Gales’s newspaper, the Register. In the mid-1790s, Montgomery was twice arrested, tried, and imprisoned for publishing items which packed juries found seditious. These experiences led Montgomery to moderate his liberalism, withdraw from newspaper publishing, and return to the Moravian religiosity of his youth. He said he had learned the necessity of being hypocritical. He sought to suppress all copies of his collection of satirical essays, The Whisperer, pseudonymously authored by ‘Gabriel Silvertongue.’ After his retreat from active politics he became a benefactor of public and religious good works in Sheffield, and continued to write poems, which Coleridge and Byron admired, on safer liberal subjects, such as the abolition of the slave trade.Less
James Montgomery is known to history as a prolific writer of church hymns. In his young manhood, he was a liberal newspaper editor and poet in Sheffield. Encouraged by the radical Joseph Gales, who absconded to America to avoid prosecution, Montgomery took over Gales’s newspaper, the Register. In the mid-1790s, Montgomery was twice arrested, tried, and imprisoned for publishing items which packed juries found seditious. These experiences led Montgomery to moderate his liberalism, withdraw from newspaper publishing, and return to the Moravian religiosity of his youth. He said he had learned the necessity of being hypocritical. He sought to suppress all copies of his collection of satirical essays, The Whisperer, pseudonymously authored by ‘Gabriel Silvertongue.’ After his retreat from active politics he became a benefactor of public and religious good works in Sheffield, and continued to write poems, which Coleridge and Byron admired, on safer liberal subjects, such as the abolition of the slave trade.
Jacalyn Duffin
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199743179
- eISBN:
- 9780199345045
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199743179.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The 2010 canonization of the second Canadian-born saint, Brother André, and of Australia’s first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, resulted in massive media attention to saint making and the role of ...
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The 2010 canonization of the second Canadian-born saint, Brother André, and of Australia’s first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, resulted in massive media attention to saint making and the role of miracles in the process. This coverage simply highlights the gulf of understanding between skeptics and believers and it proclaims the public fascination with the whole topic. It also forced the author to decide about her own position: she remains an atheist who believes in miracles.Less
The 2010 canonization of the second Canadian-born saint, Brother André, and of Australia’s first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop, resulted in massive media attention to saint making and the role of miracles in the process. This coverage simply highlights the gulf of understanding between skeptics and believers and it proclaims the public fascination with the whole topic. It also forced the author to decide about her own position: she remains an atheist who believes in miracles.
Joshua Gans
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262034487
- eISBN:
- 9780262333832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262034487.003.0005
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
The previous chapters demonstrated that disruptive events are uncertain. There are two ways of dealing with uncertainty – you can fight the consequences of the event when it arises or you can insure ...
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The previous chapters demonstrated that disruptive events are uncertain. There are two ways of dealing with uncertainty – you can fight the consequences of the event when it arises or you can insure against those consequences. Fighting means that you only have to expend resources and managerial effort should an event prove to be disruptive. Insuring means you expend resources up front to keep yourself shielded should a disruptive event occur. This chapter will look at reactive actions that can be successfully deployed to fight disruption while the next examines proactive actions to insure against disruption.Less
The previous chapters demonstrated that disruptive events are uncertain. There are two ways of dealing with uncertainty – you can fight the consequences of the event when it arises or you can insure against those consequences. Fighting means that you only have to expend resources and managerial effort should an event prove to be disruptive. Insuring means you expend resources up front to keep yourself shielded should a disruptive event occur. This chapter will look at reactive actions that can be successfully deployed to fight disruption while the next examines proactive actions to insure against disruption.
Margaret J. M. Ezell
- Published in print:
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- eISBN:
- 9780191849572
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780191849572.003.0022
- Subject:
- Literature, 17th-century and Restoration Literature
New formats for periodical publications in this decade included the newspaper, which replaced the earlier newsbooks and handwritten subscription newsletters and which created new opportunities for ...
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New formats for periodical publications in this decade included the newspaper, which replaced the earlier newsbooks and handwritten subscription newsletters and which created new opportunities for journalism. In addition to news, they were also important to the development of advertising and opinion writing. While some periodicals were associated with political parties, such as the Tory Examiner for which Jonathan Swift and Delarivier Manley wrote, others such as the Athenian Mercury, the Tatler, and the Guardian were more concerned with polite entertainment and literary matters.Less
New formats for periodical publications in this decade included the newspaper, which replaced the earlier newsbooks and handwritten subscription newsletters and which created new opportunities for journalism. In addition to news, they were also important to the development of advertising and opinion writing. While some periodicals were associated with political parties, such as the Tory Examiner for which Jonathan Swift and Delarivier Manley wrote, others such as the Athenian Mercury, the Tatler, and the Guardian were more concerned with polite entertainment and literary matters.
Elizabeth Sinn
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9789888390847
- eISBN:
- 9789888455010
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888390847.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Wang Tao, a prominent member of the Chinese literati, arrived in Hong Kong in 1862 and found it a baffling place, inhabited not only by foreigners but also by southern Chinese, who were (in his view) ...
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Wang Tao, a prominent member of the Chinese literati, arrived in Hong Kong in 1862 and found it a baffling place, inhabited not only by foreigners but also by southern Chinese, who were (in his view) uncivilized, unable to speak his dialect and possessing weird tastes in food. Merchants, who belonged to an inferior class in China, played a prominent role in society, flaunting their wealth and status with little restraint, funding charitable works, claiming political influence over the colonial government and earning respect from officials in China and Chinese overseas. During his 20 or more years in Hong Kong Wang Tao came to terms with the colony. He made history by founding the first Chinese-language newspaper, the Xunhuan ribao. He came to appreciate the different versions of Chineseness that had at first bewildered him, and molded new versions of Chineseness out of this jumbled assortment of Chinese identity.Less
Wang Tao, a prominent member of the Chinese literati, arrived in Hong Kong in 1862 and found it a baffling place, inhabited not only by foreigners but also by southern Chinese, who were (in his view) uncivilized, unable to speak his dialect and possessing weird tastes in food. Merchants, who belonged to an inferior class in China, played a prominent role in society, flaunting their wealth and status with little restraint, funding charitable works, claiming political influence over the colonial government and earning respect from officials in China and Chinese overseas. During his 20 or more years in Hong Kong Wang Tao came to terms with the colony. He made history by founding the first Chinese-language newspaper, the Xunhuan ribao. He came to appreciate the different versions of Chineseness that had at first bewildered him, and molded new versions of Chineseness out of this jumbled assortment of Chinese identity.
Gerald E. Poyo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049182
- eISBN:
- 9780813050027
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049182.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
During the Cuban Ten Years’ War, José D. Poyo participated in creating a multiracial revolutionary community in Key West safe from Spanish authority where activists freely supported Cuban insurgents. ...
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During the Cuban Ten Years’ War, José D. Poyo participated in creating a multiracial revolutionary community in Key West safe from Spanish authority where activists freely supported Cuban insurgents. As early as the mid-1870s, Key West achieved a reputation as a militant center supporting the war against Spanish colonialism. Cigar workers and entrepreneurs provided generous economic resources while activists, factory readers, patriot orators, a nationalist press, political clubs, and Spanish-language schools kept Cubans mobilized and enthusiastic. Women infused the community with a powerful sense of cultural identity and an activist black and mulatto community symbolized the movement’s inclusiveness. Poyo and his many collaborators built a self-sustaining revolutionary community that became more coherent, determined, and influential with the passage of time.Less
During the Cuban Ten Years’ War, José D. Poyo participated in creating a multiracial revolutionary community in Key West safe from Spanish authority where activists freely supported Cuban insurgents. As early as the mid-1870s, Key West achieved a reputation as a militant center supporting the war against Spanish colonialism. Cigar workers and entrepreneurs provided generous economic resources while activists, factory readers, patriot orators, a nationalist press, political clubs, and Spanish-language schools kept Cubans mobilized and enthusiastic. Women infused the community with a powerful sense of cultural identity and an activist black and mulatto community symbolized the movement’s inclusiveness. Poyo and his many collaborators built a self-sustaining revolutionary community that became more coherent, determined, and influential with the passage of time.
Naomi Paxton
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526114785
- eISBN:
- 9781526139054
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526114785.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
This chapter explores how members of the Actresses' Franchise League displayed their support for the suffrage movement in public space, and how such displays were an important and highly visible ...
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This chapter explores how members of the Actresses' Franchise League displayed their support for the suffrage movement in public space, and how such displays were an important and highly visible public and private strategy that encouraged collective action and activism and saw League members campaign directly on the streets, particularly through processions and the selling of suffrage newspapers. The plays and articles that emerged as part of this visibility give a new perspective on how actresses interacted with the public and how they reflected upon it themselves, and this chapter looks in detail at how interactions between the public and suffragists were absorbed into the performative strategies of the campaign, both on stage and in print. This chapter also details the way the theatrical newspaper the Era represented the campaign and the League to its readership.Less
This chapter explores how members of the Actresses' Franchise League displayed their support for the suffrage movement in public space, and how such displays were an important and highly visible public and private strategy that encouraged collective action and activism and saw League members campaign directly on the streets, particularly through processions and the selling of suffrage newspapers. The plays and articles that emerged as part of this visibility give a new perspective on how actresses interacted with the public and how they reflected upon it themselves, and this chapter looks in detail at how interactions between the public and suffragists were absorbed into the performative strategies of the campaign, both on stage and in print. This chapter also details the way the theatrical newspaper the Era represented the campaign and the League to its readership.
Nick Freeman
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781526124340
- eISBN:
- 9781526136206
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526124340.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
Focusing largely on short stories of the 1890s and 1900s, this essay examines Richard Marsh's many similarities and connections with late-Victorian newspapers, particularly the tabloid press typified ...
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Focusing largely on short stories of the 1890s and 1900s, this essay examines Richard Marsh's many similarities and connections with late-Victorian newspapers, particularly the tabloid press typified by George Purkess's Illustrated Police News. It argues that Marsh used the direct and accessible language of popular journalism to clothe his outlandish sensation fiction in the trappings of believability, while at the same time exploiting the literary possibilities of the news itself, notably in his responses to the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel in 1888 in stories such as 'The adventure of the phonograph' (Curios, 1898) and 'A member of the Anti-Tobacco League' (Under One Flag, 1906).Less
Focusing largely on short stories of the 1890s and 1900s, this essay examines Richard Marsh's many similarities and connections with late-Victorian newspapers, particularly the tabloid press typified by George Purkess's Illustrated Police News. It argues that Marsh used the direct and accessible language of popular journalism to clothe his outlandish sensation fiction in the trappings of believability, while at the same time exploiting the literary possibilities of the news itself, notably in his responses to the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel in 1888 in stories such as 'The adventure of the phonograph' (Curios, 1898) and 'A member of the Anti-Tobacco League' (Under One Flag, 1906).
Catherine Cox
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780719075032
- eISBN:
- 9781781704769
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719075032.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Drawing on 340 dangerous lunatic certification warrants, newspaper reports and other sources, this chapter assesses how lay and medical indications of mental illness were constructed during ...
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Drawing on 340 dangerous lunatic certification warrants, newspaper reports and other sources, this chapter assesses how lay and medical indications of mental illness were constructed during certification procedures heard at petty sessions court hearings and whether lay narratives shaped medical evidence. Additionally, the certification documents are drawn upon to consider the dynamics of familial relationships and emotions when faced with the disruptive presence of a mentally ill relative within a household. The chapter demonstrates that certification occurred in the context of high levels of distress and anxiety for patients and families and that violence and abusive behaviour perpetrated by, and on, the mentally ill, in addition to, suicidal behaviour formed the backdrop to most asylum certifications. The chapter also elucidates how the public nature of dangerous lunatic certifications, which occurred at petty sessions court hearings throughout the southeast and were reported on in local newspapers, assisted in the dissemination of medical and lay knowledge regarding legal certification procedures, and of the demarcation between ‘sane’ and ‘insane’ behaviour.Less
Drawing on 340 dangerous lunatic certification warrants, newspaper reports and other sources, this chapter assesses how lay and medical indications of mental illness were constructed during certification procedures heard at petty sessions court hearings and whether lay narratives shaped medical evidence. Additionally, the certification documents are drawn upon to consider the dynamics of familial relationships and emotions when faced with the disruptive presence of a mentally ill relative within a household. The chapter demonstrates that certification occurred in the context of high levels of distress and anxiety for patients and families and that violence and abusive behaviour perpetrated by, and on, the mentally ill, in addition to, suicidal behaviour formed the backdrop to most asylum certifications. The chapter also elucidates how the public nature of dangerous lunatic certifications, which occurred at petty sessions court hearings throughout the southeast and were reported on in local newspapers, assisted in the dissemination of medical and lay knowledge regarding legal certification procedures, and of the demarcation between ‘sane’ and ‘insane’ behaviour.
Andrea Mariuzzo
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526121875
- eISBN:
- 9781526138712
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526121875.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter defines the channels used to elaborate and disseminate propaganda, and reconstructs a history of the circuits and the most significant materials used to create and disseminate language. ...
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This chapter defines the channels used to elaborate and disseminate propaganda, and reconstructs a history of the circuits and the most significant materials used to create and disseminate language. It places the press and propaganda sections of parties and mass associations in the more complex context of the media and communication agencies that participated in the making of Italian political identities, such as major political newspapers, publications and exhibitions promoted by the government and by foreign embassies, and the popular press.Less
This chapter defines the channels used to elaborate and disseminate propaganda, and reconstructs a history of the circuits and the most significant materials used to create and disseminate language. It places the press and propaganda sections of parties and mass associations in the more complex context of the media and communication agencies that participated in the making of Italian political identities, such as major political newspapers, publications and exhibitions promoted by the government and by foreign embassies, and the popular press.
