Mary Robertson
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781479879601
- eISBN:
- 9781479807512
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479879601.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
Growing Up Queer explores what it is like being young and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) in the United States today. Using interviews and ethnographic research conducted at ...
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Growing Up Queer explores what it is like being young and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) in the United States today. Using interviews and ethnographic research conducted at an LGBTQ youth drop-in center, it shows how young people understand their sexual and gender identities, their interest in queer media, and the role that family plays in their lives. The young people who participated in this research are among the first generation to embrace queer identities as kids and teens, and Growing Up Queer shows how both sexual and gender identities are formed through complicated, ambivalent processes, as opposed to the natural characteristics one is born with. In addition to showing how youth understand their identities, Growing Up Queer describes how young people navigate queerness within a culture in which being gay is the “new normal.” Using Sara Ahmed’s concept of queer orientation, it argues that being queer is not just about one’s sexual and/or gender identity but is also understood through intersecting identities including race, class, ability, and more. By showing how society accepts some kinds of LGBTQ-identified people while rejecting others, Growing Up Queer provides evidence of queerness as a site of social inequality. The book moves beyond an oversimplified examination of teenage sexuality and shows, through the voices of young people themselves, the exciting yet complicated terrain of queer adolescence.Less
Growing Up Queer explores what it is like being young and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) in the United States today. Using interviews and ethnographic research conducted at an LGBTQ youth drop-in center, it shows how young people understand their sexual and gender identities, their interest in queer media, and the role that family plays in their lives. The young people who participated in this research are among the first generation to embrace queer identities as kids and teens, and Growing Up Queer shows how both sexual and gender identities are formed through complicated, ambivalent processes, as opposed to the natural characteristics one is born with. In addition to showing how youth understand their identities, Growing Up Queer describes how young people navigate queerness within a culture in which being gay is the “new normal.” Using Sara Ahmed’s concept of queer orientation, it argues that being queer is not just about one’s sexual and/or gender identity but is also understood through intersecting identities including race, class, ability, and more. By showing how society accepts some kinds of LGBTQ-identified people while rejecting others, Growing Up Queer provides evidence of queerness as a site of social inequality. The book moves beyond an oversimplified examination of teenage sexuality and shows, through the voices of young people themselves, the exciting yet complicated terrain of queer adolescence.
Rosanna Hertz
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195179903
- eISBN:
- 9780199944118
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195179903.003.0024
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
What has happened to men in these families? If women are no longer in search of a man to make a baby, what role do men play in these children's lives? This chapter raises these questions, which so ...
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What has happened to men in these families? If women are no longer in search of a man to make a baby, what role do men play in these children's lives? This chapter raises these questions, which so many people ask of single mothers. It explores the contradictory reasoning behind including men, seeking to reveal what is so special about what men offer to children. Fatherlessness is a heated topic in America today. Some observers worry that fatherless families could lead to a generation of children with behavioral problems, to juvenile violence in schools, to adolescent childbearing, and to future economic malaise. Regardless, women are including men. However, they further struggle with the conflicting messages of a gendered system, socializing children to fit in while aspiring to raise feminist kids.Less
What has happened to men in these families? If women are no longer in search of a man to make a baby, what role do men play in these children's lives? This chapter raises these questions, which so many people ask of single mothers. It explores the contradictory reasoning behind including men, seeking to reveal what is so special about what men offer to children. Fatherlessness is a heated topic in America today. Some observers worry that fatherless families could lead to a generation of children with behavioral problems, to juvenile violence in schools, to adolescent childbearing, and to future economic malaise. Regardless, women are including men. However, they further struggle with the conflicting messages of a gendered system, socializing children to fit in while aspiring to raise feminist kids.
Lee Spinks
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719066320
- eISBN:
- 9781781703113
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719066320.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This is a comprehensive study of Michael Ondaatje's entire oeuvre. Starting from Ondaatje's beginnings as a poet, it offers an intensive account of each of his major publications, including The ...
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This is a comprehensive study of Michael Ondaatje's entire oeuvre. Starting from Ondaatje's beginnings as a poet, it offers an intensive account of each of his major publications, including The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Coming Through Slaughter, In the Skin of a Lion and The English Patient, drawing attention to the various contexts and intertexts that have informed his work. The book contains a broad overview of Ondaatje's career for students and readers coming to his work for the first time. It also offers an original reading of his writing which significantly revises conventional accounts of Ondaatje as a postmodern or postcolonial writer. The book draws on a range of postcolonial theory, as well as contributing to debates about postcolonial literature and the poetics of postmodernism.Less
This is a comprehensive study of Michael Ondaatje's entire oeuvre. Starting from Ondaatje's beginnings as a poet, it offers an intensive account of each of his major publications, including The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, Coming Through Slaughter, In the Skin of a Lion and The English Patient, drawing attention to the various contexts and intertexts that have informed his work. The book contains a broad overview of Ondaatje's career for students and readers coming to his work for the first time. It also offers an original reading of his writing which significantly revises conventional accounts of Ondaatje as a postmodern or postcolonial writer. The book draws on a range of postcolonial theory, as well as contributing to debates about postcolonial literature and the poetics of postmodernism.
Gary Cross
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195156669
- eISBN:
- 9780199868254
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195156669.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The modern notion of the child as “cute” as opposed to merely adorable or even charming crosses a boundary. The meaning of the word “cute” underwent a transformation, from the manipulative and ...
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The modern notion of the child as “cute” as opposed to merely adorable or even charming crosses a boundary. The meaning of the word “cute” underwent a transformation, from the manipulative and devious adult to the lively charm of the willful child, suggesting a new tolerance for the headstrong, even manipulative, youngster. This suggests that the attractive, bubbling enthusiasm associated with children is no longer seen negatively as manipulative or devilish, but positively as charming and even desirable. The cute became the look of wondrous innocence. Cute children became the New Kids in dolls, illustrated stories, magazines, and advertisements. This chapter examines how parents contributed to the idea of the cute child through their style of child rearing, and how this image promoted consumerism.Less
The modern notion of the child as “cute” as opposed to merely adorable or even charming crosses a boundary. The meaning of the word “cute” underwent a transformation, from the manipulative and devious adult to the lively charm of the willful child, suggesting a new tolerance for the headstrong, even manipulative, youngster. This suggests that the attractive, bubbling enthusiasm associated with children is no longer seen negatively as manipulative or devilish, but positively as charming and even desirable. The cute became the look of wondrous innocence. Cute children became the New Kids in dolls, illustrated stories, magazines, and advertisements. This chapter examines how parents contributed to the idea of the cute child through their style of child rearing, and how this image promoted consumerism.
John McCusker
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617036262
- eISBN:
- 9781617036279
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617036262.003.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the life and career of jazz musician Kid Ory. The book, which covers Ory’s life and career during the period from 1900 to ...
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This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the life and career of jazz musician Kid Ory. The book, which covers Ory’s life and career during the period from 1900 to 1933, suggests that Ory arrived at the scene at the same time as the music itself; that they reached maturity together, and ultimately faded from the scene together. It also considers the role of Ory as the bridge between the earliest jazz pioneers, including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Jelly Roll Morton.Less
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the life and career of jazz musician Kid Ory. The book, which covers Ory’s life and career during the period from 1900 to 1933, suggests that Ory arrived at the scene at the same time as the music itself; that they reached maturity together, and ultimately faded from the scene together. It also considers the role of Ory as the bridge between the earliest jazz pioneers, including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Jelly Roll Morton.
Wendy B. Smith
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195375596
- eISBN:
- 9780199893355
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195375596.003.0009
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
Chapter 9 opens with discussion of the mental health dimensions of aggression and delinquent behaviour are examined and theoretical perspectives are offered. The case of a foster youth who became a ...
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Chapter 9 opens with discussion of the mental health dimensions of aggression and delinquent behaviour are examined and theoretical perspectives are offered. The case of a foster youth who became a crossover kid is presented to illuminate underlying and situational factors that contribute to delinquency. Recent research on risk and protective factors, including maltreatment, is summarized. Conduct disorders and co-occurring disorders are described, followed by a section on assessment and evidence-supported treatment approaches. Key treatment principles are provided. The second part of the chapter provides a description of the juvenile justice system as context for “crossover kids,” children in care who are under the jurisdiction of child welfare and juvenile justice. Racial disparity in the juvenile justice system is outlined, along with gender and sexual orientation issues. Suggested practice principles are provided.Less
Chapter 9 opens with discussion of the mental health dimensions of aggression and delinquent behaviour are examined and theoretical perspectives are offered. The case of a foster youth who became a crossover kid is presented to illuminate underlying and situational factors that contribute to delinquency. Recent research on risk and protective factors, including maltreatment, is summarized. Conduct disorders and co-occurring disorders are described, followed by a section on assessment and evidence-supported treatment approaches. Key treatment principles are provided. The second part of the chapter provides a description of the juvenile justice system as context for “crossover kids,” children in care who are under the jurisdiction of child welfare and juvenile justice. Racial disparity in the juvenile justice system is outlined, along with gender and sexual orientation issues. Suggested practice principles are provided.
Rebecca A. Adelman
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780823281671
- eISBN:
- 9780823284788
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823281671.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter explores how a range of institutions, both state and non-state, negotiate the instability latent in the term ‘military child.’ Focusing on internet resources for military children, the ...
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This chapter explores how a range of institutions, both state and non-state, negotiate the instability latent in the term ‘military child.’ Focusing on internet resources for military children, the chapter analyzes how the websites represent the emotional experiences of military childhood back to that very audience. The chapter begins with the story of Omar Khadr, illustrating the politics of recognizing the militarized political subjectivities of young people. It then turns to a genealogy of the so-called military brat and an overview of the various ways that the U.S. military has interfaced with children, and how these histories inform the investments of affection, admiration, gratitude, pity, and anger circulating around military children today. The core of the analysis is a comparison of two websites, Sesame Street for Military Families (SSMF) and Military Kids Connect (MKC). Military homes on Sesame Street are characterized by warmth, intimacy, and intense focus on children’s needs. By contrast, Military Kids Connect presumes a military household marked by varying degrees of stress, constraint, and dysfunction. In disparate ways, both of these websites acknowledge and deny the impact of militarization on children, while also instrumentalizing their emotional well-being and transform coping into a child’s patriotic obligation.Less
This chapter explores how a range of institutions, both state and non-state, negotiate the instability latent in the term ‘military child.’ Focusing on internet resources for military children, the chapter analyzes how the websites represent the emotional experiences of military childhood back to that very audience. The chapter begins with the story of Omar Khadr, illustrating the politics of recognizing the militarized political subjectivities of young people. It then turns to a genealogy of the so-called military brat and an overview of the various ways that the U.S. military has interfaced with children, and how these histories inform the investments of affection, admiration, gratitude, pity, and anger circulating around military children today. The core of the analysis is a comparison of two websites, Sesame Street for Military Families (SSMF) and Military Kids Connect (MKC). Military homes on Sesame Street are characterized by warmth, intimacy, and intense focus on children’s needs. By contrast, Military Kids Connect presumes a military household marked by varying degrees of stress, constraint, and dysfunction. In disparate ways, both of these websites acknowledge and deny the impact of militarization on children, while also instrumentalizing their emotional well-being and transform coping into a child’s patriotic obligation.
Jana K. Lipman
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520255395
- eISBN:
- 9780520942370
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520255395.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Lino Rodriguez Grenot decided to set his sights on the base in December 1940. Rodriguez was twenty-seven years old, black, unemployed, and a boxer known as “Kid Chicle.” He was born in Santiago de ...
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Lino Rodriguez Grenot decided to set his sights on the base in December 1940. Rodriguez was twenty-seven years old, black, unemployed, and a boxer known as “Kid Chicle.” He was born in Santiago de Cuba and lived a marginal existence in Guantánamo. He supported himself by means of boxing, but he was just as likely to be selling lottery tickets and trinkets in the streets. Rodriguez's best hope for work in Caimanera was with the Frederick Snare Corporation, a private company that had won the U.S government contract to enlarge the base. At first, the Snare Corporation had ferried workers back and forth between Caimanera's docks and GTMO on its own private launches, but job rivalry and barely suppressed violence made this unsustainable. Like many hopeful workers, Rodriguez arrived in Caimanera without the coveted pass, and so he waited jobless on the docks.Less
Lino Rodriguez Grenot decided to set his sights on the base in December 1940. Rodriguez was twenty-seven years old, black, unemployed, and a boxer known as “Kid Chicle.” He was born in Santiago de Cuba and lived a marginal existence in Guantánamo. He supported himself by means of boxing, but he was just as likely to be selling lottery tickets and trinkets in the streets. Rodriguez's best hope for work in Caimanera was with the Frederick Snare Corporation, a private company that had won the U.S government contract to enlarge the base. At first, the Snare Corporation had ferried workers back and forth between Caimanera's docks and GTMO on its own private launches, but job rivalry and barely suppressed violence made this unsustainable. Like many hopeful workers, Rodriguez arrived in Caimanera without the coveted pass, and so he waited jobless on the docks.
Schaeffer Kurtis R.
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195152999
- eISBN:
- 9780199849932
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152999.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter relates how at age eleven Orgyan Chokyi became a goatherd and she felt more times of misery. The chapter tells the story that one day Chokyi went to Ratso Ruri and as she was going ...
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This chapter relates how at age eleven Orgyan Chokyi became a goatherd and she felt more times of misery. The chapter tells the story that one day Chokyi went to Ratso Ruri and as she was going through the thick woods, a thorn became stuck in her leg and she stopped to remove it. A nanny goat had had a kid, and it was about seven days old. Suddenly an eagle swept out of the sky and carried the kid away. The nanny goat looked into the sky and wept. Chokyi also looked into the sky and wept. The chapter also recounts another occasion when many goats and sheep were killed up on the mountain. Chokyi was distraught. She saw many kid goats being carried off by the lowlanders for sacrifice to the gods, and she wept a great deal.Less
This chapter relates how at age eleven Orgyan Chokyi became a goatherd and she felt more times of misery. The chapter tells the story that one day Chokyi went to Ratso Ruri and as she was going through the thick woods, a thorn became stuck in her leg and she stopped to remove it. A nanny goat had had a kid, and it was about seven days old. Suddenly an eagle swept out of the sky and carried the kid away. The nanny goat looked into the sky and wept. Chokyi also looked into the sky and wept. The chapter also recounts another occasion when many goats and sheep were killed up on the mountain. Chokyi was distraught. She saw many kid goats being carried off by the lowlanders for sacrifice to the gods, and she wept a great deal.
Uwe Hasebrink, Kjartan Ólafsson, and Václav Štětka
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847424396
- eISBN:
- 9781447302643
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847424396.003.0004
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter addresses some of the key theoretical and methodological questions related to cross-national comparative research, focusing on the research field of (new) media and communication ...
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This chapter addresses some of the key theoretical and methodological questions related to cross-national comparative research, focusing on the research field of (new) media and communication technologies. Following their presentation and some critical reflections in the first part of the chapter, these methodological considerations are applied to the topic of children's online behaviour and online risks and opportunities, taking the research conducted within the European Union (EU) Kids Online project as a concrete empirical example.Less
This chapter addresses some of the key theoretical and methodological questions related to cross-national comparative research, focusing on the research field of (new) media and communication technologies. Following their presentation and some critical reflections in the first part of the chapter, these methodological considerations are applied to the topic of children's online behaviour and online risks and opportunities, taking the research conducted within the European Union (EU) Kids Online project as a concrete empirical example.
Paul French
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099821
- eISBN:
- 9789882207622
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099821.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
The number of foreign journalists who happened to be in the vicinity of central Shanghai when the bombs fell on Black Saturday, 14 August 1937, was incredible. After Black Saturday, things went from ...
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The number of foreign journalists who happened to be in the vicinity of central Shanghai when the bombs fell on Black Saturday, 14 August 1937, was incredible. After Black Saturday, things went from bad to worse. In addition, the situation was immediately bad for the foreign press corps: even getting to China could be problematic. As if the fighting to date had not been terrible enough with the slaughter in Shanghai, worse was to come as the Japanese army swarmed into Nanjing and, after defeating the Chinese army, went on an horrific and genocidal rampage through the city for six weeks in what swiftly became known as the “Rape of Nanking”. The Last Ditchers and Iconoclasts are outlined. Christopher Isherwood and Wystan Hugh Auden arrived in China as “amateur war correspondents”. It was not necessarily clear that they would sympathise with China's plight any more than some other foreign leftists had. Gung Ho Kids were the group gathered outside Shanghai in 1940 to avoid internment. By the end of 1941, most of the press corps had been forced to leave China, and others had been interned, tortured, or killed.Less
The number of foreign journalists who happened to be in the vicinity of central Shanghai when the bombs fell on Black Saturday, 14 August 1937, was incredible. After Black Saturday, things went from bad to worse. In addition, the situation was immediately bad for the foreign press corps: even getting to China could be problematic. As if the fighting to date had not been terrible enough with the slaughter in Shanghai, worse was to come as the Japanese army swarmed into Nanjing and, after defeating the Chinese army, went on an horrific and genocidal rampage through the city for six weeks in what swiftly became known as the “Rape of Nanking”. The Last Ditchers and Iconoclasts are outlined. Christopher Isherwood and Wystan Hugh Auden arrived in China as “amateur war correspondents”. It was not necessarily clear that they would sympathise with China's plight any more than some other foreign leftists had. Gung Ho Kids were the group gathered outside Shanghai in 1940 to avoid internment. By the end of 1941, most of the press corps had been forced to leave China, and others had been interned, tortured, or killed.
Dominic Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780719091605
- eISBN:
- 9781526141958
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719091605.003.0006
- Subject:
- Art, Visual Culture
From the early 1970s, the Kipper Kids (Harry Kipper and Harry Kipper, aka Brian Routh and Martin Von Haselberg) became notorious for the danger, excess, strangeness, and baffled hilarity of their ...
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From the early 1970s, the Kipper Kids (Harry Kipper and Harry Kipper, aka Brian Routh and Martin Von Haselberg) became notorious for the danger, excess, strangeness, and baffled hilarity of their frequently drunken ‘ceremonies’. This chapter accounts for the former notoriety of the Kipper Kids to ask further questions about the performance of extremity as an aesthetic category in the 1970s. The theme of sabotage – or self-sabotage – emerges as a crucial element in the performance art of the Kipper Kids, in terms of their devising and presentation of specific ceremonies and works, and in their pursuit of careers as artists committed to art’s anti-aesthetic sensibility.Less
From the early 1970s, the Kipper Kids (Harry Kipper and Harry Kipper, aka Brian Routh and Martin Von Haselberg) became notorious for the danger, excess, strangeness, and baffled hilarity of their frequently drunken ‘ceremonies’. This chapter accounts for the former notoriety of the Kipper Kids to ask further questions about the performance of extremity as an aesthetic category in the 1970s. The theme of sabotage – or self-sabotage – emerges as a crucial element in the performance art of the Kipper Kids, in terms of their devising and presentation of specific ceremonies and works, and in their pursuit of careers as artists committed to art’s anti-aesthetic sensibility.
Andrea Harris
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199342235
- eISBN:
- 9780190265816
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199342235.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Dance, History, American
George Balanchine’s arrival in the United States in 1933, it is widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a bold and original neoclassical style that is celebrated as the first ...
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George Balanchine’s arrival in the United States in 1933, it is widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a bold and original neoclassical style that is celebrated as the first successful “American” manifestation of the art form. Making Ballet American: Modernism Before and Beyond Balanchine intervenes in the prevailing historical narrative and rebalances Balanchine’s role in dance history by revealing the social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the Americanization of neoclassical ballet. Situating American ballet within a larger context of literary, musical, art, and dance modernism, Harris examines a series of critical efforts, most prominently by Lincoln Kirstein and Edwin Denby, to craft new, modernist ideas about the relevance of classical dancing for American society. The book’s unique structure interweaves chapters focused on cultural and intellectual histories of ballet criticism and production with close examinations of three American ballets in the Depression, World War II, and Cold War eras: Eugene Loring’s Billy the Kid (1938), Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo (1942), and Balanchine’s Western Symphony (1954). Through this blend of cultural and choreographic analysis, Making Ballet American illustrates the evolution of modernist ballet theory and practice during a turbulent historical period. Ultimately, Making Ballet American argues that the Americanization of Balanchine’s neoclassicism was not the inevitable outcome of his immigration or his creative genius, but rather a far more complicated process that spanned several authors and continents, always pivoting on the question of modern ballet’s relationship to America and the larger world.Less
George Balanchine’s arrival in the United States in 1933, it is widely thought, changed the course of ballet history by creating a bold and original neoclassical style that is celebrated as the first successful “American” manifestation of the art form. Making Ballet American: Modernism Before and Beyond Balanchine intervenes in the prevailing historical narrative and rebalances Balanchine’s role in dance history by revealing the social, cultural, and political forces that actually shaped the Americanization of neoclassical ballet. Situating American ballet within a larger context of literary, musical, art, and dance modernism, Harris examines a series of critical efforts, most prominently by Lincoln Kirstein and Edwin Denby, to craft new, modernist ideas about the relevance of classical dancing for American society. The book’s unique structure interweaves chapters focused on cultural and intellectual histories of ballet criticism and production with close examinations of three American ballets in the Depression, World War II, and Cold War eras: Eugene Loring’s Billy the Kid (1938), Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo (1942), and Balanchine’s Western Symphony (1954). Through this blend of cultural and choreographic analysis, Making Ballet American illustrates the evolution of modernist ballet theory and practice during a turbulent historical period. Ultimately, Making Ballet American argues that the Americanization of Balanchine’s neoclassicism was not the inevitable outcome of his immigration or his creative genius, but rather a far more complicated process that spanned several authors and continents, always pivoting on the question of modern ballet’s relationship to America and the larger world.
Zhou Xuelin
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098497
- eISBN:
- 9789882207707
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098497.003.0005
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter examines the development of rock ‘n’ roll music in China and its links with the emergent youth culture. It focuses on how young rebels use their own rock music as a means of reflecting ...
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This chapter examines the development of rock ‘n’ roll music in China and its links with the emergent youth culture. It focuses on how young rebels use their own rock music as a means of reflecting their changing attitudes, behaviour, and “mood of living.” It examines Tian Zuangzhuang 's Rock Kids, Zhang Yuan 's Beijing Bastards, and Jiang Wen 's In the Heat of the Sun.Less
This chapter examines the development of rock ‘n’ roll music in China and its links with the emergent youth culture. It focuses on how young rebels use their own rock music as a means of reflecting their changing attitudes, behaviour, and “mood of living.” It examines Tian Zuangzhuang 's Rock Kids, Zhang Yuan 's Beijing Bastards, and Jiang Wen 's In the Heat of the Sun.
Rachel L. Rickard Rebellino
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496811677
- eISBN:
- 9781496811714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496811677.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Comics Studies
This chapter examines both the extraordinary popularity of text/image hybrid comics diaries created by Jeff Kinney in his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Rachel Renee Russell in her Dork Diaries ...
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This chapter examines both the extraordinary popularity of text/image hybrid comics diaries created by Jeff Kinney in his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Rachel Renee Russell in her Dork Diaries series, as well as the companion texts that have been developed to encourage young readers to generate hybrid diaries of their own. The books are considered as literary junk food that will hopefully give readers an appetite for more intellectually nutritious literature. However, it is argued that rather than being unnecessary literary fluff or destructive garbage, the books promote complex reader–young adultbook engagement through their multimodality and through the two series' do-it-yourself journals, which provide opportunities for students to develop critical literacy skills as they actually write alongside Nikki and Greg.Less
This chapter examines both the extraordinary popularity of text/image hybrid comics diaries created by Jeff Kinney in his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Rachel Renee Russell in her Dork Diaries series, as well as the companion texts that have been developed to encourage young readers to generate hybrid diaries of their own. The books are considered as literary junk food that will hopefully give readers an appetite for more intellectually nutritious literature. However, it is argued that rather than being unnecessary literary fluff or destructive garbage, the books promote complex reader–young adultbook engagement through their multimodality and through the two series' do-it-yourself journals, which provide opportunities for students to develop critical literacy skills as they actually write alongside Nikki and Greg.
Beth E. Levy
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520267763
- eISBN:
- 9780520952027
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520267763.003.0013
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
This chapter first considers Aaron Copland's political engagement, particularly the geographical settings that agitated his political conscience and the impact which leftism had on his views about ...
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This chapter first considers Aaron Copland's political engagement, particularly the geographical settings that agitated his political conscience and the impact which leftism had on his views about folk music. It suggests that Copland's biographical and emotional distance from western Americana opened up space for irony, comedy, and nostalgic displacement in such works as Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and The Red Pony. Copland's own biography supplies supporting evidence for the idea that the imagery of the American West offered a haven for social and sexual aberrance, but also a site where patriarchal visions of social and moral order could be vigorously upheld.Less
This chapter first considers Aaron Copland's political engagement, particularly the geographical settings that agitated his political conscience and the impact which leftism had on his views about folk music. It suggests that Copland's biographical and emotional distance from western Americana opened up space for irony, comedy, and nostalgic displacement in such works as Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and The Red Pony. Copland's own biography supplies supporting evidence for the idea that the imagery of the American West offered a haven for social and sexual aberrance, but also a site where patriarchal visions of social and moral order could be vigorously upheld.
Joe Nickell
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125343
- eISBN:
- 9780813135229
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125343.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Social History
This chapter examines the authenticity of a jail notebook containing the purported writings of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid and his nemesis Pat Garrett. Conflicting stories as to provenance ...
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This chapter examines the authenticity of a jail notebook containing the purported writings of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid and his nemesis Pat Garrett. Conflicting stories as to provenance represents grounds for suspicion, but they do not by themselves constitute proof of theft or forgery. Another controversy involved an album containing alleged writing by Billy, Garrett, and others, as well as a framed page with a letter signed “WH Bonney.” Taken together, the various findings with regard to provenance, ink, and handwriting show unmistakably forgery — and a rather unskilful forgery at that.Less
This chapter examines the authenticity of a jail notebook containing the purported writings of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid and his nemesis Pat Garrett. Conflicting stories as to provenance represents grounds for suspicion, but they do not by themselves constitute proof of theft or forgery. Another controversy involved an album containing alleged writing by Billy, Garrett, and others, as well as a framed page with a letter signed “WH Bonney.” Taken together, the various findings with regard to provenance, ink, and handwriting show unmistakably forgery — and a rather unskilful forgery at that.
Nat Segaloff
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813129761
- eISBN:
- 9780813135502
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813129761.003.0008
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
While Penn was attempting to complete his first feature film with a twenty-three-day shoot and a budget of only $400,000, he was startled by how Folmar Blangsted presented himself as Hollywood's most ...
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While Penn was attempting to complete his first feature film with a twenty-three-day shoot and a budget of only $400,000, he was startled by how Folmar Blangsted presented himself as Hollywood's most creative editor and how he said he was going to edit Penn's movie. However, on the twenty-fourth day of production, Penn found that he had been terminated from the job as a different name marked his supposed parking space. Penn was found to be a de facto editor. Since he dealt with live TV drama, his operations often required around three to five cameras. Also, he was editing while on air between shots. When Robert Mulligan left after being assigned to head a project entitled The Death of Billy the Kid, Fred Coe then resorted to giving the responsibility to Penn in spite of how he had earlier stated that he no longer wanted to deal with films.Less
While Penn was attempting to complete his first feature film with a twenty-three-day shoot and a budget of only $400,000, he was startled by how Folmar Blangsted presented himself as Hollywood's most creative editor and how he said he was going to edit Penn's movie. However, on the twenty-fourth day of production, Penn found that he had been terminated from the job as a different name marked his supposed parking space. Penn was found to be a de facto editor. Since he dealt with live TV drama, his operations often required around three to five cameras. Also, he was editing while on air between shots. When Robert Mulligan left after being assigned to head a project entitled The Death of Billy the Kid, Fred Coe then resorted to giving the responsibility to Penn in spite of how he had earlier stated that he no longer wanted to deal with films.
ALLEN JONES and Mark Naison
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823231027
- eISBN:
- 9780823240821
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823231027.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Social History
When one loses innocence, it rarely happens all at once. For Allen Jones it was a very gradual process, triggered by events and circumstances he saw around him, as well as by contradictions in his ...
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When one loses innocence, it rarely happens all at once. For Allen Jones it was a very gradual process, triggered by events and circumstances he saw around him, as well as by contradictions in his personality. Jones's story sheds light on what many black kids coming of age in the 1960s were facing, especially in New York City. They had a lot of opportunities their parents did not have, but some of those opportunities led to more trouble than happiness. Another warning sign that Jones's path to adolescence would not be a smooth one came in his religious life. In 1959, at age nine, he made his first communion and confirmation and ended up learning quite a bit about the Church and the Bible. However, he was also asked to leave St. Rita's School because the nuns could not handle his behavior. He was not only rebellious; he was very bad at hiding his rebellion.Less
When one loses innocence, it rarely happens all at once. For Allen Jones it was a very gradual process, triggered by events and circumstances he saw around him, as well as by contradictions in his personality. Jones's story sheds light on what many black kids coming of age in the 1960s were facing, especially in New York City. They had a lot of opportunities their parents did not have, but some of those opportunities led to more trouble than happiness. Another warning sign that Jones's path to adolescence would not be a smooth one came in his religious life. In 1959, at age nine, he made his first communion and confirmation and ended up learning quite a bit about the Church and the Bible. However, he was also asked to leave St. Rita's School because the nuns could not handle his behavior. He was not only rebellious; he was very bad at hiding his rebellion.
Nick Dawson
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125381
- eISBN:
- 9780813135267
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125381.003.0007
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter examines the role of film director/producer Norman Jewison in the career of Hal Ashby as a director. During Ashby's dark hours after he was fired from The Loved One, Jewison offered him ...
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This chapter examines the role of film director/producer Norman Jewison in the career of Hal Ashby as a director. During Ashby's dark hours after he was fired from The Loved One, Jewison offered him to edit The Cincinnati Kid. For the rest of the 1960s, Jewison's presence in Ashby's life guaranteed him not only regular, secure work but also devoted friendship. Jewison became a mentor to Ashby, and working alongside him gave Ashby a master class in how to operate as a director, starting with the way he stamped his authority on The Cincinnati Kid.Less
This chapter examines the role of film director/producer Norman Jewison in the career of Hal Ashby as a director. During Ashby's dark hours after he was fired from The Loved One, Jewison offered him to edit The Cincinnati Kid. For the rest of the 1960s, Jewison's presence in Ashby's life guaranteed him not only regular, secure work but also devoted friendship. Jewison became a mentor to Ashby, and working alongside him gave Ashby a master class in how to operate as a director, starting with the way he stamped his authority on The Cincinnati Kid.
