 | |
  | |
| Searching ... |
| 0 % | ||
Books by Amanda Mcclain
  | | Television and the Self Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation by Brian Mckernan, Marcelina Piotrowski, David Staton, Kathleen M. Ryan, Susan G. Kahlenberg, Deborah A. Macey, Tanja N. Aho, Amy C. Duvall, Jennifer G. Hall, Amanda S. Mcclain, Jr. Johnson Michael, Leah A. Rosenberg, Ellen E. Stiffler, Lynne M. Webb, Robin Redmond Wright, Jingsi Christina Wu, Dr David Staton, Cynthia J. Miller, Andr Betancourt, Mckernan/Mcclain/Mil Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7957-4, ISBN: 0-7391-7957-8 "Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that shape and reflect the world and our role in it. This book brings together a diverse group of sc ..." |
 | | Television and the Self Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation by Kathleen M. Ryan, Deborah A. Macey, Tanja N. Aho, Andr Betancourt, Amy C. Duvall, Jennifer G. Hall, Michael Jr Johnson, Susan G. Kahlenberg, Amanda S. Mcclain, Brian Mckernan Digital, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7958-1, ISBN: 0-7391-7958-6 "43. Rucker, Entertaining, 199. 44. Alan Ball, “Introduction,” in Six Feet Under: Better Living Through Death, ed. Alan Ball and Alan Poul (New York: Pocket Books, 2003), 5. 45. Ball, “Introduction,” 5. 46. Ball and Poul, Better Living, 142- 43; Six Feet Under, “The Foot,” directed by John Patterson, first broadcast June 17, 2001 by HBO. 47. Ball and Poul, Better Living, back cover. 48. Lavery, “Read Any Good Television Lately?,” 235 ..." |
 | | Television and the Self Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation by Kathleen M. Ryan, Deborah A. Macey, Tanja N. Aho, Amy C. Duvall, Jennifer G. Hall, Susan G. Kahlenberg, Amanda S. Mcclain, Brian Mckernan, Marcelina Piotrowski, Leah A. Rosenberg, Ellen E. Stiffler, Lynne M. Webb, Robin Redmond Wright, Jingsi Christina Wu, Jr. Johnson Michael, Dr David Staton, Cynthia J. Miller, Andr Betancourt, Mckernan/Mcclain/Mil Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1104-9, ISBN: 1-4985-1104-X "Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that shape and reflect the world and our role in it. Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, a ..." |
 | | American Ideal How American Idol Constructs Celebrity, Collective Identity, and American Discourses by Amanda Scheiner Mcclain Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2011 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-6433-4, ISBN: 0-7391-6433-3 "American Ideal: How American Idol Constructs Celebrity, Collective Identity, and American Discourses by Amanda Scheiner McClain provides an insightful analysis of the popular television show American Idol and explores contemporary notions of celebrity, American collective identity, and other American themes. American Idol depicts how a new star is constructed, supports American ideals such as individualism and archetypes, and reinforces ..." |
 | | Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand Celebrity, Materialism, and Sexuality by Amanda Scheiner Mcclain Paperback, 158 Pages, Published 2015 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-2061-4, ISBN: 1-4985-2061-8 "The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. Amanda Scheiner McClain explores the Kardashians’ brand and celebrity via narrative discourse analyses of their hit reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, social media utilization, and popular press coverage. This triangulated study allows insi ..." |
 | | Keeping Up the Kardashian Brand Celebrity, Materialism, and Sexuality by Amanda Scheiner Mcclain Hardcover, 158 Pages, Published 2013 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7715-0, ISBN: 0-7391-7715-X "The Kardashian family is a contemporary cultural touchstone, recognizable throughout the world connoting warrantless celebrity, voluptuous beauty, and social media savviness. Amanda Scheiner McClain explores the Kardashians’ brand and celebrity via narrative discourse analyses of their hit reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, social media utilization, and popular press coverage. This triangulated study allows insi ..." |
 | | American ideal How American Idol constructs celebrity, collective identity, and American discourses. by Amanda Scheiner Mcclain Paperback, Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-243-76205-4, ISBN: 1-243-76205-5 |
 | | Keeping up the Kardashian Brand Celebrity, Materialism, and Sexuality by Amanda Scheiner Mcclain 172 Pages, Published 2013 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7716-7, ISBN: 0-7391-7716-8 "White (1987) asserts narratives connote ideology through epistemic choices and suppositions. Every closure-providing narrative is attached to its own set of ideals ; as such, “narrativizing discourse serves the purpose of moralizing judgments” (p . 24). Moreover, as they are widely superficially ... Bal (2009) breaks down narrative into three elements: the narrative text (or the discourse), the story (the content of the text) and the ..." |
 | | CAB Hunter(1st Edition) by Erwin Stran, Amanda Mcclain, Jasmine Horn, Jason Fouts Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5470-2922-8, ISBN: 1-5470-2922-6 "The year is 2015 and a newly formed terrorist cell coined ISIS is on the rise. As the cell expands across Syria and Iraq, a movement of foreign volunteers would join the ranks of the Kurdish Peshmerga and the YPG. Among those in the ranks, a young, former soldier of the U.S. Army. Still hungry for combat. Erwin Stran traveled to Kurdistan along with a handful of other men to take part in campaigns to deter the expansion of the terrorist ..." |