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A Companion to Television Studies

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A Companion to Television is a magisterial collection of original essays that chart the history of television from its inception to the present day. Over thirty leading scholars across the humanities and social sciences look at television scholarship as it responded to technological, institutional, and aesthetic changes around the world. The essays cover a myriad of topics and theories that have led to televisionrsquo; s current incarnation, and predict its likely future. From technology and aesthetics, televisionrsquo; s relationship to the state, televisual commerce, texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effects, A Companion to Television is an invaluable reference for understanding the significance of television in the modern and postmodern world.

World Television: From Global to Local

This new assessment of the interdependence of television across cultures and nations brings together the most current research and theories on the subject. By examining recent devlopments int eh world system of television as well as some of the thories of culture, industry, genre, and audience, the author brings new insights to the topic. The author argues that television is being simultaneouly globalized, regionalized, nationalized, and even locatlized the therefore looks at all these levels of operation. Drawing on both quantative and cultural studies perspectives, the author provides a new model which attempts to move beyond the current controversies about dependency and globalization. World Television: From Global to Local
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Cuff Links by Jean-Noel Liaut, ISBN 2843233380

Cuff links are one the few pieces of jewelry that men are allowed to wear, other than a wedding ring, a watch or perhaps a ring bearing the family insignia or a tie-pin. Whether they are made of precious stones or shaped like an animal, these tiny pieces of jewelry can express a tremendous amount of style and creativity.

Bertrand Pizzin has one of the most exquisite and varied collections of cuff links in the world. This book takes a tour of that collection, highlighting the famous dates in the evolution of the jewelry, exploring the various styles used over the past two hundred years and examining the role they have played in fashion.

Featuring the best pieces by Van Cleef, Cartier, Tiffany and others, Cuff Links is a little gem of a book and the perfect gift for Father's Day or any day.

Cuff Links by Jean-Noel Liaut, ISBN 2843233380

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Gold Jewelry from Tibet and Nepal by Jane Casey Singer, ISBN 050097442X

In Tibet and Nepal gold jewelry has always been rare, a luxury reserved for the wealthy and powerful. Jewelry reflected not only the owner's personal wealth, but also social and political status - frequently, promotion in rank entailed promotion in jewelry, both for male government officials and their wives. Himalayan jewelry also conveys ancient cultural values and, particularly in its form as an amulet box, it serves a powerful talismanic function. In the great religious traditions of Buddhism and Hinduism, gems and jewels - connoting preciousness, rarity and supreme refinement - often served as metaphors for ideals of the faith, and Himalayan deities were magnificently adorned with crowns and earrings, armlets and anklets, and lavish necklaces. Through a lack of archaeological and literary evidence, as well as recent political upheaval, Himalayan jewelry has never been systematically studied, much of the information on the subject being derived from accounts of Western travellers or... Gold Jewelry from Tibet and Nepal by Jane Casey Singer, ISBN 050097442X
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Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars!: Early Television and Broadcast Stardom

"Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars" is the first cultural and industrial history of early television stardom. Susan Murray argues that television stars were central to the growth and development of American broadcasting. They were used not only to promote programs and the sale of television sets and advertised consumer goods, but also to established network identities. Through profiles of well-known performers including Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, and Lucille Ball, she shows how the television industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars and established a system of star production and management notably different from the Hollywood star system of the studio era. Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars!: Early Television and Broadcast Stardom
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Jewelry: Everything You Need to Create Five Beautiful Pieces of Jewelry Inspired by Ancient Cultural with Book and Jewelry by Caroline Perry, ISBN 0762407034

These beautifully crafted kits let children and adults discover ancient art techniques by creating their own masterpieces.

This kit provides a fascinating look at the significance of jewelry and jewelry-making in ancient cultures, as well as all the materials necessary to handcraft five lovely pieces of jewelry inspired by ancient Egypt, Rome, Native America, India, and Africa.

Jewelry: Everything You Need to Create Five Beautiful Pieces of Jewelry Inspired by Ancient Cultural with Book and Jewelry by Caroline Perry, ISBN 0762407034

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Masterpieces of American Jewelry

Here's a dazzling look at the history of our country told through its jewelry. Produced to coincide with the National Jewelry Institute's "America the Beautiful" exhibition, which will begin at New York's new American Folk Art Museum and travel throughout Europe and Asia, this sumptuously photographed coffee-table book traces the emotional and cultural implications of jewelry in America. From the Lady Liberty brooch, made in Connecticut in 1797, to the simple, classic prong setting for diamonds developed by Charles Louis Tiffany in 1886, to the elegant cocktail jewelry developed as a protest against Prohibition, MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN JEWELRY showcases our country's history in an enchanting new way. Masterpieces of American Jewelry
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