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Highways of the Mind
Helen J. BurgessSprengler, referencing Nina Leibman, notes that “some products were granted superior status over others (Leibman 1995:238), rendering them exempt from these economic lessons. The close and long lasting relationship between the ...
Analyzing Mad Men: Critical Essays on the Television Series
PreviewAs Nina Leibman points out, “For the five years during which the program was sponsored by Scott Paper the Anderson home contained two paper-towel dispensers readily visible” from any kitchen shot (Leibman 111–12). The integrated ...
Hollywood Goes Shopping
PreviewThis book is dedicated to the memory of Nina C. Leibman, an important voice in contemporary film scholarship that was taken from us all too soon. The project grew out of a panel Nina conceived and organized for the Society for Cinema ...
Natalie Wood
Rebecca SullivanNina Leibman and Susan Douglas have recuperated from cinematic history what I here call the virgin melodrama (Douglas calls them pregnancy melodramas although not all of them deal with accidental pregnancies) (Douglas 1994, 73; ...
Blockbuster TV: Must-See Sitcoms in the Network Era
Janet Staiger2 (March–April 1985): 30–40; Nina C. Leibman, “Leave Mother Out: The Fifties Family in American Film and Television,” Wide Angle 10, no. 4 (1988): 24–41; Robert Deming, “Kate and Allie: 'New Women' and the Audiences' Television ...
Something Ain't Kosher Here: The Rise of the "Jewish" Sitcom
Vincent BrookNina Leibman, Living Room lectures: The Fifties in Film andTelevision (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995). Although nominally derived from a 1940s radio show of the same name, the 'IV version of Father Knows Best was. according to I ...
Taking Parenting Public: The Case for a New Social Movement
PreviewElevating him meant demoting and devaluing her, contends Nina Leibman in The Fifties Family in Film (1995). She points to the superfluous domestic tasks 1950s TV moms did— like arranging flowers, polishing silver, filling candy dishes— to ...
Living Room Lectures: The Fifties Family in Film and Television
Nina C. LeibmanSee TimothyR. White,“Hollywood's Attemptat Appropriating Television: The Case of ParamountPictures,” in Balio,Hollywood intheAgeof Television, foragood discussionofthe motionpicture studio investments in subscriptiontelevision. 18.
Television Women from Lucy to Friends: Fifty Years of ...
Lynn C. Spangler... the traditional nuclear family became less the norm and there was more emphasis on career women, such as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. 34. Nina Leibman. Living Room Lectures: The Fifties Family in Film and Television ...
Nina Campbell Interiors
Meredith Etherington-SmithThis book features the private homes of Nina's clients, ranging from a city pied-a-terre to a large family home, from a chic apartment to a country bolt-hole, all designed and decorated to suit a range of lifestyles, but all reflecting Nina ...
Nina Rose and Her Dancing Prince
Sandra WiseThe next in the delightful Nina Rose series. This time Nina is in search of her prince.
Nina, Nina Star Ballerina
Jane O'ConnorPlaying the star in the class dance show, Nina finds herself in an awkward situation. All her friends think that she is the star of the show, so she now has to set the record straight and make things right once more.
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
Nina SankovitchNina ultimately turns to reading as therapy andthrough her journey illuminates the power of books to help us reclaim ourlives. Caught up in grief after the death of her sister, Nina Sankovitch decided to stop running and start reading.
Si proche si loin: Par l'auteur de best-sellers Nina George
Nina GeorgeEt voilà qu’il refait irruption dans sa vie. À force de veiller un vivant, leurs pensées vagabondent, délicieusement portées par la plume délicate de Nina George qui signe là une belle polyphonie intérieure qui se transforme au ...
Nina Campbell's Decorating Notebook
Nina CampbellIn "Nina Campbell's Decorating Notebook," she reveals the trademark touches, the secret sources and techniques, and the methods she uses to create her timeless, sophisticated interiors.
Nina Campbell Mini Notebook
CicoThis elegant collection from world-renowned interior designer Nina Campbell is a must-have.
Nina Campbell Classic Notecards
CicoThis elegant collection from world-renowned interior designer Nina Campbell is a must-have.
Nina Simone
Kerry AckerTraces the life and accomplishments of Nina Simone, singer, pianist, and civil rights activist, who was known for her unique sound.
Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex
Nina HartleyUnabashedly erotic, the book covers a lot of territory, allowing readers to sample the whole smorgasbord or just nibble at what they see as the choicest bits.
Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life
Nina Stibbe* * * WINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS POPULAR NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * * * 'I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever.
Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender
Nick KriegerAmbitious, sporty, feminine "capital-L lesbians" had been Nina Krieger's type, for friends that is.
O Meu Ano Mágico
NINA SANKOVITCHUm desafio: ler um livro por dia durante um ano. Aceita? Foi essa a promessa que Nina Sankovitch fez a si própria.
Nina Rose and the City of Angels
Sandra WiseNina and her best friend, Amy take a trip to Los Angeles. A visit to the legendary "Walk of Fame" soon turns into an "only in Hollywood" dance adventure.
Nina Campbell's Decorating Notebook: Insider Secrets and ...
Nina CampbellThe renowned designer explains how to create uniquely personal stylish and elegant interiors for one's own homes, offering a collection of questionnaires, checklists, swatches, diagrams, and charts, along with hundreds of ideas and ...
Nina of the Dark
Ken CatranA sweeping epic fantasy adventure from a master of the genre, Nina of the dark tells the story of a slave girl in a medieval world where humans battle for existence in fortified towns scattered through a fertile lowlands, dominated by the ...
The Courage Companion: How to Live Life with True Power
Nina LesowitzAuthors Mary Beth Sammons and Nina Lesowitz have gone to the front lines of adversity and fear to surface the brave hearts who took action before they were forced to, confronting and overcoming their fears in ways that inspire us all.
The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel By Nina George | ...
dailyBooksON AUGUST 30, 1973, NINA GEORGE WAS BORN IN Bielefield, Germany. At the age of fourteen, she began working for different catering businesses in her area. Before she finished high school, she chose to drop out. In 1993, she began her ...
Ellen Terry, Player in Her Time
Nina AuerbachNina Auerbach brilliantly reveals the Ellen Terry whose roles, on stage and off, embodied everything that a rapidly changing world exhorted women to be.
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