The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady - these have been the images of Latinos in US cinema for more than a century. This volume develops a theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of such images in U.S. po…
The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady - these have been the images of Latinos in US cinema for more than a century. This volume develops a theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of such images in U.S. po…
That Faulkner was a "liar" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. With psychopathological imposture-theories they have explained his numerous "false stories," particularly those about military honors he actually never earned and war wounds he nev…
Preface -- Stranger friends -- Automatic autobiography -- Digital nation -- Afterword -- Epilogue to the English edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Facebook claims that it is building a "global community." Whether this sounds utopian, dystopian, or simply self-promotional, there is no denying that social-media platforms have altered social interaction, political life, and outlooks on the world, even for people who do not re…
Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, provides original research on key issues in the field of identity management and social networking sites. The contributors to this volume draw on current research in …
Introduction -- Sharing the everyday -- Performing identity work -- Remembrancing -- Reckoning -- Conclusion
Acknowledgments - Voicing the Web - The Emergence of the Blog - The Proliferation of Blogging - From Blogging to Microblogging - Rethinking Self-Performance in the Digital Age - Appendix: Research Design - Index "In Networked Selves, Ignacio Siles's interest is in the genesis o…
Self-presentation and identity in the Roman world
Questions on identity have been often the main focus of classical studies. The starting point of this book is that identity is not a monolithic idea. Instead of exploring what exactly 'identity' is, the contributors here examine how the concept of 'self-presentation' can facilit…
Preliminary Material -- Vorwort -- Einleitung -- Der Begriff der Selbstdarstellung -- Hermeneutik der Charakterisierungssteuerung -- Krachts Selbstdarstellung mit Imperium und Five Years -- Fazit -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Anhang -- Personenregister. Wie kann man erklären, dass…