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  Sesame Street Around the World -...

  Tamara Kay

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  Given the sometimes extraordinary politicization of culture, it is surprising that Sesame Street has gained acceptance and legitimacy in more than fifty countries. Sesame Street's global success raises two questions. First, how does a US icon like Sesame Street spread around the world, gaining acceptance as a local cultural product? Second, how does the nonprofit that created it, Sesame Workshop, and its partners around the world navigate cultural differences, manage conflicts, and construct shared collective representations to create Sesame Street programs that resonate with local audiences? 
  Tamara Kay answers these questions using data from seven years of ethnographic fieldwork and 200 in-depth interviews with Sesame Workshop staff and international partners from seventeen countries. Kay argues that Sesame Workshop's secret is its engagement in coproduction, meaning it works with partners as a transnational team to create local Sesame Street programs.  She traces the processes of coproduction, beginning with the imagination of the cultural product, to its disassembly, reconstitution, and dissemination.  
   
  The Sesame Street case grapples with and illuminates culture in transnational interaction, providing insight into a range of other transnational organizational partnerships and different kinds of hybrid cultural products.

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  The Golden Girls - Tales from...

  Taylor Cole Miller, Jr. Alfred...

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  The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model different media studies approaches to researching and critically analyzing television texts. The Golden Girls reclaims the production history and development of the show, opens new conversations about audiences—especially Black, queer, and female audiences—and provides new insight into the meteoric rise in popularity of The Golden Girls as a 2020s cultural phenomenon. With twelve original chapters and extensive original interviews offering listeners rare insights behind the scenes, the book is a long day's journey into the marinara of The Golden Girls—an immersive, engaging opportunity for listeners to learn more about the show. It truly is the golden age of The Golden Girls.

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  How to travel with your business...

  Parshwika Bhandari

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  Hi I am Parshwika I have been traveling with my business from past year or so while running my online business being a doctor dropping out from college and starting my own business was a really long journey but now traveling with my business makes all sense to me, so in this book I am sharing everything based on my own experience sharing my own tips as a female solo traveler hopefully it will help you too

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  Sounds of Thunderstorms:...

  Creative Sounds Academy

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  Sounds of Thunderstorms: Unlock Nature's Power to Heal and Restore 
  Embark on a transformative journey with "Sounds of Thunderstorms," an audiobook that uses the powerful sounds of rain, thunder, and lightning to help you overcome insecurity, depression, and separation anxiety. Dive deep into the soothing storm sounds to find inner peace and conquer insomnia. 
  Experience the Healing Power of Nature:Authentic Storm Sounds: Immerse yourself in the deep rumbles of thunder and the calming patter of rain—natural sounds that transport you to a state of serenity.Mental and Emotional Relief: Tailored to alleviate emotional distress, these sounds serve as a therapeutic backdrop for those struggling with anxiety and depression.Sleep Enhancement: The rhythmic nature of rain and thunder helps promote quicker sleep onset and uninterrupted rest, making it ideal for insomnia sufferers. 
  Benefits Include:Stress Reduction: Natural storm sounds reduce cortisol levels, helping you unwind and relax.Emotional Catharsis: Like the release felt after a good cry, thunder sounds can help release pent-up emotions.Improved Focus during Relaxation Practices: Enhance your meditation or yoga sessions with the backdrop of soothing thunder and rain. 
  "Sounds of Thunderstorms" isn't just an audiobook—it's a pathway to mental clarity and peaceful sleep. Perfect for anyone seeking to enhance their mental health naturally or simply enjoy the calming effect of thunderstorms. 
  Find your calm in the storm. Click 'BUY NOW' to start experiencing the soothing power of thunderstorm sounds today.

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  William Powell and Myrna Loy:...

  Editors Charles River

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  It is something of a cliché to say that an actor’s life was like a movie he or she might have starred in, but in the case of Myrna Loy, the cliché is true. It is easy to picture her as a little girl, riding the range with her rancher father, sitting around the table and participating charmingly in family discussions of current events. It is not hard to imagine the camera panning to her first and then second visits to Hollywood, her backlot tour, and starry-eyed decision to become an actress. There would have to be some drama, which the story of her father’s untimely death would provide, along with some sort of deathbed promise made to him to care for the rest of the family. Her mother would be brave but resolute as she moved her young family to California. The lighting on set would brighten and the tempo of the background would pick up as she walked down the Los Angeles streets. Then, her big break would come. The camera would show her first comical meeting with William Powell and then a spinning scene of ticket after ticket being sold to their new picture, The Thin Man.  
  While older silent film stars like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton reached the peak of Hollywood, some actors born near the beginning of the 20th century were ready to capitalize. Though actors like Humphrey Bogart and Cary Grant remain household names, and actresses like Greta Garbo are still widely remembered, few had careers that enjoyed the success of William Powell. In a career spanning several decades, Powell would receive three Oscar nominations for Best Actor for critically acclaimed movies, so it is somewhat ironic that he is mostly remembered today for his association with the more famous Myrna Loy. One thing that helped Powell’s career along in the old days when Hollywood would only cast white actors in major roles, no matter what the nationality of the character was supposed to be, were his dark good looks.

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  British Cinema - A Very Short...

  Charles Barr

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  Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the twentieth century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial—often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. 
   
   
   
  In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios and sponsorship, against the wider view of changing artistic, socio-political, and industrial climates over the decades of the twentieth century. Considering British cinema in the wake of one of the most familiar of cinematic reference points—Alfred Hitchcock—Barr traces how British cinema has developed its own unique path, and has since been celebrated for its innovative approaches and distinctive artistic language.

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