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Richard M. Nixon: the Watergate tapes
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 20 libraries worldwide Includes twelve and one-half hours of excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations played in open court in the matters U.S. v Connally and U.S. v Mitchell, et. al. in 1974. Edited from 60 hours of recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.
Ethnic notions
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2 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide Covering more than one hundred years of United States history, traces the evolution of Black American caricatures and stereotypes that have fueled anti-black prejudice. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche.
Tough guise violence, media, and the crisis in masculinity
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide Looks systematically at the relationship between the images of popular culture and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the end of the 20th century. Jackson Katz argues that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the guises offered to men as a solution (e.g., rugged individualism, violence) come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men.
China from the inside. [Pt. 4], Freedom and justice
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide The fourth program in a series of four documentaries that surveys China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. This fourth segment looks at freedom in China examining such questions as: How free are the Chinese people? How free to worship as they please? To learn the truth from the media? To hear the truth from the Communist Party and the government? How can people with a grievance negotiate with the state? Also looks at popular grievances: forced evictions, government cover-up of the AIDS problem, corruption and land grabbing. There were 87,000 officially-recognized cases of public disorder in 2005. The courts frequently refuse to take on sensitive cases, forcing ordinary people to petition the government -- a frustratingly ineffectual process. The cameras go inside a "Re-education through Labor" camp to which women are committed without trial for up to four years for drugs, sex or property offences -- or for petitioning.
China from the inside. [Pt. 3], Shifting nature
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide The third program in a series of four documentaries that surveys China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. This third segment looks at environmental issues in China. China is trying to feed 20 percent of the world's population on 7 percent of the world's arable land. A third of the world uses water from China's rivers. But rapid industrialization and climate change have led to bad air, polluted rivers and drought. Environmental activists, Party officials, academics and scientists are in a daily struggle over the damage to nature in China.
China from the inside. [Pt. 2], Women of the country
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide The second program in a series of four documentaries that surveys China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. This second segment looks at women in contemporary China. China's women have always been under pressure: from men, from family, from work. Now more and more are under new pressure -- from themselves -- to take control of their lives; to get an education; to have a career; to marry for love. It's a slow, difficult process, and it is changing China.
China from the inside. [Pt. 1], Power and the people
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide The first program in a series of four documentaries that surveys China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. This first segment looks at how the Communist Party exerts control over 1.3 billion Chinese. Do village elections present a chance for people to take a share in power? Chinese people, from farmers to ministers, speak frankly about the problems the country faces and the ways forward.
A sea change
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide Documents the increasing acidification of the oceans and the changes in the chemistry of oceans. The film broadens the discussion about these dramatic changes attributed to the burning of fossil fuels and conveys the urgent threat those changes pose to our survival, while surveying positive examples of new technologies and effective changes in human behavior that must be taken to save the oceans and marine life.
Antony & Cleopatra
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra.
The birth of a nation
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Race, the floating signifier
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2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide Stuart Hall, a renowned public speaker and teacher, presents a lecture on race and the meaning of racial signifiers (e.g., skin color) at Goldsmiths' College, New Cross, London. Weaving a compelling argument that includes a critical engagement with the work of Anthony Appiah and W.E.B. Du Bois, Hall concludes that because the meaning of race is never fixed but is dependent upon cultural context, it can be described as a "floating signifier." Begins with an interview of Hall by Sut Jhally.
Unnatural causes. [Part 6], Collateral damage is inequality making us sick
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide The fifth segment in a documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status, people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice."
Much ado about nothing
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide Claudio and Hero are engaged, but the jealous Don John tries to thwart the wedding by denouncing Hero as unchaste. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick, who scorn each other, become betrothed as a result of the schemes of their friends.
Bill T. Jones Still/here
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide A look at dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones's highly acclaimed dance, "Still/Here". At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform these feelings into expressive movement, which Jones incorporates into the dance "Still/Here". Jones deomonstrates the movements of his life story--his first encounter with white people, confusion over his sexuality, his partner Arnie Zane's untimely death from AIDS, and Jones's own HIV status.
Love's labour's lost
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2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The comedy concerns a King and his three lords who take a vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. The storyline becomes complicated when the Princess of France and her three ladies arrive on a mission and thus test the men's vow.
Unnatural causes. [Part 1], In sickness and in wealth is inequality making us sick
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide The first segment in a documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status, people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice."
Unnatural causes. [Part 5], Place matters is inequality making us sick
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide The fifth segment in a documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status, people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice."
Unnatural causes. [Part 2], When the bough breaks is inequality making us sick
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide The second segment in a documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status, people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice."
Joan Chen a bibliography of materials in the UC Berkeley Library
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2 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
Emile de Antonio a bibliography of materials in the UC Berkeley Library
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2 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide more
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