Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: jennifer frost

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  • ACHIEVING THE 26TH AMENDMENT
    REBECCA DE SCHWEINITZ / JENNIFER FROST
    This book is a collection of primary source documents and analysis that illustrates the forgotten history of the fight to lower the voting age to eighteen in the twentieth-century United States. Proposed, passed, and ratified in 1971, the 26th Amendment gave the right to vote to 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds and prohibited discrimination in voting “on account of age.” Recognizing ...

    $979.00

  • MEDIEVAL IMAGINARIES IN TOURISM, HERITAGE AND THE MEDIA
    JENNIFER FROST / WARWICK FROST
    This book examines the pervading influence of medieval culture, through an exploration of the intersections between tourism, heritage, and imaginaries of the medieval in the media. Drawing on examples from tourist destinations, heritage sites, fictional literature, television and cinema, the book illustrates how the medieval period has consistently captured the imagination of a...

    $1,099.00

  • ROYAL EVENTS
    JENNIFER LAING / WARWICK FROST
    Royal events such as coronations and jubilees encompass a wide spectrum of planned events involving monarchs and their families that are strategically designed to reinforce the role of royalty within social and political structures. Royal events may have a long heritage, but often involve traditions that are invented, revived or undergoing major innovations in response to chang...

    $1,099.00

  • RITUALS AND TRADITIONAL EVENTS IN THE MODERN WORLD
    JENNIFER LAING AND WARWICK FROST
    Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity, communities strive to preserve and even recreate their traditional events, which may...

    $1,399.00

  • FASHION, DESIGN AND EVENTS
    KIM M. WILLIAMS , JENNIFER LAING AND WARWICK FROST
    The importance of fashion and design in an events context remains under-researched, despite their ubiquity and significance from a societal and economic perspective. Fashion-themed events, for example, appeal to broad audiences and may tour the globe. Staging these events might help to brand destinations, boost visitor numbers and trigger popular debates about the contributions...

    $1,239.00

  • COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS
    WARWICK FROST / JENNIFER LAING
    Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however carry high propensity for controversy as memory and identity are highly subjective...

    $1,239.00

  • IMAGINING THE AMERICAN WEST THROUGH FILM AND TOURISM
    WARWICK FROST / JENNIFER LAING
    The West is one of the strongest and most enduring place images in the world and its myth is firmly rooted in popular culture – whether novels, film, television, music, clothing and even video games. The West combines myth and history, rugged natural scenery and wide open spaces, popular culture and promises of transformation. These imagined places draw in tourists, attracted b...

    $1,399.00