In the Underworld

Taylor, Laurie

Reference

Routledge

From sexual fantasies to holidays this marvellous book charts our escape attempts. In a series of dazzling commentaries the authors reveal the ordinary and extraordinary ways in which we seek to defy the despair of the breakfast table and the office But the book is much more than a first-rate cartography of everyday life. It crackles with important theoretical insights about how `normality' is managed. This fully revised edition contains a superb new introduction, `Life After Postmodernism', which exposes the conceits of the postmodernist adventure and which should be required reading for anyone interested in making sense of everyday life.

Escape Attempts: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Everyday Life (Pelican books)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cohen, Stanley

Psychology & Counseling

Penguin??Books

Uninvited Guests: The Intimate Secrets of Television and Radio

Humor & Entertainment

Mullan, Bob.

Radio

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

The Materiality of Exhibition Photography in the Modernist Era: Form, Content, Consequence (Routledge History of Photography)

"This book challenges the status quo of the materiality of exhibited photographs, by considering examples from the early to mid-twentieth century, when photography's place in the museum was not only continually questioned, but also continually redefined. By taking this historical approach, Laurie Taylor demonstrates the ways in which materiality (as opposed to image) was used to privilege the exhibited photograph as either an artwork or as non-art information. Consequently, the exhibited photograph is revealed, like its vernacular cousins, to be a social object whose material form, far from being supplemental, is instead integral and essential to the generation of meaning. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, history of photography, theory of photography, curatorial studies, and museum studies"--

Blackwell*publishers

Despite the high standards of safety in civil air transport, aviation disasters continue to occur; with increasing numbers of passengers being carried a year, and the move towards deregulation worldwide, it is timely to examine the risks related to air travel and to see where managers have succeeded and failed. This book argues that, even though there has been a steady improvement in air safety, lives continue to be lost unnecessarily and there is scope for improving the general level of safety. Drawing from his long experience as an airline pilot and former chairman of BALPA, the author looks at a wide range of aspects, from human factors in aircraft accidents to growing problems with operational environments and hijackings and sabotage. He argues trenchantly that there is room for improvement.

Air travel, how safe is it?

BSP Books

Air Travel: How Safe Is It?

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Blackwell Science Inc.

A reference for anyone writing, speaking, or researching airline safety, this text discusses the factors affecting airline safety worldwide. Each chapter includes brief descriptions of international bodies concerned with safety, accident investigation, the aircraft vehicle, the natural and operational environments, and human problems such as hijacking, sabotage, and military interception of civil aircraft. The author also discusses cost versus air safety, the accident record, and advanced technology, and speculates on future safety problems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Iowa State Pr

From sexual fantasies to holidays this marvellous book charts our escape attempts. In a series of dazzling commentaries the authors reveal the ordinary and extraordinary ways in which we seek to defy the despair of the breakfast table and the office But the book is much more than a first-rate cartography of everyday life. It crackles with important theoretical insights about how `normality' is managed. This fully revised edition contains a superb new introduction, `Life After Postmodernism', which exposes the conceits of the postmodernist adventure and which should be required reading for anyone interested in making sense of everyday life.

Escape Attempts: The Theory and Practice of Resistance in Everyday Life

Mental Health

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