Behind the Smile

2012-03-21
Behind the Smile
Author: George Gmelch
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2012-03-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0253001293
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Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions surrounding tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how tourists may become agents of cultural change, the meaning of sexual encounters between locals and tourists, and the real economic and ecological costs of development through tourism. This updated edition updates the text and includes several new narratives and a new chapter about American students' experiences during summer field school and home stays in Barbados.

Behind the Smile

2008-11-15
Behind the Smile
Author: Marie Osmond
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008-11-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0446549916
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More than one out of 10 new mothers experience post-partum depression (PPD), yet few women seek help. After Marie Osmond, beloved singer and TV talk show host, gave birth to her seventh child (four of her children are adopted), she became increasingly depressed. One night, she handed over her bank card to her babysitter, got in her car, and drove north-with no intention of returning until she had emerged from her crisis. After she went public with her own experiences with PPD on Oprah and Larry King Live, the response was overwhelming. Now collaborating with a doctor who helped her through her ordeal, Marie Osmond will share the fear and depression she overcame, and reveal how she put it all behind her and is moving on with her life.

Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work

2014-06-23
Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Author: Susan L. Mizruchi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2014-06-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393244261
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A Financial Times Best Book of the Year "Brando’s Smile returns us to the power of his greatest performances." —Dan Chiasson, New York Review of Books When people think about Marlon Brando they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. Here, Susan L. Mizruchi—who gained unprecedented access to Brando’s letters, audiotapes, revised screenplays, and books—reveals the complex man whose intelligence belies the high-school dropout. She shows how Brando’s embrace of foreign cultures and social outsiders led to his brilliant performances in unusual roles to test himself and to foster empathy in his audience.

Film Stars

2004-09-04
Film Stars
Author: Andrew Willis
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2004-09-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780719056451
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This book takes as its focus film stars from the past and present, from Hollywood, its margins and beyond and analyzes them through a close consideration of their films and the variety of contexts in which they worked. Essays spread the net wide, looking at past stars from Rosalind Russell and Charlton Heston to present-day stars including Sandra Bullock, Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey, as well as those figures who have earned a certain film star cachet such as Prince, and the martial artist Cynthia Rothrock.

I Was Behind You

2013-02-26
I Was Behind You
Author: Nicolas Fargues
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1782270310
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Here is a story of self-discovery, of entering adulthood and of freeing oneself. The tone is sarcastic, lucid, cruel yet realistic. On a background of R&B and funky electronic music, Nicolas argues gives us an impressive and subtle account of relations between the sexes and of examining the choices one has made in the past.

Behind the Smile: Orphaned by Hitler's Madness

2011-10-06
Behind the Smile: Orphaned by Hitler's Madness
Author: PRK Brenner
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-10-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1465368205
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I was born during the winter of 1944 by an unwed, seventeenyear old, frightened Norwegian girl on the war-torn soil of Germany. Unknowingly, she became part of Heinrich Himmler’s plan, known as the Lebensborn Program, a master design for cultivating an Aryan race. The unfolding story is both revealing and touching. Over time slivers of buried history surfaced into the mainstream of my thinking. An orphan’s journey is revealed transforming the story into enlightened self-discovery. It wasn’t until I found the courage to face the unknown mysteries woven together by people, places and programs that healing could eventually take place. All the intertwining circumstances influenced my life, opened my eyes and helped me make peace with my inner spirit.

Behind the Screen

2001
Behind the Screen
Author: William J. Mann
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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Mann looks at the influence of gay actors, directors, and set and costume designers on the development of the motion pictures.

The Message Behind the Movie—The Reboot

2022-04-11
The Message Behind the Movie—The Reboot
Author: Douglas Beaumont
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2022-04-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 164229232X
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When it comes to movies, people of faith often focus on negative assessments of the film industry and certain style elements that they find objectionable, such as violence, nudity, or harsh language. While these criticisms are important, they are not the whole story. A film's message and its method are not always the same thing. By discussing the cinematic techniques and the genre considerations filmmakers use to communicate their ideas, this book helps Catholics and other Christians to become informed viewers. Douglas Beaumont shows how to evaluate the stories that movies tell and how to discern what they say about reality, God, and what it means to be human. At the same time, he illustrates how movie watchers can engage in thoughtful, lively discussions about not only film but also the big questions in life.