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Robert Taylor
Because of his lengthy screen resume that includes almost eighty appearances in such movies as Camille and Waterloo Bridge, as well as a marriage and divorce to actress Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor was a central figure of Hollywood’s classical era. Despite this, he can be regarded as a “lost” star, an interesting contradiction given the continued success he enjoyed during his lifetime. In Robert Taylor: Male Beauty, Masculinity, and Stardom in Hollywood, author Gillian Kelly investigates the initial construction and subsequent developments of Taylor's star persona across his thirty-five-year career. By examining concepts of male beauty, men as object of the erotic gaze, white Americ...
Tyrone Power
One of the most popular actors of the Classical Hollywood period, Tyrone Power's appeal was initially based around his outstanding beauty, his looks remaining key to his star persona throughout his 25-year career and almost 50 films. This book presents the first substantial academic study of Power and employs a range of approaches, including stardom and genre theory, to reappraise his career from various angles including gender, genre and image. Textual analysis coincides with discussions of Power's multi-layered performances in a variety of genres while engaging with industry systems, specifically Twentieth Century-Fox, his home studio for almost two decades, and situates Power's performances within the contexts of industry regulations, such as the Production Code, and industry technological advances, such as CinemaScope.
Assessment in Youth Justice
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of assessment and intervention planning with young people who offend. It will help equip practitioners with the knowledge and professional skills central to these critically important tasks. The context for practice is changing rapidly and the authors take into account current policy developments along with a wide range of literature on assessment practice in criminal justice and social care. The book encourages readers to think critically and to take practical steps to enhance their own practice. It will be important reading for anyone working with young people who offend.
Submit for Sex
An anthology of steamy romance from authors such as Gillian Kelly...This collection of short stories is headlined by "Submit for Sex"...Kristy is a commercial photographer who has gotten bitter with age, giving up on love after numerous bad experiences. Her attitude changes when she meets Mason, a struggling mixed martial arts fighter that she allows to stay at her loft while they work together on a cologne ad. Never one to submit to a man, Kristy slowly warms up to Mason and allows him to take change, showing her that love and sex aren't things one should give up on.
Contemporary Body Psychotherapy
This book looks at the ground-breaking work of the London based Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy, bringing together Chiron trainers and therapists, describing how their approach has enabled cutting-edge thinking.
Singin' in the Rain
The classic film musical Singin' in the Rain combines a streamlined 1920s storyline with vivid characters, memorable wisecracks and comedy, romance, riveting dancing, beautiful musical arrangements, gorgeous sets, props, and costumes, and virtuosic camera work. This guide traces the film's genesis and analyzes the music and dance that make Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly's best-known work.
Professional and Therapeutic Boundaries in Forensic Mental Health Practice
People who use forensic mental health services are defined by the fact that they have violated boundaries, often in many ways. This book provides a thorough introduction to the subject of professional and therapeutic boundaries and their particular complexities within forensic mental health settings.
Offenders in Focus
Drawing on research and integrating this with practitioner experience, this text creates research-based practice wisdom for engaging effectively with offenders.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Injury, and the Law
"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Injury and the Law is a clear and concise practitioners' guide. The law in this area has evolved considerably since the publication of the first edition in 2000. In this second edition, Gillian Kelly traces the recognition and redress by the common law of psychiatric injury from its inception in 1884 to the present. Judicial milestones are analysed and illustrated by case law from both Ireland and other common law jurisdictions, bringing the practitioner up to date in the area of claims in damages for PTSD, work stress, bullying and harassment, and "fear of disease"." "This completely revised and updated second edition provides a clear, comprehensive, and easy reference for the practitioner."--BOOK JACKET.
The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council
La 4e de couverture indique : "As well as offering a critical overview of the political, policy and technological contexts which framed the organisation's creation, existence and eventual demise, The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council analyses the tensions between differing sectoral, commercial and cultural agendas, and between national and global interests in an increasingly transnational film industry ..."
