Playboys and Killjoys : an Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy.

Table of Contents: “…PLAYBOYS AND KILLJOYS; Points of Departure; 1. Coming to Terms; 2. …”
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The Playboy Of The Western World.

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Playboy of the western world /

“…Playboy of the western world.…”
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Playboys and Mayfair men : crime, class, masculinity, and fascism in 1930s London / by McLaren, Angus

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Rethinking feminist ethics : care, trust and empathy by Koehn, Daryl, 1955-

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Hard Times (1933 -1945)

Table of Contents: “…Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (5:43);…”
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Reading modern drama

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I'll have what she's having : mapping social behavior

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Inside the ropes with Jesse Ventura by Hauser, Tom

Table of Contents: “…"Organized religion is a sham" : Playboy --…”
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Becoming Arab in London : performativity and the undoing of identity by Aly, Ramy M. K.

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The lousy adult : stories by Cobb, William J. (William James), 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The lousy adult -- The sea horse -- Playboys -- Warsaw, 1984 -- This whatever we have -- The next worst thing -- What happens to rain? …”
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Warren Magnuson and Shaping of Twentieth-Century America. by Scates, Shelby

Table of Contents: “…The ""Pol's Pol, "" the Playboy's Playboy ; 16. Cold War, Monkey Business ; 17. …”
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Stage Migrants : Representations of the Migrant Other in Modern Irish Drama. by Salis, Loredana

Table of Contents: “…Table of contents; list of centrefold illustrations; foreword; acknowledgements; introduction; north and south; the south; the canon; playboys of this western world; saint patrick; the sporting metaphor; immigrant games; conclusions; appendix a; bibliography; index.…”
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Finding McLuhan : the Mind, the Man, the Message. by Rogers, Jaqueline McLeod

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MARSHALL MCLUHAN:TRANSFORMATIONS / ADAPTATIONS -- WORK / WORD / PLAY -- TEACHING MCLUHAN -- MARSHALL MCLUHAN IN AN AGE OF LABELS:THE DESCRIPTIVE VALUE OF ANTIMODERNISM -- EXCEEDING OUR GRASP: McLUHAN'S ALL-METAPHORICAL OUTLOOK -- IMAGE / FIGURE / GROUND -- SPACE ON THE EDGE: MARSHALL McLUHAN'S MARGINALIA AND ANNOTATIONS OF SIGFRIED GIEDION AND ERNST GOMBRICH -- SELLING VIA THE "FIVE SENSE SENSORIUM":BERTRAM BROOKER, MARSHALL MCLUHAN, AND THE SENSORY MEDIA CULTURE OF TORONTO 1921-55 -- BUFFALO TRACKS AND CANOE CODES: MARSHALL McLUHAN AND ABORIGINAL MEDIA'S DISSIDENT GENEALOGY IN CANADA -- SPACE / PLACE / TOOLS -- MCLUHAN AND THE CITY -- THE LIBRARY AS PLACE: NEW MEDIA AND NEW DESIGNS FOR CREATING COMMUNITY -- THE MESSAGE IN MEDICAL IMAGING MEDIA:AN ANALYSIS OF GE HEALTHCARE'S VSCAN™ -- POLITICS / SEX / RELIGION -- McLUHAN'S POLITICS -- McLUHAN'S PLAYBOY-PLAYBOY'S McLUHAN -- RECOVERING RELIGION FOR THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF RHETORIC:LESSONS FROM MARSHALL MclUHAN -- LEGACY / MEMORY / IMAGINATION -- CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS:LEGACY / MEMORY / IMAGINATION -- MICHAEL McLUHAN:PROTECTING THE LEGACY -- ERIC McLUHAN: LIVING THE LEGACY -- DOUGLAS COUPLAND:WRITING McLUHAN -- CONTRIBUTORS.…”
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Ancient Gonzo wisdom : interviews with Hunter S. Thompson

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments, ix; Preface by Anita Thompson, xi; Introduction by Christopher Hitchens, xiii; ABC News -- February 20, 1967 1; Sunday (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) -- 1967 5; WBZ 1030 AM Radio (Boston, Massachusetts) -- August 8, 1972 9; Playboy -- November 1974 31; Loose Licks (Australia) -- Spring 1976 57; New Times -- December 10, 1976 66; 90 Minutes Live (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) -- April 12, 1977 70; High Times -- September 1977 77; Lecture at the University of Colorado (Boulder) -- November 1, 1977 93; Commonwealth Times (Richmond, Virginia) -- November 28, 1978 110.…”
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Modernism and the Celtic revival by Castle, Gregory

Table of Contents: “…Celtic muse: anthropology, modernism, and the Celtic Revival -- "Fair equivalents": Yeats, Revivalism, and the redemption of culture -- "Synge-On-Aran": The Aran Islands and the subject of Revivalist ethnography -- Staging ethnography: Synge's The Playboy of the Western World -- "A renegade from the ranks": Joyce's critique of Revivalism in the early fiction -- Joyce's modernism: anthropological fiction in Ulysses -- After the Revival: "Not even Main Street is Safe."…”
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Masterpieces of modern British and Irish drama by Sternlicht, Sanford, 1931-

Table of Contents: “…The playboy of the western world / by John Millington Synge (1907) -- Saint Joan / by George Bernard Shaw (1923) -- Juno and the paycock / by Sean O'Casey (1924) -- Private lives / by Noel Coward (1930) -- Waiting for Godot / by Samuel Beckett (1953) -- Look back in anger / by John Osborne (1956) -- The birthday party / by Harold Pinter (1958) -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead / by Tom Stoppard (1966) -- Translations / by Brian Friel (1980) -- Top girls / by Caryl Churchill (1982).…”
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Parody and taste in postwar American television culture by Thompson, Ethan

Table of Contents: “…MAD Magazine and the textual strategies and cultural politics of parody -- The parodic sensibility and the sophisticated gaze: masculinity and taste in Playboy's penthouse -- Ernie Kovacs and the logics of television parody and electronic trickery -- Black tie, straightjacket: Oscar Levant's sick life on TV -- Conclusion: television for people who hate television?…”
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Videofashion men. Volume 18, Episode 2, Boy crazy

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Spectacular blackness : the cultural politics of the Black power movement and the search for a Black aesthetic by Ongiri, Amy Abugo, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…, Black spectatorship, Black masculinity, and Blaxploitation film -- Conclusion, Dick Gregory at the Playboy Club.…”
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Sex and the University : Celebrity, Controversy and a Student Journalism Revolution. by Reimold, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…: the explosion of sexual expression in the student press -- Sexual, revolutionary: the pioneering college newspaper sex column -- Carrie Bradshaw of the Ivy League: the celebrity of sex columnist Natalie Krinsky -- Kate has become sex: the impact of sex columns on students' personal lives -- Love, lust and every kink in between: the columns tackle modern students' social and sexual lives -- Clash of cultures: outside criticism and censorship of student sex columns -- Playboy for the college set: the rise and influence of campus sex magazines -- My college paper was not like that!…”
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Porn chic : exploring the contours of raunch eroticism by Lynch, Annette (Annette Ferne)

Table of Contents: “…Porn chic : exploring the contours of raunch eroticism -- From James Bond to Tucker Max : the development of the millennium unapologetic bad boy pop culture icon -- The birth of pop culture porn chic -- Midriff marketing : teaching girls the power of sexy -- Girls gone wild : college coeds flash their goods -- Creating, molding, and performing soft porn identity -- Playboy fantasies, Hooter's girls, and coyote ugly tattoos -- Construction of cyber raunch identity : the private becomes public -- "Va-va-voom goes the soprano" : engaging discourse on porn chic -- The path toward gender justice.…”
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Steal these ideas! : marketing secrets that will make you a star by Cone, Steve, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…; Remember; Chapter 2: Three Hidden Ingredients in Every Winning Promotional Campaign; The Ultimate Help-Wanted Ad; The Early Days of Playboy Magazine; Rolling Stone Magazine; Pan American WorldPass and How Last Became First; Other Quick Airline Stories about Creating Customer Excitement; One for the Gipper; Don't Leave Home without It; Mr. …”
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A Man's World? Political Masculinities in Literature and Culture. by Sauer, Birgit

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Videofashion news. Volume 22, Episode 13, NYC originals

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The Unbearable Bassington. by Saki, 1870-1916

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Guitar man : six strings of separation by Indelicato, M. J.

Table of Contents: “…Sweet Home Oklahoma; 5. Texas Playboy; 6. Giving the Dog a Bone; 7. Willard "Fleetwood" Brougham; 8. …”
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The Irish play on the New York stage, 1874-1966 by Harrington, John P.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Dion Boucicault, the Irish Play, and the Politics of Reconciliation; 2 The Bernard Shaw Cult, New York, 1905; 3 Synge's Playboy, the Irish Players, and the Anti-Irish Irish Players; 4 James Joyce Downtown; Illustrations; 5 Sean O'Casey and Within the Gates: The Irish Playwright Comes to New York; 6 Waiting for Godot in New York; 7 Brian Friel: Erin on Broadway; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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Manhood and American Political Culture in the Cold War. by Cuordileone, K. A.

Table of Contents: “…Nixon -- The Liberal as Playboy -- The Cult of Toughness -- The Counterinsurgent -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.…”
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Love is professional

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Videofashion news. Volume 35, Episode 38, Ms. muse

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The First Amendment Lives On Conversations Commemorating Hugh M. Hefner's Legacy of Enduring Free Speech and Free Press Values

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Little fish are sweet by Condon, Matthew, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…; A Tangled Matrimonial Skein; An Old Copper Remembers; Charles Fenwick Shotton Corner States ; The Dodger ; The Shadow of Barkala Street ; A Matter of Lingering Doubts ; The Honourable Speaker ; The Night Porter ; What the Clerk Heard ; Marge; Talk to Old Abe ; Fallout; The Wild Life of Dorothy Edith Knight ; The Confidant ; Last Drinks at the Playboy ; Inside the Whiskey ; The Monster of Eyre Street ; Doc; Who Hath Smelt Wood Smoke at Twilight? …”
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The relic : a novel by Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900

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Where the wild men are with Ben Fogle. Series 4, Ibiza

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Myth and Reality in Irish Literature. by Ronsley, Joseph

Table of Contents: “…-- ae as a literary critic -- naked truth, fine clothes and fine phrases in synge's playboy of the western world -- hopkins, yeats and dublin in the eighties -- yeats: the question of symbolism -- the poetry of confrontation: yeats and the dialogue poem -- yeats as an autobiographical poet…”
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The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy. by Foster, Verna A.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- General Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Name of Tragicomedy: Problems of Identity -- 2 Early English Tragicomedy: From Providential Design to Metatheatre -- 3 Shakespearean Tragicomedy -- Measure for Measure: The Duke's Problem Play versus Shakespeare's Tragicomedy -- The Winter's Tale: Tragicomedy of Wonder -- 4 The Tragicomedy of Sexuality and Surprise: Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger -- Sexuality and Tragicomic Genre in the Plays of Fletcher -- The Moral Tragicomedy of Massinger -- 5 Tragicomedy in Transition -- 6 Modern Tragicomedy I: Tragicomedy and Realism -- Ibsen: The Wild Duck -- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard -- Synge: The Playboy of the Western World -- O'Casey: Juno and the Paycock -- Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire -- 7 Modern Tragicomedy II: Metatheatre and the Absurd -- Beckett: Waiting for Godot -- Ionesco: The Chairs and The Killer -- Pinter: The Caretaker and No Man's Land -- Conclusion: The Nature of Tragicomedy -- Select Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Companion to Media Studies. by Valdivia, Angharad

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Containment culture : American narratives, postmodernism, and the atomic age by Nadel, Alan, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Lady and (or) the Tramp: Sexual Containment and the Domestic Playboy -- PART III DOUBLE OR NOTHING -- 6. The Invasion of Postmodernism: The Catch-22 of the Bay of Pigs and Liberty Valance -- 7. …”
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Damsels in distress

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