Afterword

2021 ◽  
pp. 205-212
Author(s):  
Lisa Stead
Keyword(s):  
Specific Character ◽  
Star Image ◽  
High Profile

In their edited volume Lasting Screen Stars, Lucy Bolton and Julie Lobalzo Wright interrogate one of “the most inescapable realities of the realm of stardom,” the fact that “some stars endure across the decades, enjoying lengthy and high-profile careers, while others fade away, either into obscurity or crystallized at a specific moment in time” (2016, 1). Vivien Leigh is a fitting case study for interrogating this kind of phenomenon. She is a star who has endured, in large part because her star image has remained anchored to one specific character/film. Leigh’s casting as Scarlett O’Hara in ...

Selling “David Bowie”

2021 ◽  
pp. 473-487
Author(s):  
Katherine Reed
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Choice ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Star Image ◽  
High Profile

In his 1987 “Creation” advertisement for Pepsi, David Bowie alters the lyrics to the hit “Modern Love,” inserting “Now I know the choice is mine” into the chorus. Though the change echoes Pepsi’s own “Choice of a Generation” tagline, it also illustrates the oddity of Bowie’s choice to move into commercials. At this point, Bowie was a wildly popular and financially successful musician, on the heels of hits Let’s Dance and Tonight: This move to ads was a strategic choice rather than a necessity. Beyond monetary considerations, why bother to embrace high-profile advertising now? This chapter argues that commercials, like music videos, costumes, and interviews, served Bowie as a vehicle for reinforcing his star image on a very public stage. In ads from 1968 to 2013, Bowie embodied his current persona, entering people’s homes through their television as well as their radios. This chapter will analyze his 1987 Pepsi spot (“Modern Love”), 2011 Vittel ad (“Never Get Old”), and 2013 Louis Vuitton short (“I’d Rather Be High”) to illustrate the consistent shaping of public image Bowie executed through advertising.

Musical and Literary Networks in the Weekly Critical Review, Paris, 1903–1904

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Paul Watt
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Profile ◽  
French Music ◽  
Little Magazines ◽  
Musical Networks ◽  
Literary Networks

Published in 1903 and 1904 the Weekly Critical Review was a typical ‘little magazine’: it was produced on a shoestring with a small readership, with big editorial ambition. Its uniqueness lay in its claim to be a literary tribute to the entente cordiale (and it enjoyed the imprimatur of King Edward VII), but more importantly, it was a bilingual journal, which was rare at the time even for a little magazine. The Weekly Critical Review aimed to produce high-quality criticism and employed at least a dozen high-profile English and French writers and literary critics including Rémy de Gourmont (1858–1915), Arthur Symons (1865–1945) and H.G. Wells (1866–1946). It also published articles and musical news by four leading music critics: English critics Alfred Kalisch (1863–1933), Ernest Newman (1868–1959) and John F. Runciman (1866–1916) and the American James Huneker (1857–1921).Why did these critics write for the Weekly Critical Review? What did the articles in the WCR reveal about Anglo-French relations, about the aspirations of the English and French music critics who wrote for it, and about the scholarly style of journalism it published – a style that was also characteristic of many other little magazines? And in what ways were those who wrote for it connected? As a case study, I examine the ways in which Ernest Newman’s literary and musical networks brought him into contact with the journal and examine the style of criticism he sought to promote.

Child Sex Tourism

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Sex Tourism ◽  
Child Prostitution ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Profile ◽  
World Tourism Organization ◽  
Tourism Organization

If sex tourism is the dark, if debated, side of tourism, then child sex tourism represents the line in the sand that should never be crossed. While sex tourism involving adults provokes a variety of opinions and positions (Cohen, 1982; Oppermann, 1998; Kempadoo et al., 2005; O’Connell-Davidson and Sánchez Taylor, 2005; Sánchez Taylor, 2006; Day, 2007; Eades, 2009), child prostitution involving tourists is universally condemened and high-profile cases, such as the trial of Gary Glitter, point to the depths of public revulsion against such behaviour. The last 20 years have seen vocal campaigns against child sex tourism, resulting in changes in national legislation in many countries, statements and taskforces from the World Tourism Organization, the inauguration of World Congresses against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and a universal determination to stamp out a crime and a moral outrage. Despite the public outcry and changes in legislation, however, child sex tourism continues and, in some ways, the moral indignation that the subject arouses obscures certain aspects of the situations in which children caught up in prostitution live and work. There is still a dearth of information about how children meet clients, what is expected of them and their paths in and out of prostitution (Montgomery, 2001a, 2001b). Their clients are even more unknown and there is very little research (as opposed to anecdotal) evidence that discusses their motivations, their modus operandi or their choices about which countries they will visit and where they can find opportunities for sexual activity with children (Ennew, 1986; Montgomery, 2008; for an excellent overview of the available evidence see O’Connell-Davidson, 2005). At both national and international levels, legislation to protect children, although much heralded, has proved inadequate, and left unanswered important questions about enforcement and practical help for the children affected. In this chapter, I examine the legislation in place to tackle the problem of child sex tourism, and contrast this with a case study from Thailand of a small community in which children worked as prostitutes in order to support their parents and themselves. In doing so, I am not arguing for any moral ambivalence or ambiguity in discussions of child sex tourism. Rather, I wish to point out the lacuna between those discussions and the lived realities of the children.

The Strategic Use of Women Candidates in Post-Scandal Environments

2019 ◽  
pp. 62-94
Author(s):  
Melody E. Valdini
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Large N ◽  
Party Elites

Chapter 4 examines the inclusion calculations of party elites in the aftermath of a massive corruption scandal. It argues that party elites have an incentive to strategically increase the presence of women candidates in such an environment in order to associate themselves and their party with stereotypical feminine traits, but this incentive is not always enough to trigger inclusion. Case study analyses of Spain, Portugal, and Ireland are presented, with evidence that political parties in Spain and Portugal recruit and run more women candidates in high-profile positions after a massive scandal breaks but, due to the high “costs” of running women in the institutional environment of Ireland, this effect is not found there. Finally, the chapter presents a large-N regression analysis of legislative electoral results over a period of 20 years, with evidence that more women win legislative seats in the aftermath of a corruption scandal.

scholarly journals Fair trade in building digital knowledge repositories: the knowledge economy as if researchers mattered

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni De Grandis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Digital Knowledge

Abstract Both a significant body of literature and the case study presented here show that digital knowledge repositories struggle to attract the needed level of data and knowledge contribution that they need to be successful. This happens also to high profile and prestigious initiatives. The paper argues that the reluctance of researchers to contribute can only be understood in light of the highly competitive context in which research careers need to be built nowadays and how this affects researchers’ quality of life. Competition and managerialism limit the discretion of researchers in sharing their results and in donating their working time. A growing corpus of research shows that academic researchers are increasingly overworked and highly stressed. This corroborates the point that the room for undertaking additional tasks with future and uncertain benefits is very limited. The paper thus recommends that promoters of digital knowledge repositories focus on the needs of the researchers who are expected to contribute their knowledge. In order to treat them fairly and to ensure the success of the repositories, knowledge sharing needs to be rewarded so as to improve the working conditions of contributors. In order to help implementing this researcher-centred approach, the paper proposes the idea of expediential trust: rewards for contributing should be such that rational, self-interested researchers would freely decide to contribute their knowledge and effort trusting that this would make them better off.

Bridging a Divide: A Faith-Based Perspective on Anti-Discrimination Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-78
Author(s):  
Mark Bell
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract High-profile litigation in various jurisdictions has drawn attention to situations where conflict arises between the requirements of anti-discrimination law and the religious beliefs and practices of individuals and organizations. Although these disputes reflect genuine disagreements, this article argues that, in addition to litigation, other facets of the relationship between faith and anti-discrimination law need to be considered. Taking Catholic Social Teaching as a case study, the article explores anti-discrimination law through a theological lens. In this example, it identifies significant common ground where religious beliefs are congruent with anti-discrimination law, even if areas of divergence are also present. The article concludes that further exploration of law and theology could make a contribution to fostering a more constructive relationship between faith and anti-discrimination law.

scholarly journals Blackfish and SeaWorld: A Case Study in the Framing of a Crisis

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
Randall L. Waller ◽  
Christina L. Iluzada
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Frame Theory ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
High Profile

This research focuses on the crisis that the documentary Blackfish precipitated at SeaWorld. The study begins with a brief account of the growth and evolution of SeaWorld and the financial and reputational damage that followed Blackfish’s release in 2013. A literature review of framing and frame theory follows. Next, the three issue-related, transformative frames embedded in the text/video of Blackfish are identified and analyzed; then the three main counter frames deployed by SeaWorld are identified and analyzed. The conclusion discusses how and why Blackfish prevailed in this high-profile framing contest. It does so by discussing the resonance, coherence, and credibility of the documentary’s anticaptivity narrative and its superiority over SeaWorld’s counterframing campaign. Perhaps even more important, the conclusion briefly examines how the tectonic shift in late-20th-century public opinion regarding animal rights—the kairotic backdrop of this crisis—forced SeaWorld to fundamentally change its business model in order to meet the dictates of this new ethos and to reestablish its postcrisis legitimacy.

scholarly journals Scandal, Motherhood and Mina in 1960s Italy

Modern Italy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Haworth
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
Social Convention ◽  
Star Image ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
The Status

Celebrity scandals are a useful tool to reveal the pervasiveness of expected ways of behaving within a particular culture or society. Italy of the early 1960s was particularly marked by these kinds of scandals, including that of singer Mina’s pregnancy by Corrado Pani in 1963. This article takes this scandal as a case study to explore how star image in this period in Italy was influenced by the established ideologies that governed social convention, morality, and traditional gender roles. It examines in detail the ways in which the popular press reported on this scandal, using the reports that covered the announcement of the pregnancy and then the birth to cast light on the extent to which the mainstream social values and ideas regarding the status quo and expected ways of behaving for women in Italy during the early 1960s were destabilised and/or reasserted through the star persona of Mina.

Toward a Theory of Social Venture Franchising

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 667-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Tracey ◽  
Owen Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Agency Theory ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Social Franchise ◽  
Social Venture

This article examines the relevance of the two main theories used to understand business format franchising—resource scarcity theory and agency theory—for social venture franchising through an in–depth case study of one of the United Kingdom's first and most high–profile social franchises. We posit that both theories can be reframed to take account of the distinctive characteristics of social franchise systems. In developing our arguments, we present four findings that, taken together, move us closer toward a theory of social venture franchising.

scholarly journals Teeling Whiskey Company: A Tradition of Family Entrepreneurship and Whiskey Distilling

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colm O'Gorman ◽  
Martina Brophy ◽  
Eric Clinton
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Traditional Industry ◽  
Family Entrepreneurship

This case study explores the origins of a new high-growth family start-up competing in a traditional industry. Teeling Whiskey Company Ltd (TWC) is the brainchild of entrepreneur Jack Teeling. This new venture stems from another high-profile, family-based business named Cooley Distillery. Jack was Managing Director of Cooley Distillery, the business his father founded in 1987. At Cooley Distillery, he acquired a wealth of professional experience in whiskey distilling and selling. When the distillery was sold to a large US spirits company in 2012, Jack pursued his own entrepreneurial venture in Irish whiskey. A year after the business was founded, Jack was joined by his brother Stephen Teeling, and together they have shaped their idea for a boutique, premium whiskey distiller producing innovative offerings into a fast growing, internationalized business. Jack and Stephen need to build a niche for TWC, as many new distilleries are due to enter the market.

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