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Gay TV and Straight America
by Ron Becker
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2006 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3689-7, ISBN: 0-8135-3689-8

""A highly engaging and impeccably researched study of the cultural anxieties produced in the destabilization of straight and gay identity." --Michael DeAngelis, DePaul University "Original and compelling . . . an example of the best kind of television scholarship. Gay TV and Straight America is a rare find." --Sasha Torres, author of Black, White and In Color: Television and Black Civil Rights After years of relative silence on the su ..."






Saturday Night Live and American TV
by Associate Ron Becker, Nick Marx, Matt Sienkiewicz, Racquel Gates, Michele Hilmes, Evan Elkins, Derek Johnson, Susan Murray, Caryn Murphy, Ethan Thompson, David M. Gurney, Jeffrey P. Jones, Mary Beltrã¡N, Ron Becker, Ethan Tussey, Alyxandra Vesey
Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2013 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01082-7, ISBN: 0-253-01082-9

"For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" has greeted late night–TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular music. SNL is the variety show that launched the careers of a mass of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Adam Sandler, among others. Week after week, SNL has produced unforgettable sketches and provocative political satire, adap ..."






Saturday Night Live and American TV
by Nick Marx, Associate Ron Becker, Matt Sienkiewicz, Associate Professor Ron Becker
Hardcover, 294 Pages, Published 2013 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01077-3, ISBN: 0-253-01077-2

"For over 35 years, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" has greeted late night TV viewers looking for the best in sketch comedy and popular music. SNL is the variety show that launched the careers of a mass of comedians including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Adam Sandler, among others. Week after week, SNL has produced unforgettable sketches and provocative political satire, adap ..."






Loose-Leaf Version for Media & Culture & LaunchPad for Media & Culture
by Richard Campbell, Christopher Martin, Bettina Fabos, Ron Becker
Published 2021 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-47750-9, ISBN: 1-319-47750-X






Gay TV and Straight America
(Hardback)
by Associate Professor Ron Becker
Hardcover, 283 Pages, Published 2006 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3688-0, ISBN: 0-8135-3688-X






Poems
by Ron Becker
126 Pages, Published 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1-5196-7879-9, ISBN: 1-5196-7879-7

"Ron's poems"






Saturday Night Live and American TV
by Ron Becker, Nick Marx, Matt Sienkiewicz
294 Pages, Published 2013 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-01090-2, ISBN: 0-253-01090-X

"However, while NBC may have been unlikely to pursue strategic promotion across its prime-time and late-night lineups, its interest in the series can be productively understood in terms ofmanaging the marketplace for television programming and an imperative to negotiate wouldbe counterclaims to identity and authorityin the NBC and SNL brands. In network television, series are developed by production companies— often in partnership w ..."






Media and Culture
An Introduction to Mass Communication
by Richard Campbell, Christopher Martin, Bettina Fabos, Ron Becker
Paperback, 637 Pages, Published 2021 by Bedford/St Martins
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-24493-4, ISBN: 1-319-24493-9






Loose-Leaf Version for Media & Culture
An Introduction to Mass Communication (Loose-leaf)
by Richard Campbell, Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos, Ron Becker
Paperback, Published 2021 by Bedford/St Martins
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-36571-4, ISBN: 1-319-36571-X






Media & Culture
An Introduction to Mass Communication
by Richard Campbell, Christopher Martin, Bettina Fabos, Ron Becker
553 Pages, Published 2021 by Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-36572-1, ISBN: 1-319-36572-8

"Get to the heart of fake news and brush up on your media literacy skills as you explore the media landscape of today, and where it all came from, using the current and relevant research found in Media & Culture."






Loose-leaf Version for Media & Culture 13e & Achieve for Media & Culture
(1-Term Access): An Introduction to Mass Communication
by Richard Campbell, Christopher Martin, Bettina Fabos, Ron Becker
Paperback, Published by Bedford/St. Martin*S 0
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-52930-7, ISBN: 1-319-52930-5






Reading the Bromance
Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
by Associate Professor Michael Deangelis, Hilary Radner, Joe Kerr, David Greven, Nick Davis, Meheli Sen, Jenna Weinman, Ken Feil, Peter Forster, Stephen Gaunson, Dominic Lennard, Ron Becker, Murray Pomerance
Digital, 302 Pages, Published 2014 by Wayne State University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-3899-5, ISBN: 0-8143-3899-2

"As film reviewer Patrick Goldstein points out, “Many of the best buddy films spring into high gear when the filmmaker introduces a dramatic irritant, usually in the form of a beautiful, free-spirited woman who sparks the flame of romantic conflict. ... That John endured a largely unhappy marriage to May, especially in comparison with Max's happy years with Amy, whom he meets on the rebound, makes no difference in terms of the feud ..."






Gay TV and Straight America
by Ron Becker
Digital, 283 Pages, Published 2006 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-280-94713-1, ISBN: 1-280-94713-6






Gay TV and Straight America
by Ron Becker
296 Pages, Published 2006 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3932-4, ISBN: 0-8135-3932-3

"Dan Quayle, “The Family Comes First,” Vital Speeches of the Day, 15 Septe 1992 , 711. Michael Omi, “Racialization in the Post-Civil Rights Era,” in Mapping Multic alism, ed. Avery F. Gordon and Christopher Newfield (Minneapolis: Universi Minnesota Press, 1996), 181. Charles A. Gallagher, “White Reconstruction in the University.” Socialist Reviel nos. 1 and 2 (1994): 165. Gitlin, Tivilight, 125. Linda Martin Alcoff, “What Should Whit ..."






My City
The Bank Street Readers
by Ron Becker
Hardcover, Published 1972 by Unknown
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-259180-9, ISBN: 0-02-259180-X






Reading the Bromance
Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
by Associate Professor Michael Deangelis, Hilary Radner, Jenna Weinman, Ken Feil, Meheli Sen, Peter Forster, Dominic Lennard, Murray Pomerance, Professor Nick Davis, Professor David Greven, Associate Professor Ron Becker, David Greven, Nick Davis, Ron Becker, Joe Kerr
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2014 by Wayne State University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-3898-8, ISBN: 0-8143-3898-4

"In the middle of this century's first decade, "bromance" emerged as a term denoting an emotionally intense bond between straight men. Yet bromance requires an expression of intimacy that always toys with being coded as something other than "straight" male behavior, even as it insists that such intimacy must never be misinterpreted. In Reading the Bromance: Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television, editor Michael DeAngelis has com ..."






Transformational Literacy(1st Edition)
Making the Common Core Shift with Work That Matters
by Ron Berger, Libby Woodfin, Suzanne Nathan Plaut, Cheryl Becker Dobbertin, Anne Vilen, Leah Rugen
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by Jossey-Bass
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-96223-7, ISBN: 1-118-96223-0

"Engage, challenge, and inspire students with work that matters Transformational Literacy, written by a team from Expeditionary Learning, helps teachers leverage the Common Core instructional shifts—building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction, reading for and writing with evidence, and regular practice with complex text—to engage students in work that matters. Worthy texts and worthy tasks help students see the connection between ..."






Forever Ageless
by Kathleen Becker, Ron Rothenberg
Paperback, 389 Pages, Published 2001 by California Healthspan Institute
ISBN-13: 978-1-893436-19-0, ISBN: 1-893436-19-5

"In response to requests from patients, colleagues and the general public, we have written a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to "feel sexier, think smarter and have more energy" based on sound scientific principles and the success of the well-founded medical practices we employ at California HealthSpan Institute to improve the quality and quantity of life to hundreds of patients nationally and internationally through a hormonally corre ..."






Juba This, Juba That
by Helaine Becker, Ron Lightburn
Hardcover, 24 Pages, Published 2011 by Tundra Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-88776-975-7, ISBN: 0-88776-975-6






Borne Of Necessity
by Ron Platt, Carol Becker, Nancy Doll, Ken Lum, Anthony Hernandez, Martin Beck, Peggy Diggs, Dave Whitman, Tom Hunter, Marjetica Potrc, Michael Rakowitz, Julie Ault, Contributor-Samuel Mockbee, Camilo Jose Vergara
Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2004 by Weatherspoon Art Museum
ISBN-13: 978-1-890949-07-5, ISBN: 1-890949-07-8

"Contemporary art, with its inherent contradictions, ambiguities, and market alliances, is an idiosyncratic--even problematic--lens through which to examine situations borne of economic necessity. Nevertheless, some artists do challenge their own system, choosing to proactively address economic dispossession and the larger social and political factors that contribute to adverse economic conditions. Seeking to counteract stereotypical exp ..."



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