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Clearly Invisible

Racial Passing and the
Color of Cultural Identity

Clearly Invisible journeys to sometimes uncomfortable but unfailingly enlightening places as Dawkins retells the contemporary expressions and historical experiences of individuals called passers. Along the way these passers become people -- people whose stories sound familiar but take subtle turns to reveal tensions lurking beneath the surface, people who ultimately expose as much about our culture and society as they conceal about themselves.

Hailed as a pioneering work in the study of communication and culture, Clearly Invisible offers powerful testimony to the fact that individual identities are never fully self-determined.

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The Real Slim Shady

Eminem

Offering a fresh way to look at one of the world's best-selling musical artists, this book presents Eminem's words, images, and music alongside comments from those who love and hate him, documenting why Eminem remains a cultural, spiritual, and economic icon in global popular culture.

The book is organized into three sections, each focusing on one of the artist's public personas (Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers, Eminem), with each section further divided into chapters that explore various aspects of Eminem's social, spiritual, and economic significance. Besides being a book that every fan of Eminem and today's music will want to read, the work is valuable to researchers in the areas of communication, cultural and musical studies, and leadership.

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Explorations in Public Speaking

Midnight Musings

This holistic, research-based approach to communication is your public speaking playbook. It teaches you how to understand your audience, overcome communication apprehension, create memorable presentations, tell stories with data, and develop a style and presence that will enhance your value as a leader -- forever.

With this book as your guide, you will learn to: overcome stage fright and anxiety; merge the basics of rhetoric with the principles of design thinking; maximize the power of persuasion with storytelling; motivate, inform and inspire your audiences and teams; recognize and confront gaslighting; craft and receive constructive critique; communicate in a variety of contexts; leverage emerging technology and prepare for the future of leadership.

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Risk & Reward in the Digital Age

This e-book contains 17 contributions from award-winning writers, scholars and artists. Audacious and razor-sharp, the book defies and disrupts conventional wisdom about identity in history, politics, media and technology.

With honest storytelling and critical inquiry, the book plots a path to finding and expressing your identity in the 21st century. The result is a poignant, intelligent, and daring journey that dissects controversial labels and challenges any politician, pundit or provocateur that purports to speak about how identity can and should be expressed.