Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Dream Job or Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context

The Dream Job: Sports Publicity, Promotion and Marketing

Author: Melvin Helitzer

This book is designed for sports media and marketing courses. Features include: 25 SID responsibilities, 16 basic press release rules, 35 types of sports features, and 55 news conference checklist items. The book explains how to get guests booked on radio and TV, get publicity photos printed, create an effective press box and a productive media tour, get a major event staged, and get a star named All-American.



New interesting textbook: Gumbo Tales or River Road Recipes II

Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context

Author: Teresita Martinez Vergn

The Caribbean ranks among the first and most completely globalized regions in the world. The essays in this volume illuminate how Caribbean cultures help shape and are shaped by globalization. Chapters examine economies, creolization, sport, religion, women's organizations, race and politics, music, and rum.



Table of Contents:
1Introduction5
2Challenges to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization17
3Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian economy43
4Creolization in Havana : the oldest form of globalization75
5Showing face : boxing and nation building in contemporary Puerto Rico97
6Creolite in the Hood : Diaspora as source and challenge117
7Glocal spirituality : consumerism and heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin folk religion131
8Women's grass-roots organizations in the Dominican Republic : real and imagined female figures161
9Race and politics in Cuba183
10Jamaican Reggae and the articulation of social and historical consciousness in musical discourse211
11Rum, revolution, and globalization : past, present, and future of a Caribbean product233

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