Robey Callahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 161654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robey Callahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robey |
| FAMILY NAME | Callahan |
| SIGNATURE | CALLAHAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fullerton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Creativity in Advertising, Fiction and Ethnography
This chapter examines the experiences of creativity for those who produce culture-as-elitetradition. It focuses on three such forms: advertising, fiction and ethnography. While as an abstraction the idea has heuristic utility, its real-world instantiations vary in intensity and quality among particular domains our focus here being on the three domains of advertising, fiction and ethnography. The core product of any advertising agency is creativit…
Fatalism, the Self, Intentionality, and Signs of Ill Portent in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Severe illnesses and sudden deaths are all too common occurrences in the lives of the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula, so it is perhaps no surprise that, as a people, they tend to be rather fatalistic. Maya fatalism finds one of its most prominent expressions in the tamax chi'-a type of omen that speaks of impending suffering, usually of a terminal nature, for a member of one's close family. In terms of components and mechanics, however, a tamax ch…
Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics by Niko Besnier
Apocalypto in CobÃ
The Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell stands today as one of the most prominent and widely recognized symbols of America. As a cultural biography of this national artifact, this paper focuses on the four main media through which the Bell has over time gained the exposure needed for its consecration in the public mind. The media of presenting the Bell include (1) the changing ways in which it has been exhibited in Philadelphia for the public and (2) the many train jou…
Ethnic politics and tourism a British Case Study
This paper argues that one can better understand the phenomenon of ethnicity in the West through an analysis of tourism representations of a regions history and culture and of the many motives behind them. It examines the rise of a particular version of Shetland (United Kingdom) identity by linking the differing goals of the local bourgeoisie, as well as the bulk of the islands inhabitants, with the projects of the Shetland Tourist Organisation a…
The Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell stands today as one of the most prominent and widely recognized symbols of America. As a cultural biography of this national artifact, this paper focuses on the four main media through which the Bell has over time gained the exposure needed for its consecration in the public mind. The media of presenting the Bell include (1) the changing ways in which it has been exhibited in Philadelphia for the public and (2) the many train jou…
Fatalism, the Self, Intentionality, and Signs of Ill Portent in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Severe illnesses and sudden deaths are all too common occurrences in the lives of the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula, so it is perhaps no surprise that, as a people, they tend to be rather fatalistic. Maya fatalism finds one of its most prominent expressions in the tamax chi'-a type of omen that speaks of impending suffering, usually of a terminal nature, for a member of one's close family. In terms of components and mechanics, however, a tamax ch…
Ethnic politics and tourism a British Case Study
This paper argues that one can better understand the phenomenon of ethnicity in the West through an analysis of tourism representations of a regions history and culture and of the many motives behind them. It examines the rise of a particular version of Shetland (United Kingdom) identity by linking the differing goals of the local bourgeoisie, as well as the bulk of the islands inhabitants, with the projects of the Shetland Tourist Organisation a…
Ethnic politics and tourism a British Case Study
This paper argues that one can better understand the phenomenon of ethnicity in the West through an analysis of tourism representations of a regions history and culture and of the many motives behind them. It examines the rise of a particular version of Shetland (United Kingdom) identity by linking the differing goals of the local bourgeoisie, as well as the bulk of the islands inhabitants, with the projects of the Shetland Tourist Organisation a…
The Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell stands today as one of the most prominent and widely recognized symbols of America. As a cultural biography of this national artifact, this paper focuses on the four main media through which the Bell has over time gained the exposure needed for its consecration in the public mind. The media of presenting the Bell include (1) the changing ways in which it has been exhibited in Philadelphia for the public and (2) the many train jou…
Apocalypto in CobÃ
Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics by Niko Besnier
Fatalism, the Self, Intentionality, and Signs of Ill Portent in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Severe illnesses and sudden deaths are all too common occurrences in the lives of the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula, so it is perhaps no surprise that, as a people, they tend to be rather fatalistic. Maya fatalism finds one of its most prominent expressions in the tamax chi'-a type of omen that speaks of impending suffering, usually of a terminal nature, for a member of one's close family. In terms of components and mechanics, however, a tamax ch…
Creativity in Advertising, Fiction and Ethnography
This chapter examines the experiences of creativity for those who produce culture-as-elitetradition. It focuses on three such forms: advertising, fiction and ethnography. While as an abstraction the idea has heuristic utility, its real-world instantiations vary in intensity and quality among particular domains our focus here being on the three domains of advertising, fiction and ethnography. The core product of any advertising agency is creativit…
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