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Verso Books Holding aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean
Book SynopsisMarcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farakhan-the roster of immigrants from the Caribbean who have made a profound impact on the development of radical politics in the United States is extensive. In this magisterial and lavishly illustrated work, Winston James focuses on the twentieth century's first waves of immigrants from the Caribbean and their contribution to political dissidence in America.Examining the way in which the characteristics of the societies they left shaped their perceptions of the land to which they traveled, Winston James draws sharp differences between Hispanic, Anglophone, and other non-Hispanic arrivals. He explores the interconnections between the Cuban independence struggle, Puerto Rican nationalism, Afro-American feminism, and black communism in the first turbulent decades of the twentieth century. He also provides fascinating insights into the peculiarities of Puerto Rican radicalism's impact in New York City and recounts the remarkable story of Afro-Cuban radicalism in Florida. Virgin Islander Hubert Harrison, whom A. Philip Randolph dubbed 'the father of Harlem radicalism', is rescued from the historical shadows by James's analysis of his pioneering contribution to Afro-America's radical tradition. In addition to a subtle re-examination of Garvey's Universal Negro Movement Association-including the exertions and contributions of its female members-James provides the most detailed exploration so far undertaken of Cyril Briggs and his little-known but important African Blood Brotherhood.This diligently researched, wide ranging and sophisticated book will be welcomed by all those interested in the Caribbean and its émigrés, the Afro-American current within America's radical tradition, and the history, politics, and culture of the African diaspora.Trade ReviewSuperbly written, full of well-digested and considered detail, it is a historic chronicle. -- Edward SaidA brilliant, nuanced and sensitive re-examination of the history of Caribbean radicals and radicalism in the United States. James's book will survive for many years as the standard work on the subject and establishes the author as one of the premier scholars of the African Diaspora. -- Colin Palmer, City University of New YorkA major historical contribution to the 'hidden history' of the African diaspora . richly detailed, powerful and compelling. -- Stuart Hall, The Open UniversityImaginatively written in addition to its solid scholarly base, this book breaks significant new ground in our understanding of modern black American radicalism. -- Arnold Rampersad, Princeton UniversityIn this thoroughly researched and tightly argued book Winston James has revealed and explained the prominent role of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in socialist, communist and nationalist struggles in the United States, whilst rescuing the topic from the stereotypes that have long surrounded it. -- David Montgomery, Yale UniversityJames elucidates, as no one has done before him, just how profound were the Caribbean contributions that enriched the soil of American radicalism . A truly prodigious and imaginative reconstruction [which] heralds a genuine renascence of radical scholarship in the best Caribbean tradition. -- Robert A. Hill, University of California, Los AngelesPowerfully argued and provocative, Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia literally reframes our understanding of the African-American experience. -- Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago
£999.99
Vaclav Vrbensky Assertiveness Training: 10 Simple Steps How to
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BOA Editions, Limited Book of My Nights
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West Virginia University Press The Black Butterfly: Brazilian Slavery and the
Book SynopsisThe Black Butterfly focuses on the slavery writings of three of Brazil's literary giants—Machado de Assis, Castro Alves, and Euclides da Cunha. These authors wrote in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Brazil moved into and then through the 1888 abolition of slavery. Assis was Brazil's most experimental novelist; Alves was a Romantic poet with passionate liberationist politics, popularly known as "the poet of the slaves"; and da Cunha is known for the masterpiece Os Sertões (The Backlands), a work of genius that remains strangely neglected in the scholarship of transatlantic slavery.Wood finds that all three writers responded to the memory of slavery in ways that departed from their counterparts in Europe and North America, where emancipation has typically been depicted as a moment of closure. He ends by setting up a wider literary context for his core authors by introducing a comparative study of their great literary abolitionist predecessors Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama and Joaquim Nabuco. The Black Butterfly is a revolutionary text that insists Brazilian culture has always refused a clean break between slavery and its aftermath. Brazilian slavery thus emerges as a living legacy subject to continual renegotiation and reinvention.Trade Review“A groundbreaking interpretation of Brazilian literature in the context of transatlantic slavery and studies of race.”- Aquiles Alencar Brayner, the British Library
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Publish Your Purpose Press Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism
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Tomis Press A Year Outside of Time
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Rowman & Littlefield Bitter the Chastening Rod: Africana Biblical
Book SynopsisBitter the Chastening Rod follows in the footsteps of the first collection of African American biblical interpretation, Stony the Road We Trod (1991). Nineteen Africana biblical scholars contribute cutting-edge essays reading Jesus, criminalization, the enslaved, and whitened interpretations of the enslaved. They present pedagogical strategies for teaching, hermeneutics, and bible translation that center Black Lives Matter and black culture. Biblical narratives, news media, and personal stories intertwine in critical discussions of black rage, protest, anti-blackness, and mothering in the context of black precarity.Trade ReviewSince African American biblical interpretation is unapologetically contextual, the contributors of Bitter the Chastening Rod engage the cultural history of Black peoples in the U.S. and diaspora, raising new questions about humanity, discipline, and culture amidst social movements such as #BLM, #SayHerName, and #MeToo. Consequently, this collective work of Africana biblical critics emerges as an assemblage of culturally informed knowledge of the text and history, innovative deployments of theories and hermeneutics, and emancipatory pedagogy grounded in praxis. It demonstrates the perseverance, resilience, and brilliance of generations of Black biblical scholarship. As Stony the Road We Trod opened the path not only for Black scholarship but also for other minoritized scholars, this volume is a must-read for all biblical scholars and an invaluable source for faith communities to join the struggle for justice in our time. -- Jin Young Choi, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity SchoolBitter the Chastening Rod provides creative paths to the hackneyed roads that whitestream scholarship has built for Biblical Studies. We are in dire need of imaginative interpretive exercises that challenge how whiteness has pervaded historiography, linguistics, and literary analysis. We also need visionary models to build graduate programs, curriculums, and educational practices attentive to a world facing unprecedented global crises. Bitter the Chastening Rod suggests new paths for such enterprise. -- Luis Menéndez-Antuña, Boston University School of TheologyThis compelling sequel of the seminal Stony the Road we Trod proves the pressing relevance of Africana hermeneutics at this historical moment. These diverse readings offer a review of the work of pioneers; bold, historically grounded, and tragically relevant interpretations of individual texts about incarceration and violence; and important challenges to comfortable readers. No New Testament scholar, seminarian, or Christian should look away from the opportunities to enact justice that this volume presents. -- Candida Moss, University of BirminghamBitter the Chastening Rod: Africana Interpretation After Stony the Road we Trod in the Age of #BLM, #SayHerName, and #MeToo is a greatly anticipated volume that, in the spirit of Sankofa, builds upon, expands, and futures Black post-colonial biblical studies. The aggregation of renown scholars that pen this work offers brilliant insights on the biblical text and prophetic movements against subjugation. This important text engages the longstanding and ongoing work of confronting interlocking forms of oppression in the US and globally, centering the continuing need to illuminate connections between Africana biblical studies and the hermeneutical lenses of current revolutionary struggles. It is a must-read that informs any serious engagement of the theological disciplines and meaningful social action. -- Maisha I. K. Handy, executive director of the Jacquelyn Grant Center for Black Women’s Justice and associate professor of Religion and Education, Interdenominational Theological CenterThe pioneers of Black biblical scholarship have proudly passed the torch to an equally agile cohort of “troublers” who ably take up the call to challenge the still prevailing hermeneutic of whiteness. For me, a white scholar, BCR is the companion piece I’ve been waiting for. I owe these contributors not only a great debt of gratitude for such an essential resource but also my undivided attention and resolve as I trod my own hermeneutical trek. -- William P. Brown, Columbia Theological SeminaryTable of ContentsPart I. Remembering the Past, Laboring in the Present, and Shaping a Hopeful Future1.“The Hill We Climb”: Introduction ‒‒ Mitzi J. Smith, Angela N. Parker and Ericka Dunbar Hill2.A Eulogy for Cain Hope Felder ‒‒ Brian K. Blount3.Zoom-ing in on a Watershed Moment in Biblical Interpretation ‒‒ William H. MyersPart II. God’s Black(ened) People in the World—Thugs, Slaves and Criminals4.God’s Only Begotten Thug ‒‒ Allen Dwight Callahan5.Abolitionist Messiah: A Man Named Jesus Born of a Doulē ‒‒ Mitzi J. Smith6.Reading with the Enslaved: Placing Human Bondage at the Center of the Early Christian Story ‒‒ Emerson B. Powery7.“I am a Human”: Racializing Assemblages and Criminalized Egyptianness in Acts 21:31–39 ‒‒ Jeremy L. Williams8.The Terror of White Hermeneutics: Black and Enslaved Bodies Interpreted in the Context of Whiteness ‒‒ Marcus W. ShieldsPart III. Africana Hermeneutical Strategies, Pedagogy, Translation, and #BLM9.Hoodoo Blues and the Formulation of Hermeneutical Strategies for Contemporary Africana Biblical Engagement ‒‒ Hugh R. Page, Jr.10.Reflections on Teaching Biblical Interpretation through a Black Lives Matter Hermeneutic ‒‒ Wil Gafney11.Revisiting the Caananites and Contemporary Ites: Pedagogical Insights into Cheering for the Wrong Team ‒‒ Theodore W. Burgh12.Reading Romans in Greek: Translating and Commenting on it in Haitian Creole ‒‒ Ronald CharlesPart IV. Black Rage and Protest in Times of #Black Lives Matter and #MeToo13.Rage, Riots, and Rhetoric: Psalm 137 and African American Responses to Violence ‒‒ Stacy Davis14.Rethinking “God-breathed” in the Age of #Black Lives Matter: A Womanist Reading of 2 Tim 3:10–17 ‒‒ Angela N. Parker15.Leah and Dinah in the Face of Abuse: What Do I Tell My Daughter? ‒‒ Kamilah Hall Sharp16.Antichrist and Anti-Black: 1 John and “Black Lives Matter” ‒‒ Dennis R. EdwardsPart V. Responses17.John’s Apocalypse and African American Interpretation ‒‒ Thomas B. Slater18.Race Still Matters: Mapping the Afterlives of Stony the Road We Trod ‒‒ Clarice J. Martin19.“To Think Better Than We Have Been Trained”: Thirty Years Later ‒‒ Renita J. Weems
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Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh Völkerstämme am Brahmaputra
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Ruffer & Rub Sachbuchverlag How to Nourish the World
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Verlag Der Kulturstiftung Sibirien Sustaining Indigenous Knowledge: Learning Tools
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Langaa RPCID Some Unsung Black Revolutionary Voices and
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Independently Published Crônicas Anacrônicas
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University of Chicago Press Blues Ideology and AfroAmerican Literature A
Book SynopsisRelating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Baker offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its vernacular level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it.
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Troubling Vision
Book SynopsisExplores how blackness is always a troubling presence in the field of vision and the black body is persistently seen as a problem. This book examines a range of materials from visual and media art, documentary photography, theater and performance, fashion advertising, and celebrity culture.Trade Review"A provocative and timely meditation on how black subjects of cultural production trouble visual discourse. By moving beyond any single medium or genre, Fleetwood is able to articulate how visual tropes of blackness circulate across different visual fields, while never losing sight of the unique logics of the media she examines." - Juana Maria Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley"
£33.41
The University of Chicago Press Colored Property State Policy and White Racial
Book SynopsisShows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of racial integration in residential neighborhoods after World War II - away from invocations of a mythical racial hierarchy and toward talk of markets, property, and citizenship.Trade Review"A creative, vital entry point to explore the tangle of federal mortgage financing, housing reform, and deep-seated racism.... This well-written, much-needed study brings together the realms of urban history, race relations, and economic opportunity." - Choice "Freund's book unravels the ties that bound (and bind) race and property, and, in the process, shows how that linkage altered white racial ideals and politics in postwar America." - Andrew Wiese, Journal of American History"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Landscapes of Accumulation Real Estate and the
Book SynopsisOver the past few decades, India has experienced a sudden and spectacular urban transformation. Gleaming business complexes encroach on fields and villages. Giant condominium communities offer gated security, indoor gyms, and pristine pools. Spacious, air-conditioned malls have sprung up alongside open-air markets. In Landscapes of Accumulation, Llerena Guiu Searle examines India's booming developments and offers a nuanced ethnographic treatment of late capitalism. India's land, she shows, is rapidly transforming from a site of agricultural and industrial production to an international financial resource. Drawing on intensive fieldwork with investors, developers, real estate agents, and others, Searle documents the new private sector partnerships and practices that are transforming India's built environment, as well as widely shared stories of growth and development that themselves create self-fulfilling prophecies of success. As a result, India's cities are becoming ever more inaccess
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University of Chicago Press Uncivil Rights Teachers Unions and Race in the
Book SynopsisAlmost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, a wealth of research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. This title examines a complex relationship between teachers and civil rights activists, which traces the tensions between the two groups in New York City from the Great Depression to the present.Trade Review"Uncivil Rights makes a major contribution to our understanding of the often fraught relationship between (mostly white) teachers and (mostly non-white) students in the nation's largest school system. Skillfully framed around changing conceptions of teachers' and students' 'rights' in public schools, this book explains - better than any other - how teachers in New York City first won and then lost recognition of their status as 'professionals' in the classrooms and communities where they work." (Adam Nelson, University of Wisconsin - Madison)"
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The University of Chicago Press National Performances
Book SynopsisThis study explores how Puerto Ricans in Chicago construct and perform nationalism. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Ramos-Zyas shows how the performance of Puerto rican nationalism in Chicago serves as a critique of social inequality and imperialism.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Empires Children
Book SynopsisEurope's imperial projects were often predicated on a series of legal and scientific distinctions that were frequently challenged by the reality of social and sexual interactions between the colonized and the colonizers. This title reveals the unacknowledged but central role of race in the definition of French nationality.Trade Review"Empire's Children is a brilliant and deeply researched exploration of the place of race in the French citizenship experience, focusing on the rights of mixed-race people in French Indochina and other colonies. Emmanuelle Saada deftly weaves together the perspectives of jurists, colonial officials, journalists, and the mixed-raced individuals themselves to demonstrate why the French Empire - and by extension, today's France - cannot be analyzed in black-and-white terms. A nuanced and important account, beautifully translated by Arthur Goldhammer." (Mary Dewhurst Lewis, Harvard University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Linguistic Diversity National Unity Language
Book SynopsisUnlike other multi-ethnic nations, Thailand has maintained relative stability despite its 80 languages. In this study of the relations among politics, geography and language, Smalley shows how Thailand has maintained national unity through an elaborate social and linguistic hierarchy.Table of ContentsTables Figures Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Thailand's Sociolinguistic Anomalies Pt. I: Languages of the Nation as a Whole 1: The Languages of Thailand at Home and Abroad 2: Standard Thai: Variations about a Norm 3: Social Dimensions of Standard Thai 4: Multidimensional Varieties: Ranges and Media Pt. II: Major Regional Languages 5: Kammuang (Northern Thai) 6: Lao (Northeastern Thai) 7: Paktay (Southern Thai) and Thaiklang (Central Thai) Pt. III: Marginal Regional Languages 8: Tai Yai (Shan), Sgaw (Karen), Phlow (Karen), plus Non-regional Phlong (Karen) 9: Northern Khmer plus Non-marginal Kuy 10: Pattani Malay Pt. IV: Other Language Categories 11: Development and Displacement of Tai Languages and Dialects 12: Languages of Thai Towns and Cities: Chinese Languages 13: Marginal Languages in the Hierarchy: Mon, Pray, plus Non-marginal Mal 14: Marginal Languages Adapting to the Hierarchy: Hmong (Meo, Miao) 15: Enclave Languages Pt. V: Trans-Language Issues 16: Writing and Education 17: Change and Development 18: Language and Ethnicity 19: Minority Problem as Thai Problem Appendix A: Languages in the Hierarchy Appendix B: Language Population Estimates Appendix C: Symbols Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press Discourse Destruction The City of Philadelphia
Book SynopsisThis text reconstructs the conflict between MOVE, a radical black separatist group, and the city of Philadelphia. Against this account, the author develops an analysis of the relation between definition and action, between language and violence.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1: A Framework for Articulating Horror 2: What Is MOVE? 3: The Language of Domesticity 4: Bureaucratic Discourse: The Policy, the Plan, the Operation 5: The Law and Its Apparatus: Speaking Warrants and Weapons 6: Decarcerating Discourse Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Gods Vampires Return to Chipaya
Book SynopsisOn his return to the village of Chipaya, the author learned that a group of Uru Indians, believed to be sorcerers and vampires, was being incarcerated and tortured. This study examines relations between the Urus and the region's dominant ethnic groups.Table of ContentsMaps 1: Yesterday and Today 2: The Day I Was God 3: The Midnight Confession 4: Tales of Vampires 5: Gregorio's Troubles 6: Religious Quests 7: Parties in the Pampa 8: Final Note Notes Glossary Index
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The University of Chicago Press Generous Betrayal
Book SynopsisMany immigrants in Europe find marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for their culture has been part of the problem. Culture has become a concept of race, sustaining ethnic identity politics that subvert human rights.
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John Wiley & Sons The Power of Diversity in the Armed Forces
Book SynopsisThis collection investigates how different countries approach the inclusion or exclusion of immigrants in their armed forces, and offers immigrant military participation as a way to provide a pathway to citizenship, foster greater societal integration, and achieve a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive military.Trade Review“The Power of Diversity in the Armed Forces opens up the conversation on a topic that currently has little literature available. This book is an excellent study on the issue of managing diversity in the armed forces around the world.” Isabelle Caron, Dalhousie University
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Columbia University Press Distancing the Past
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MO - University of Illinois Press In Pursuit of Gold Chinese American Miners and
Book SynopsisA fresh assessment of Chinese immigrant participation in small-town AmericaTrade ReviewRecognized as an honor book in the competition for the Denver Public Library's Western History/Genealogy Department Caroline Bancroft History Prize, 2012. "Sue Fawn Chung is a talented miner of Chinese American History."--The Historian"An excellent explanation of the familial and cultural links between the Chinese of the Guangdong region and how that influenced their relationships in the United States."--Nevada in the West"In this groundbreaking study, Sue Fawn Chung illumines a world of Chinese miners and merchants that has long been ignored or forgotten. Acknowledging the challenges of discrimination and hostility, Chung demonstrates a wide range of contributions by Chinese Americans and identifies areas of positive interaction with the dominant Euro-American society."--James J. Rawls, coeditor of A Golden State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California "A rich and multifaceted social history of Chinese mining communities in Oregon and Nevada. Scholars of Chinese America will find the book to be a valuable addition to their libraries."--American Historical Review"With its interesting portraits of little-known towns and the Chinese Americans who inhabited them, In Pursuit of Gold is full of surprises and discoveries. It is a worthy contribution to the study of Chinese in the U.S.A."--Historical Studies in Ethnicity"Sue Fawn Chung has meticulously reconstructed the story of these Chinese mining enclaves as well as their interactions with the larger communities. Interesting details about many individuals effectively enhance both the book's readability and the author's analysis."--Pacific Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Note on Names and Romanization; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations and Tables Introduction; 1: The Coming and Early Challenges; 2: Onward to Eastern Oregon; 3: Eastward to Northeastern Nevada: Tuscarora; 4: Further East: Island Mountain and Gold Creek; Conclusion Bibliography
£77.35
MO - University of Illinois Press Kings for Three Days The Play of Race and Gender
Book SynopsisA highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, sexual, and social complexities of Afro-Ecuadorian culture, as revealed through the annual Festival of the Kings.Trade Review "An important contribution to analyses of ritual and performance in terms of history, race, and gender. Rahier departs from the recent emphasis on transnationalism and makes a strong argument for the importance of studying the performance within specific local contexts." --Rachel Corr, author of Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes "A welcome book for teaching undergraduates about important issues among communities little known outside their own circumstances. . . .Recommended."--Choice"A captivating and informative study of the Roman Catholic Feast of the Three Kings as celebrated in two Ecuadorian towns. Rahier gathers extremely rich observations, described in minute detail and finely illustrated, and the book sheds new light on Ecuadorian race and gender relations with great flashes of analysis."--Kris Lane, author of The Colour of Paradise: The Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires "A very interesting and thought-provoking treatment of the relationship between social and economic changes and their symbolic manifestations."--American Anthropologist "Jean Muteba Rahier expertly uses a local expression of the Catholic celebration of Epiphany to examine the evolution of socioeconomic dynamics in rural Afro-descendant communities in Ecuador's coastal providence of Esmeraldas."--Journal of Latin American Studies
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MO - University of Illinois Press Word Warrior
Book SynopsisPosthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007, Richard Durham creatively chronicled and brought to life the significant events of his times. Durham''s trademark narrative style engaged listeners with fascinating characters, compelling details, and sharp images of pivotal moments in American and African American history and culture. In Word Warrior, award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and colleagues like Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison, to illuminate Durham''s astounding career. Durham paved the way for black journalists as a dramatist and a star investigative reporter and editor for the pioneering black newspapers the Chicago Defender and Muhammed Speaks. Talented and versatile, he also created the acclaimed radio series Destination Freedom and Here Comes Tomorrow and wrote for popular radio fare like The Lone Ranger. IncrediTrade Review"Sonja Williams has written a book about Durham's life and work, cementing the brilliant journalist and activist's legacy."--Uprising Radio "Thanks to this biography by Sonja D. Williams, a professor of communications at Howard University, Durham's contributions to our country's dramatic arts, journalism, trade unionism and African American political power will begin to earn the appreciation and admiration they deserve."--Against the Current"This admirable and engaging study of Durham's life and work fills a huge gap in American history, and it comes at a time where we are in desperate need of reminders that do more than give us hope, but also provide us with the examples of the ways in which agency can be infused into our racially contentious social landscape."--Radio Journal"In briskly energetic prose, Sonja D. Williams reveals the life of an important, but little-known, figure in twentieth century African American cultural and political history. From the Great Migration to the Black Power Movement, Richard Durham's story illuminates movements and events of momentous scope and significance."--Richard A. Courage, co-author of The Muse in Bronzeville: African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932–1950"Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom is a remarkable contribution to the historical narrative, to our understanding of the long civil rights revolution.--People's World"With this book, Williams . . . rescues a forgotten but important voice in the Civil Rights Movement. [A] well-written analytical profile of this important, versatile writer. Recommended."--Choice"Williams' book is a major contribution to media studies and provides one model for future media-history work grappling with the current dominant paradigms of media industry and production culture studies. . . . Williams' description of multiple social phenomena, packaged as a biography of an important civil rights figure in Chicago, will pack a strong enough punch to set a precedent for similar work."--Journal of Radio & Audio Media"Williams's Word Warrior is an engrossing, at times poetic excavation of one man's dealing with life and learning as an African American man." --H-Net Reviews "The enigmatic life of writer and radio [dramatist] Richard Durham has, for years, cried out for probing and understanding. Sonja D. Williams has answered the call with this fiercely smart and important book. It is an important achievement."--Wil Haygood, author of The Butler: A Witness to History "Sonja Williams' exhaustively researched biography of Richard Durham sheds valuable light on an inexcusably neglected historical figure. Throughout his many lives, including activism, writing, and broadcasting, Durham demonstrated the importance of narrative in the struggle for justice. As Williams proves, the right to tell the story is a critical part of the quest for equality and power--and those who fought for that right should be remembered with gratitude."--Jabari Asim, author of What Obama Means "Sonja Williams artfully links broadcasting pioneer Richard Durham to the key social, cultural, and political movements of mid-Twentieth-century America. In Word Warrior, Durham's fierce spirit, strategic mind, and creative genius leap to life as he navigates the streets, boardrooms, and radio studios of Chicago. Without this book, this very important story surely would have been lost."--A'Lelia Bundles, author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker "Williams' book does smart and invaluable work not only about Durham and his particular talents and contributions, but about the black political and cultural left in Chicago during the span of his career."--Barbara D. Savage, author of Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938–1948
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MO - University of Illinois Press The Reason Why Colored American Is Not in World
Book SynopsisExpressly intended to demonstrate America's national progress toward utopia, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago pointedly excluded the contributions of African Americans. An eloquent statement of protest and pride, this title reminds us that struggles over cultural representation are nothing new in American life.
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University of Illinois Press We All Got History
Book SynopsisAn amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American historyTrade Review"A fascinating chronicle. . . . It warms the heart and soothes the soul of people thirsting for a broader sense of identity."--Philadelphia Inquirer
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MO - University of Illinois Press Popular Fronts
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mullen marries investigation and a well-executed idea of story in this well-researched piece of scholarship on black art, black literature and literary publications, and the cultural politics of Chicago's African American community."-- Choice"Mullen's mission is to refresh our cultural memories. He wants to remind us not only of African American cultural production in the 'Chicago Renaissance' that took place before and during World War II, but also that the U.S. Left--in the form of the Communist Party and the individuals and organizations of its Popular Front--played a significant role in the period."-- American Historical Review"All readers who are interested in the history of Chicago, African American culture, and leftist politics are sure to find some benefit from Mullen's richly detailed and boldly revisionist study."-- Journal of Illinois History
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MO - University of Illinois Press Blue Rhythm Fantasy
Book SynopsisBehind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music''s unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City''s vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture. Blue Rhythm Fantasy traces the extraordinary career of arranger Chappie Willet--a collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and many others--to revisit legendary Swing Era venues and performers from Harlem to Times Square. Wriggle''s insightful music analyses of big band arranging techniques explore representations of cultural modernism, discourses on art and commercialism, conceptions of race and cultural identity, music industry marketing strategies, and stage entertainment variety genres. Drawing on archives, obscure recordings, untapped sources in tTrade ReviewCertificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2017. "Recommended." --Choice"A fascinating study of an overlooked aspect of the musical world that allows us to view artistic development with a greater understanding of other forces: economic, social, racial, and historical."--ARSC Journal "Wriggle's work is well-researched, well-structured, and gives a great overview of the Swing Era career of Chappie Willet, which is further complemented by a thorough examination of his stylistic 'idiolect.'"--Journal of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music"Illuminating, and entertaining. . . . This is a book that any lover of jazz, swing or theater music would find accessible and rewarding."--The Arts Fuse"[T]he authorial tone is far from dry, and his historical analysis is genuinely valuable . . . and the greatest value in this unusual book is allowing to see inside Willet's world and the place he occupied within it and belatedly, perhaps, to pay tribute to his prowess and that of his peers."--Jazzwise"Blue Rhythm Fantasy is a wonderfully enlightening experience. . . .A splendidly-documented exploration of an artist and his musical world that will both answer and raise many questions. "--Jazz Lives"Meticulously researched and elegantly written." --Music References Services Quarterly"Writers have always been quick to heap praise on the soloists, vocalists and composers of the Swing Era but John Wriggle's Blue Rhythm Fantasy finally shines the spotlight on the craftsmen who really made the Swing Era swing: the arrangers. Having done a monumental amount of research, Wriggle invites the reader to listen to the music of the big bands with a fresh set of ears and a fresh amount of appreciation for many of the unsung heroes of that era, most notably the great Chappie Willet. An important book not just for jazz studies but for anyone interested in the entire popular music spectrum of the 1930s and 40s."--Ricky Riccardi, author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years and Director of Research Collections, Louis Armstrong House Museum "The unsung artists and business people who were the backbone and lifeblood of the popular music business in NYC in the 1930s and '40s are finally the heroes in this excellent and extremely well-researched book. This exciting new teaching tool brings to the fore those crucial musicians who kept all types of popular entertainment flowing by creatively and professionally combining such diverse job titles as composer, arranger, orchestrator, and copyist."--Benjamin Bierman, author of Listening to Jazz
£22.79
MH - Indiana University Press Artists Performers and Black Masculinity in the
Book SynopsisExamines how Haitian diaspora writers, artists, and musicians address black masculinity through the Haitian Creole concept of gwo negs, or "big men". This work confronts the gendered, sexualized, and racialized boundaries of America's diaspora communities and openly resist "domestic" imperialism that targets immigrants, minorities, and gays.Trade Review"Energetic, well—argued, and persuasive." —Marjorie Salvodon, Suffolk UniversityTable of ContentsContents<\>Introduction: Haiti's Transnational Politics of "Big Man-ism"Part 1. Straight, Queer, and Street1. Trans-American Constructions of Black Heteromasculinity: Dany Laferrière, le Nègre, and the Late-Capitalist American Racial Machine-désirante2. From Fort Dimanche to Brooklyn: Transnational Regimes of Violence, Duvalierism, and Failed Heteromasculinity in Raoul Peck's Haitian CornerPart 2. Queer Fist3. "Honey, Honey, Miss Thing": Assotto Saint's Drag Queen Blues—Queening the Homeland, Queer-Fisting the Dyaspora4. Drag-Kinging the Dyaspora: Dréd Performing Black (Female) Masculinities in Haiti's Tenth DepartmentPart 3. Rapping B(l)ack5. (Rara) Rap Haiti! Wyclef Jean's Chante pwen, Embattled Black Masculinity, and Diasporic Remix as Political Protest6. Trans-American Art on the Streets: Jean-Michel Basquiat's Black Canvas Bodies and Urban Vodou-Art in ManhattanConclusion: Presidential Politics, Haiti's Gwo Nègs, and Diasporic Cultural Production as Transnational Political ProtestNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
£18.89
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Slavery and Race in American Popular Culture
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£13.25
Palgrave Macmillan Racism and AntiRacism in Football
Book SynopsisThis book explores the key issues of racism, anti-racism and identity in British football. The nationalism and xenophobia evident in much of the media's coverage of major tournaments is highlighted in the context of the way that English, Scottish and Welsh identities are constructed within British football.Trade Review'Brilliantly researched and a must for anyone who really wants to get to grips with the facts. Every library should have one.' - Garth CrooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Contextualising Racism in British Football Football, 'Race' and the Forging of British Identity Standing Together? Charting the Development of Football's Anti-racism Policing Racism in Football A Design for Life: Deconstructing the Game's National Identities Mad Dogs: England, The Media and English Supporters During Euro '96 and France '98 Conclusion: Racisms and the Cultures of Football Index
£33.74
LUP - University of Michigan Press Distinction and Denial
Book SynopsisAims to challenge conventional theories of race and art in the period between 1920-40 by shedding light on the role early art critics had in marginalizing African American artists by characterizing them as sharing a primitive, ethnic essence.Trade ReviewA major contribution to the scholarship of African American artists in the inter-war period. With scrupulous research and probing analyses, Calo's study enables scholars, students, and those interested in the Harlem Renaissance to grasp the intellectual debates, institutional support, and art world promotion that advanced an emerging cohort of African American artists. - Patricia Hills, Boston University
£30.35
LUP - University of Michigan Press Ethnic Cues
Book SynopsisDoes placing a Latino candidate on the ticket mobilize Latino voters? This book assays the influence of ethnic identification on Latinos' voting behavior. It asks whether the presence of co-ethnic candidates actually does mobilize Latino voters in support of these candidates.Trade ReviewNew theoretical propositions, original data, and rigorous empirical tests are what one looks for in cutting edge social science. Fortunately, all three are apparent in Ethnic Cues. The author has pushed his thinking to develop new ways of understanding and explaining patterns of Latino voting behavior." — Luis Ricardo Fraga, University of Washington, Seattle"Best for libraries with large US politics collections or those with a Hispanic focus." — Choice, J. Heyrman, Berea College"Baretto does a good job extending our empirical and conceptual knowledge of Latino electoral politics through his multimethod approach, inclusivity of electoral context, multiple office-level competition, and Latino group identity dynamics." — Perspectives on Politics
£24.65
LUP - University of Michigan Press Bulldaggers Pansies and Chocolate Babies
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£23.70
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Black Arts Enterprise and the Production of
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£23.70
LUP - University of Michigan Press Counting the Tigers Teeth
Book SynopsisNarrates a crucial turning point in Nigerian history, the Agbekoya rebellion of 1968-70, as chronicled by Toyin Falola, reflecting on his firsthand experiences as a teenage witness to history. Falola, the foremost scholar of Africa of this generation, illuminates the complex factors that led to this armed conflict and details the unfolding of major events and manoeuvres.Trade Review“With this book Toyin Falola joins a band of distinguished and special historians who participated in the making of history they narrate…I found this book as enjoyable as Trotsky's history of the Russian Revolution. While the scale of the two historical incidents are different, the writing is as close to the guts and as stirring of the senses as any personal history can be. This book also distinguishes itself as a modern classic in which one culture (Yoruba rebellion) is successfully written in the language of another (English). A unique reading experience.”—Kole Omotoso“Chronicles the cultures and traditions of Yorubaland of the 1960s, including the predominance of African traditional religions; Christianity; Islam; polygamy; agriculture; education; work ethics; and sacrifice . . . a must read for scholars of African life-writing, history, sociology, economics, politics, and gender studies, as well as those interested in African, Diaspora, comparative studies and the autobiographical genre.”—Adetayo Alabi, University of Mississippi“‘When an old man dies, a library is burned,’ said the late Hampate Ba. Book by book, Toyin Falola is building a library for Africa and the world, fashioned from his memories, wit, and wisdom. His are the tales of a generation who came of age at the same time as their nations. The tales are compelling, fierce, and funny, to be read and cherished.”—Aminatta Forna, author of The Memory of Love
£22.75
LUP - University of Michigan Press Essays on the Modern Japanese Church
Book SynopsisPublished in 1906, Essays on the Modern Japanese Church was the first Japanese-language history of Christianity in Meiji Japan. Yamaji Aizan's account describes the reintroduction of Christianity to Japan - its development, rapid expansion, and decline - and its place in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Meiji period.
£12.95
LUP - University of Michigan Press Musashino in Tuscany
Book SynopsisShows that overseas Meiji-period travel writers struck out to create a dynamic new type of travel literature, one that had a solid foundation in traditional Japanese kikobungaku yet also displayed influence from the West.
£16.95
The University of Michigan Press Concordance
Book SynopsisOrganised in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) set out to increase the influence of Black legislators. In this book Katherine Tate studies the ways in which the US's most prominent group of Black legislators has developed politically.
£19.90
The University of Michigan Press Natural Acts
Book SynopsisExplores the ways that musicians - particularly female artists - have established a 'natural' country identity. This book focuses on revealing moments in country performance including: blackface comedy on radio and stage before 1945 (concentrating on Opry performers Jamup and Honey), and the minstrel's 'rube' or hillbilly equivalent.
£23.70
The University of Michigan Press Paul Robeson and the Cold War Performance Complex
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£23.70
LUP - University of Michigan Press John Lewis and the Challenge of Real Black Music
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A remarkable piece of jazz scholarship that is timely and fills at leasttwo significant needs in the discipline. The first is a deeply investigated,serious consideration of the work of one of the music’s great masters,John Lewis. Second, but equally important, this is a rich meditation onquestions about race, nation, and authenticity in the music that scholarsof jazz and many other kinds of music will find useful.” - Gabriel Solis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
£31.30
The University of Michigan Press Of Vagabonds and Fellow Travelers
Book SynopsisRecovers the history of the writers, artists, and intellectuals of the African diaspora who, witnessing a transition to an American-dominated capitalist world-system during the Cold War, offered searing critiques of burgeoning US hegemony.Trade ReviewExpertly bringing Black diaspora studies and critical race theory to bear on the Cold War's culture wars, Of Vagabonds and Fellow Travelers shows why and how culture became a primary site of imperialist and anticolonial struggle in the U.S., Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean after World War II. Cedric Tolliver's study of the institutional, literary, and interpersonal connections between Anglophone and Francophone writers is a tremendous contribution to scholarship on the U.S. left, race radicalism, and postcolonial and African diasporic literature." - Cheryl Higashida, University of Colorado"Exciting and cutting-edge challenges binary notions of ideological adherence and complicates the political investments that major writers and thinkers of the African diaspora made during the era, as it crosses national and regional boundaries, thereby underscoring the steady communication and flows of influence during this period, beyond linguistic and national parameters." - Pim Higginson, University of New Mexico
£19.90
The University of Michigan Press Negro Thought in America 18801915
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