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  • Antagonistic Cooperation

    Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture

    Series series Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
    Winner, 2023 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book AwardFinalist, 2023 Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History, African American Intellectual History SocietyShortlisted, Historical Nonfiction Legacy Award, Hurston / Wright FoundationRalph Ellison famously characterized ensemble jazz improvisation as “antagonistic cooperation.” Both collaborative and competitive, musicians play ... Leer más

    $23,401 CLP

  • Masculinity Under Construction

    Literary Re-Presentations of Black Masculinity in the African Diaspora

    Masculinity Under Construction: Literary Re-Presentations of Black Masculinity in the African Diaspora analyzes Black male identity as constructed by Black male authors. In each chapter, Dr. Jefferson-James discusses a different "construction" or definition of masculine identity produced by men of African descent on the continent of Africa, in the Caribbean, and in North America. Combing through ... Leer más

    $69,978 CLP

  • The New Territory

    Ralph Ellison and the Twenty-First Century

    Edición de Marc C. Conner, Lucas E. Morel ...
    Contributions by Herman Beavers, Robert Butler, John Callahan, Marc C. Conner, Bryan Crable, Steven D. Ealy, Lena Hill, Lucas E. Morel, Timothy Parrish, Ross Posnock, Patrice Rankine, Grant Shreve, Eric J. Sundquist, and Steven E. TracyRalph Ellison once said, “We’re only a partially achieved nation.” In The New Territory, scholars show how clearly Ellison foresaw and articulated both the ... Leer más

    $21,945 CLP

  • Calypso Jews

    Jewishness in the Caribbean Literary Imagination

    Series series Literature Now
    In original and insightful ways, Caribbean writers have turned to Jewish experiences of exodus and reinvention, from the Sephardim expelled from Iberia in the 1490s to the "Calypso Jews" who fled Europe for Trinidad in the 1930s. Examining these historical migrations through the lens of postwar Caribbean fiction and poetry, Sarah Phillips Casteel presents the first major study of representations ... Leer más

    $59,426 CLP

  • Pimp Game 110 Take a Look Inside of the Pimping Game With Me

    Pimp Game, #110

    de TJ Clemons ...
    Series Libro 110 - Pimp Game
    I seriously thought that I was retired from writing about the pimpinggame. But I decided to write one more book dedicated to this allAmerican sport. In this era of Me Too, Human Trafficking, and politicalcorrectness some people in the "square world" fail to recognize thatsome females have actually made a conscious decision to becomeinvolved with the world of pimping and prostitution.I'm not saying ... Leer más

    $11,099 CLP

  • Maya Angelou

    A Life in American History

    Series series Black History Lives
    This accessible biography of Maya Angelou provides readers with an ideal introduction to the life and times of one of America's most beloved and influential Black artists.Maya Angelou: A Life in American History explores the life of one of the most significant figures of the 20th century. Chronological chapters chart major events in Angelou's life, examining how these events influenced her ... Leer más

    $48,134 CLP

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  • Some of My Best Friends

    And other white lies I've been told

    de Tajja Isen ...
    A fearless and darkly comic essay collection about race, justice and the limits of good intentions from the editor in chief of Catapult.In this stunning debut collection, award-winning voice actor and cultural critic Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of living in a world that has grown fluent in the language of social justice but doesn’t always follow through.These nine daring essays explore the ... Leer más

    $13,130 CLP

  • African Identities

    Pan-Africanisms and Black Identities

    This fascinating and well researched study explores the meaning generated by `Africa' and `Blackness' throughout the century.Using literary texts, autobiography, ethnography, and historical documents, African Identities discusses how ideas of Africa as an origin, as a cultural whole, or as a complicated political problematic, emerge as signifiers for analysis of modernity, nationhood and racial ... Leer más

    $58,918 CLP

  • Being Property Once Myself

    Blackness and the End of Man

    A prize-winning poet argues that blackness acts as the caesura between human and nonhuman, man and animal. Throughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons, a subgenre of the human. Being Property Once Myself delves into the literary imagination and ethical concerns that have emerged from this experience. Each chapter tracks a specific animal figure—the rat, the ... Leer más

    $13,862 CLP

  • "Beyond This Narrow Now"

    Or, Delimitations, of W. E. B. Du Bois

    In “Beyond This Narrow Now” Nahum Dimitri Chandler shows that the premises of W. E. B. Du Bois's thinking at the turn of the twentieth century stand as fundamental references for the whole itinerary of his thought. Opening with a distinct approach to the legacy of Du Bois, Chandler proceeds through a series of close readings of Du Bois's early essays, previously unpublished or seldom studied, with ... Leer más

    $21,177 CLP

  • African American Writers & Classical Tradition

    Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as ... Leer más

    $26,987 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ethics in the Gutter

    Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics

    de Kate Polak ...
    Series series Studies in Comics and Cartoons
    Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics explores an often-overlooked genre of graphic narratives: those that fictionalize historical realities. While autographics, particularly those that place the memoirist in the context of larger cultural conversations, have been the objects of sustained study, fictional graphic narratives that—as Linda Hutcheon has put it—both “enshrine ... Leer más

    $26,298 CLP

  • The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature

    Series series Routledge Introductions to American Literature
    The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature considers the key literary, political, historical and intellectual contexts of African American literature from its origins to the present, and also provides students with an analysis of the most up-to-date literary trends and debates in African American literature. This accessible and engaging guide covers a variety of essential topics ... Leer más

    $55,869 CLP

  • Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature

    A Critical Reader

    Series series SUNY series in Multiethnic Literatures
    Brings together scholars and practitioners to present an ethnic studies framework for studying and teaching youth literature.For decades, youth literature has been reckoning with its role in systemic racism and oppression. In this landmark edited volume, Marilisa Jiménez García and Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez assemble a cadre of well-known women of color scholars and practitioners to make a case for ... Leer más

    $34,702 CLP

  • In Search of a Beautiful Freedom

    New and Selected Essays

    **Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The MillionsLively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature, and events from a “masterful critic and master teacher” (Walton Muyumba, Boston Globe).**In Search of a Beautiful Freedom brings together the best work from Farah Jasmine Griffin’s rich forays on music, Black feminism, literature, the crises of Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19, ... Leer más

    $13,899 CLP

  • but

    but is a collection of poetry and prose about seeing and honoring the humanity of the Black Woman. It is a personal account of abuse, love, femininity, and redemption. It is a beautiful womanist and hip-hop ode to the one who persists on the journey to the other side of but.Divided into four chapters and written by Tove, half of the husband and wife songwriter/producer recording artist du... ... Leer más

    $12,538 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Black Skin, Blue Books

    African Americans and Wales, 1845-1945

    Series series Writing Wales in English
    Williams analyses and compares the ways in which African Americans and the Welsh have defined themselves as minorities within larger nation states (the UK and US). The study is grounded in examples of actual friendships and cultural exchanges between African Americans and the Welsh, such as Paul Robeson s connections with the socialists of the Welsh mining communities, and novelist Ralph Ellison s ... Leer más

    $10,038 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • To Tell a Black Story of Miami

    How portrayals of anti-Blackness in literature and film challenge myths about South Florida history and cultureIn this book, Tatiana McInnis examines literary and cultural representations of Miami alongside the city’s material realities to challenge the image of South Florida as a diverse cosmopolitan paradise. McInnis discusses how this favorable “melting pot” narrative depends on the obfuscation ... Leer más

    $28,955 CLP

  • Summary and Analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Based on the Book by Zorah Neale Hurston

    de Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Their Eyes Were Watching God tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Zora Neale Hurston's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God includes:Historical contextCast of ... Leer más

    $5,003 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bad Men

    Creative Touchstones of Black Writers

    How have African American writers drawn on "bad" black men and black boys as creative touchstones for their evocative and vibrant art? This is the question posed by Howard Rambsy’s new book, which explores bad men as a central, recurring, and understudied figure in African American literature and music. By focusing on how various iterations of the bad black man figure serve as creative muse and ... Leer más

    $31,089 CLP

  • Liberation Literature

    Collected Writings of Virginia Hamilton

    A monumental collection by one of America's greatest authors of children's literature — and the launch of a new imprint, ReLIT, that republishes lost classics for a modern readership!Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) was not only one of the most magnificent writers who ever lived — winning honors such as the Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor, National Book Award, and the Coretta Scott King Award for ... Leer más

    $10,944 CLP

  • Wessex Tales Series: 18 Novels & Stories (Complete Collection)

    Enriched edition. Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native…

    Thomas Hardy's 'Wessex Tales Series: 18 Novels & Stories (Complete Collection)' introduces readers to a collection of captivating tales set in the fictional region of Wessex. Hardy's literary style epitomizes the realism and naturalism of the late 19th century, as he delves into the complexities of human nature and society. Each story showcases Hardy's keen observations of rural life and the ... Leer más

    $1,900 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Immigrant Kitchen

    Food, Ethnicity, and Diaspora

    In The Immigrant Kitchen: Food, Ethnicity, and Diaspora, Vivian Nun Halloran examines food memoirs by immigrants and their descendants and reveals how their treatment of food deeply embeds concerns about immigrant identity in the United States. Halloran argues that by offering a glimpse into the authors’ domestic lives through discussions of homemade food, these memoirs demystify the processes of ... Leer más

    $24,103 CLP

  • Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies

    Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies is a study of the autobiographies of tribal-warrior cultures in North America, the Amazon, the Orinoco Basin, the highlands of Luzon, the island of Alor — of headhunters, women, Apaches, New Guinea big men and a Yanomami captive. The book also discusses tribal-warrior autobiographies closer to home: Colton Simpson’s Inside the Crips, Mona Ruiz’s Two ... Leer más

    $27,762 CLP o gratis con Kobo Plus