Juba to Jive
Author: Clarence Major
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers a collection of African American slang terms with definitions.
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Juba to Jive
Author: Clarence Major
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 596
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on scholarly investigations and common usage, this comprehensive collection of terms, from the days of slavery to the present, is the only up-to-date record of this rich, ever-evolving language born in the African-American community and permeating every aspect of our culture.
Black Slang
Author: Clarence Major
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780710071798
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Author: Kermit Ernest Campbell
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780814329252
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A critical work on the African American vernacular tradition and its expression in contemporary Hip hop.
Oreo
Author: Fran Ross
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2015-07-07
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 081122323X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing standard English, black vernacular, and Yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. Oreo, our young hero, navigates the labyrinth of sound studios and brothels and subway tunnels in Manhattan, seeking to claim her birthright while unwittingly experiencing and triggering a mythic journey of self-discovery like no other.
What Makes That Black?
Author: Luana
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 1483454797
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What Makes That Black? The African-American Aesthetic identifies and defines seventy-four elements of the aesthetic through text and illustration. Using the magnificent camerawork of R.J. Muna, Sharen Bradford, Jae Man Joo, Rachel Neville, James Barry Knox, and more- as they point their cameras at Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and jazz artists such as Cécile McLorin Salvant and Wynton Marsalis- a specific artistic consciousness or sensibility visually unfolds. Luana even joins the camera crew as she shoots Oakland Street Graffiti--Backcover.
Making the Scene
Author: Stuart Robert Henderson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1442610719
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Making the Scene is a history of 1960s Yorkville, Toronto's countercultural mecca. It narrates the hip Village's development from its early coffee house days, when folksingers such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell flocked to the scene, to its tumultuous, drug-fuelled final months. A flashpoint for hip youth, politicians, parents, and journalists alike, Yorkville was also a battleground over identity, territory, and power. Stuart Henderson explores how this neighbourhood came to be regarded as an alternative space both as a geographic area and as a symbol of hip Toronto in the cultural imagination. Through recently unearthed documents and underground press coverage, Henderson pays special attention to voices that typically aren't heard in the story of Yorkville - including those of women, working class youth, business owners, and municipal authorities. Through a local history, Making the Scene offers new, exciting ways to think about the phenomenon of counterculture and urban manifestations of a hip identity as they have emerged in cities across North America and beyond.
Berkeley High School Slang Dictionary
Author: Rick Ayers
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781556435218
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Containing a striking array of words the students of Berkeley High have identified as part of the cultural and linguistic fabric of spoken English, this volume is more than a list of new slang terms; it's also an exciting look at how different cultures and communities reclaim their language in creative ways.
Conjure in African American Society
Author: Jeffrey E. Anderson
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0807135283
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From black sorcerers' client-based practices in the antebellum South to the postmodern revival of hoodoo and its tandem spiritual supply stores, the supernatural has long been a key component of the African American experience. What began as a mixture of African, European, and Native American influences within slave communities finds expression today in a multimillion dollar business. In Conjure in African American Society, Jeffrey E. Anderson unfolds a fascinating story as he traces the origins and evolution of conjuring practices across the centuries. Though some may see the study of conjure as a perpetuation of old stereotypes that depict blacks as bound to superstition, the truth, Anderson reveals, is far more complex. Drawing on folklore, fiction and nonfiction, music, art, and interviews, he explores various portrayals of the conjurer -- backward buffoon, rebel against authority, and symbol of racial pride. He also examines the actual work performed by conjurers, including the use of pharmacologically active herbs to treat illness, psychology to ease mental ailments, fear to bring about the death of enemies and acquittals at trials, and advice to encourage clients to succeed on their own. By critically examining the many influences that have shaped conjure over time, Anderson effectively redefines magic as a cultural power, one that has profoundly touched the arts, black Christianity, and American society overall.
Booking Hawaii Five-O
Author: Karen Rhodes
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-12-20
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 078648666X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On September 26, 1968, Hawaii Five-O premiered on CBS. The show's exotic locale and quality writing and acting made it a fixture in the network's line-up for the next 12 years. Today the detective series continues to be very popular in syndication. The show's history is covered first, focusing on its development and its stars. Complete casts and credits for all regulars are provided for each season; the episode guide gives the title, original air date, director, producer, guest stars a detailed synopsis of each show, and information on Honolulu residents who appeared in it.
