Precious. Identity, Adaptation and the African-American Youth Film, Hardback - Katherine Whitehurst

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Katherine WhitehurstIllustration(s): 12 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and whiteNumb...

The Classic Edition of 'Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition', first published in 2006, includes a new introduction by the editors, describing th...

Kenneth Maurice Tyler identifies and describes the multiple identity components of young African American men using the theoretical and empirical l...

Reducere. This book explores the formation of the African-American identity through the theory of cultural trauma. The trauma in question is slavery, not as ...

Argues for the centrality of sonnet writing to African American poetry, focusing on significant sonnets, key anthologies, and critical debates abou...

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Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Today's youth struggle with difficult questions of sexual identity. How can a youth worker offer wise care and counsel on such a controversial and ...

Reducere. Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure--the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, Eu...

Reducere. Speaking of Race explores the linguistic practices of African American children in an after school program in Washington, DC. Drawing on ethnograph...

In Speaking of Race, Jennifer B. Delfino draws on three years of teaching experience and ethnographic research to examine language and racial ident...

Reducere. DescriptionThe companion book to the PBS television special of the same name, For Gold and Glory retraces the little-known history of the Gold and ...

Reducere. In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years, activists in the black freedom struggle have used pho...

This in-depth study of one of the 21st century's most acclaimed films, The Social Network: Youth Film 2.0, considers the contribution of David Finc...

Reducere. DescriptionAlthough they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W. E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Al...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Uplift Cinema, Allyson Nadia Field recovers the significant yet forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s. Like th...

Reducere. DescriptionAdvance Praise for Dream-Singers ""You will find a great storehouse of folk and literary treasures in this ambitious book that speaks to...

Reducere. Highlighting certain socioeconomic and cultural trends, this exploration discloses the new dynamics shaping contemporary lives of African Americans...

This collection of essays, contributed by scholars of French literature and film, explores the dynamic relationship between Zola's fiction and its ...

Reducere. This 64-page, large print book provides dementia-friendly adaptations of Katherine Mansfield's best loved short stories. The poetic voice of Mansfi...

Reducere. When I read Born Beautiful, I thought ' finally, a beauty book that addresses the unique needs of black teens.' I highly recommend this book to all...

There's just too much black history to think you could ever know enough. Did you ever think that African-American history began in America? Ever wo...

From Camera Lens to Critical Lens: A Collection of Best Essays on Film Adaptation, edited by Rebecca Housel, takes the reader through films by dire...

Reducere. When I read Born Beautiful, I thought ' finally, a beauty book that addresses the unique needs of black teens.' I highly recommend this book to all...

Reducere. African Americans have a culture rich in diversity, knowledge, and wisdom. The valuable lessons learned from slavery through the present day will b...

Publisher: Lexington BooksIllustration(s): Text Boxes; Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Black & White IllustrationsNumber of pages: 378Collectio...

Some of the earliest feature films were derived from classic literature. Even today, most of the movies we see are adaptations of one kind or anoth...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The African American Scholarship Guide should prove to be a very useful tool for libraries, high schools, students and parents to help find the lat...

Reducere. Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in black communities. In The Black C...

Reducere. Praise for Percival Everett: "If Percival Everett isn't already a household name, it's because people are more interested in politics than truth."-...

This book explores the major threats and roots affecting both America's most racially polarized periods as well as the major issues plaguing the Af...

Literature has always played a central role in creating and disseminating culturally specific notions of citizenship, nationhood, and belonging. In...

This book explores the convergence of gender, race, and social identities in the often-exclusionary arena of American politics. Contributors examin...

Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that...