Download or read book Color by Fox written by Kristal Brent Zook and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the overwhelming success of "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s, an unprecedented shift took place in television history: white executives turned to black dollars as a way of salvaging network profits lost in the war against video cassettes and cable T.V. Not only were African-American viewers watching disproportionately more network television than the general population but, as Nielsen finally realized, they preferred black shows. As a result, African-American producers, writers, directors, and stars were given an unusual degree of creative control over shows such as "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," "Roc," "Living Single," and "New York Undercover". What emerged were radical representations of African-American memory and experience. Offering a fascinating examination of the explosion of black television programming in the 1980s and 1990s, this book provides, for the first time ever, an interpretation of black TV based in both journalism and critical theory. Locating a persistent black nationalist desire--a yearning for home and community--in the shows produced by and for African-Americans in this period, Kristal Brent Zook shows how the Fox hip-hop sitcom both reinforced and rebelled against earlier black sitcoms from the sixties and seventies. Incorporating interviews with such prominent executives, producers, and stars as Keenen Ivory Wayans, Sinbad, Quincy Jones, Robert Townsend, Charles Dutton, Yvette Lee Bowser, and Ralph Farquhar, this study looks at both production and reception among African-American viewers, providing nuanced readings of the shows themselves as well as the sociopolitical contexts in which they emerged. While black TV during this period may seem trivial or buffoonish to some, Color by Fox reveals its deep-rooted ties to African-American protest literature and autobiography, and a desire for social transformation.
Download or read book Thicker Than Mud written by Jason Z. Morris and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam Drascher, a Jewish archaeology professor at a small Jesuit college in the Bronx, is at a standstill: Adam is in love with his former mentor, though he knows that relationship has no future, and though his tenure decision is approaching, Adam has little to show for his efforts studying the cult of the dead in ancient Israel. Everything changes for Adam when he discovers a tablet that sheds light on the Healers, shadowy underworld figures in Canaanite myth and in the Bible, on the same day that he loses his grandfather, the man who raised him. As Adam mourns for his grandfather and labors to interpret the text of the tablet, he unearths family secrets that test his loyalties and entangle him in the police investigation of an old family friend.
Download or read book Poems of Heroism in American Life written by John Raymond Howard and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poems of American History written by Burton Egbert Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales from da Hood written by Nikki Turner and published by One World. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories are not fables or fairy tales. They are severe chronicles of gangstas, written by men and women who have starved and bled and survived by the code of the streets. Essence magazine’s #1 bestselling author Nikki Turner has earned her rep as “the Princess of Hip-Hop” with gritty urban novels like A Hustler’s Wife and The Glamorous Life. Now she lends her considerable street cred to this anthology, the first of its kind–an explosive collection featuring edgy new writers Turner handpicked for their ability to evoke the street, and the people who live by its rules, in hot, hyperrealistic stories. Turner scoured the ghetto, the prisons, and every crack and crevice around the country to bring you these impressive new fresh-from-the-street voices. Never one to disappoint her fans, Turner even throws in a raw gangsta tale of her own. From a buppie who risks her entire well-groomed world when she’s suddenly turned on by a thug (“Gotta Have a Ruffneck”), to a lesbian pimp who gets what she deserves from the women she’s turning out (“Big Daddy”), these stories will shock, entertain, and make you fly through the pages.
Download or read book Ballads of Valor and Victory written by Clinton Scollard and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Good Luck written by Leon Michael Tyerell Kornegay and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There Are 13 Steps To Self Help NO ONE IS GOING TO HELP YOU THE WAY YOUR GOING TO HELP YOURSELF 1. SELF HELP AND SELF IMPROVEMENT 2. TIME MANAGEMENT 3. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE 4. HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH 5. HONE YOUR CRAFT 6. TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED 7. MY FRIEND MY ENEMY 8. NEVER BURN A BRIDGE OR THROW FUEL ON A SMOLDERING FIRE 9. REALLY MEAN IT 10. LISTEN TO FULLY UNDERSTAND 11. EXERCISE 12. JUST BE YOU 13. MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY
Download or read book Homiletical Theology in Action written by David Schnasa Jacobsen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homiletics is taking a theological turn. But what does the preaching task look like if we think of it not so much as a mastery of technique, but an exercise in theological method? Homiletical Theology in Action: The Unfinished Theological Task of Preaching tries to envision the work of homiletics as theological in root and branch. By placing theological questions at the center of the process, the authors, some of the leading lights of the field of homiletics, try to show how their work as preachers and homileticians is a thoroughgoing theological activity. By beginning with troublesome texts and problematic doctrines, they seek to show how preachers and homileticians engage in theology, not as consumers, but as producers--and in the thick of the kinds of questions that preachers have to ask. Practitioners and theological educators alike will catch a glimpse of how they too are residential theologians in their own preaching praxis.
Download or read book Poems of American History written by Various and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 1566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book "Poems of American History" is filled with hundreds of poems written from the within, on the spot, and those written long afterward. This book contains poems of ancient and historical relevance. It describes events that led to the discovery of America before the breakout of the First World War in 1914.
Download or read book To Be Frank and Earnest written by David K. Meyers and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Be Frank and Earnest By: David K. Meyers Frank Malloy's desire to know about his father results in finding more than he is willing to immediately accept because he discovers his newly found family is more different than he ever imagined. The fictional story of Frank's paternal family is historically factual and accurate. The documented information interwoven into this tale is meant to illustrate how legal systemic racial hypocrisy influenced the life decisions of the real and fictitious characters in this story. What makes the story unique is the amount of fully verifiable information from official sources such as court and census records. Although many if not most African-American families have similar stories that emanate from slavery, this is one of the fewer stories that can be fully documented back into the slave era, making it very unique. The relevance is that it contributes to today's growing discussions regarding the racial attitudes embedded in modern American society. It is the author’s hope that this book contributes positively in this national discussion in an entertaining yet enlightening manner.
Download or read book Forever in Your Eyes written by Sylvia Dianne Beverly and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Forever in Your Eyes” is a potpourri of poems of love, appreciations and tributes, dedicated to the late Dr. Maya Angelou. This book of poetry reflects Ladi Di’s deep passion and love for life and humanity. It is filled with spirituality, nature, love, reality, strength, and the love and goodness of mankind.
Download or read book ADVENTURS OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO JAPAN AND CHINA written by THOMAS W. KNOX and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boy Travellers in the Far East Part First written by Thomas Wallace Knox and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Code of the Street Decency Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City written by Elijah Anderson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000-09-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive book examines the code of decency, violence, and moral life of the inner city, and how it is a response to the lack of jobs, stigma of race, and rampant drug use. Winner of the Komarovsky Book Award.
Download or read book The Boy Travellers in the Far East Part First written by Thomas Wallace Knox and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This travelogue follows the adventures of two young boys on a journey through Japan and China. Authored by Thomas Wallace Knox, the book explores the cultural and natural wonders of the Far East, including the bustling cities of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Canton, the majestic Mount Fuji, and the Great Wall of China. Along the way, the boys encounter a range of interesting people, from whalers and wrestlers to coolies and rebels, and share their insightful observations about the local customs, traditions, and lifestyles.
Download or read book Thicker Than Blood written by Anna Legat and published by Headline Accent. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far would you go when your back is against the wall? Up to his neck in debt, Liam Cox looks to his elderly mother for a solution. But despite sitting on a goldmine, Mildred refuses to leave her farm behind. Alerted to Liam’s shady dealings, DI Gillian Marsh is sent to investigate. As Gillian’s case against Liam becomes personal, she does all she can to protect the frightened Mildred. But all is not as it seems. As Liam’s inheritance comes under threat and the pressure rises, how far will he go to repay his debts? When two bodies are found and family ties are severed, both Gillian and Mildred must be careful who they trust...
