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Book The Uptight Society

Download or read book The Uptight Society written by Howard Gadlin and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Uptight Society

Download or read book The Uptight Society written by Bertram E. Garskof and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Up Tight

Download or read book Up Tight written by Victor Bockris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-10-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Velvet Underground is arguably one of the most influential American rock bands ever. Based on interviews with former members Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison, as well as others from Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators, Up-Tight is the definitive oral and visual history of the band and its revolutionary, often avant-garde music. Bockris and Malanga's intelligent and entertaining approach-which does not shy away from the drugs, sleaze, and controversy that enveloped the band seemingly from its inception-provides compulsive reading.

Book Our Gang

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julia Lee
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2015-12-29
  • ISBN : 1452949786
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book Our Gang written by Julia Lee and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams—and the public loved it. The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply conflicted, changing American society that was its theater. Exposing these connections for the first time, Julia Lee shows us how much this series, from the first silent shorts in 1922 to its television revival in the 1950s, reveals about black and white American culture—on either side of the silver screen. Behind the scenes, we find unconventional men like Hal Roach and his gag writers, whose Rascals tapped into powerful American myths about race and childhood. We meet the four black stars of the series—Ernie “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison, Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Matthew “Stymie” Beard, and Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas—the gang within the Gang, whose personal histories Lee pursues through the passing years and shifting political landscape. In their checkered lives, and in the tumultuous life of the series, we discover an unexplored story of America, the messy, multiracial nation that found in Our Gang a comic avatar, a slapstick version of democracy itself.

Book Democracy s Children

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edward K. Spann
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780842051415
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Democracy s Children written by Edward K. Spann and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They burned bras, draft cards, and even the American flag. But what drove a group of young Americans to democratic revolution in the tumultuous years of the 1960s, and what made them think they could win? In this book, Edward K. Spann looks at the motivations and values of the young rebels of the 1960s. He links their fight for equality for African Americans, women, and other marginalized groups to the democratic values of their World War II-era parents. Spann provides a cultural portrait of who the rebels were, what they thought, what they did, and what became of them after they crossed that magical divide of age thirty. Democracy's Children will fascinate readers with its colorful depictions of the individuals, events, and drama of the 1960s.

Book One Percenter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dave Nichols
  • Publisher : Motorbooks
  • Release : 2010-05-08
  • ISBN : 1616737662
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book One Percenter written by Dave Nichols and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2010-05-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the editor-in-chief of Easyriders magazine, One Percenter presents an unprecedented social analysis of American outlaw biker culture. A longtime biker and self-proclaimed nonconformist, Dave Nichols is not a subtle man. “Bikers are the last wolves in a land of sheep,” he affirms—but the motivations of today’s biking culture stretch far back into the annals of human history. One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker illuminates the origins of rebel mentality, which began far outside of cycling: with groups from the Mongols and Huns to the Vikings, from pirates to the gunslingers of the Old West. In his signature no-nonsense style, Nichols traces his own defiant mindset from ancient times all the way into the modern era, where this one-percenter perspective is best embodied by outlaw bikers. As biographical as it is insightful, One Percenter also touches on the iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycle, gives a brief history of Easyriders magazine, and unapologetically criticizes the U.S. media for what Nichols views as a biased, unfairly negative portrayal of motorcycle clubs. Complete with an exclusive collection of photographs taken by Kim Peterson, editor of In The Wind magazine, this book offers a fascinating and analytical discussion of the rebel ethos that has become a staple of American popular culture.

Book Democracy is in the Streets

Download or read book Democracy is in the Streets written by Jim Miller and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 12, 1962, 60 young activists drafted a manifesto for their generation--The Port Huron Statement--that ignited a decade of dissent. Miller brings to life the hopes and struggles, the triumphs and tragedies, of the students and organizers who took the political vision of The Port Huron Statement to heart--and to the streets.

Book What s Your Road  Man

Download or read book What s Your Road Man written by Hilary Holladay and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining essays from renowned Kerouac experts and emerging scholars, What's Your Road, Man? draws on an enormous amount of research into the literary, social, cultural, biographical, and historical contexts of Kerouac's canonical novel. Since its publication in 1957, On the Road has remained in print and has continued to be one of the most widely read twentieth-century American novels.

Book Pink Beam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lord Rc
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2007-07-01
  • ISBN : 1430324376
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Pink Beam written by Lord Rc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the novels and short stories of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)with presentation of a literary chronology of his career.

Book Crying

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  • Author : Tom Lutz
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780393321036
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Crying written by Tom Lutz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative and indispensable book provides a natural and cultural history of our most mysterious and complex human function: our ability to shed tears. All humans, and only humans, weep. Tears are sometimes considered pleasurable, sometimes dangerous, mysterious, deceptive, or profound. Tears of happiness, tears of joy, the proud tears of a parent, tears of mourning, tears of laughter, tears of defeat --what do they have in common? Why is it that at times of victory, success, love, reunion, and celebration the outward signs of our emotions are identical to those of our most profound experiences of loss? Why We Cry looks at the many different ways people have understood weeping, from the earliest known representation of tears in the fourteenth century B.C. through the latest neurophysiological research. Despite our most common romantic assumptions, what this brilliant book tells us is that tears are never pure, they are never simple.

Book Life and How to Survive It

Download or read book Life and How to Survive It written by A. C. Robin Skynner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes people tick? What about families, organizations such as schools and businesses, or societies? By understanding them, can we make them tick better? Where does religion fit in? In this entertaining book, England's odd couple--psychiatrist-scholar Robin Skynner and comic John Cleese--answer these provocative questions and others, as they embark on a fascinating, mind-stretching search for what really matters in life. Cartoons throughout. Media publicity.

Book Re thinking Picturebooks for Intermediate and Advanced Learners  Perspectives for Secondary English Language Education

Download or read book Re thinking Picturebooks for Intermediate and Advanced Learners Perspectives for Secondary English Language Education written by Grit Alter and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der didaktische Wert von picturebooks für den Englischunterricht in der Grundschule gilt als unumstritten. Jedoch gibt es in Forschung und Unterrichtspraxis derzeit kaum Ansätze, wie der Transfer dieses vermeintlich kindlichen Literaturmediums in die Sekundarstufe gelingen kann. Dieser Band legitimiert picturebooks als komplex angelegte Textform, die sich auch mit fortgeschrittenen Lernenden zu kompetenz- und inhaltsorientierter Arbeit im Englischunterricht anbietet. Die im Band versammelten konzeptuellen und empirischen Perspektiven zeigen angehenden und praktizierenden Lehrkräften konkret auf, wie vielfältig picturebooks den Unterricht bereichern können. Eine große Bandbreite praktischer Beispiele verdeutlicht ihr Potenzial für den Englischunterricht der Sekundarstufen - von der Förderung verschiedener literacies und literarischen Lernens bis hin zur Fokussierung von Themen wie Umwelt, sozialer Gerechtigkeit oder kultureller Diversität.

Book Countercultures

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  • Author : J. Milton Yinger
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 1984-04
  • ISBN : 0029340101
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book Countercultures written by J. Milton Yinger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1984-04 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this important study, Yinger . . . successfully demonstrates his central point: countercultures are best understood as a continuous part of human experience and social organization".--"Library Journal".

Book Study Guide to the Theories of Herbert Marcuse

Download or read book Study Guide to the Theories of Herbert Marcuse written by Intelligent Education and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-28 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Herbert Marcuse, a famous western philosopher. Titles in this study guide include A Critique of Pure Tolerance, An Essay on Liberation, Counterrevolution and Revolt, Eros and Civilization, and One Dimensional Man. As a sociologist, philosopher, and political theorist of the twentieth-century, his theories launched the New Left movement in the Western world. Moreover, he addressed forms of social control and theorized liberation techniques. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Herbert Marcuse’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Book The Games They Played

Download or read book The Games They Played written by Douglas A. Noverr and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

Book Never Say Never

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lisa Hughey
  • Publisher : Lisa Hughey
  • Release : 2016-07-14
  • ISBN : 0996435263
  • Pages : 343 pages

Download or read book Never Say Never written by Lisa Hughey and published by Lisa Hughey. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestselling Author Lisa Hughey comes a new paranormal romantic suspense series, The Nostradamus Prophecies. A modern day descendant of the famed French seer, Nostradamus, is in a race against time to decipher her ancestor’s prophecies and stop the world destruction he predicted. Never Say Never: Kelvin Jackson doesn't do guns, gangs, or crying women. So how does he end up in a rural cartel compound in Mexico with crates full of Russian weapons and a crying beauty? On a remote viewing session, CIA operative, Kelvin Jackson sees a crying woman in a warehouse full of weapons. Something about the strong woman draws him and he convinces his boss he should be the operative to go undercover and stop those weapons from entering the US. Eva Pacheco, the Bruja de Los Conquistadores, is trapped in her hometown, barely more than a prisoner to her father's demands. When he starts dealing with Russian mobsters, she knows she has to get her younger brother out and she'll use any means to accomplish her goal. Kel and Eva are irresistibly drawn to each other against all logic. Their forbidden attraction only grows as her father seems to push them together. But neither is what they seem and when their hidden agendas are revealed both are left reeling from the consequences. Don't miss this thrilling, sexy plunge into the world of espionage and paranormal intrigue—get your copy of NEVER SAY NEVER today!

Book Come Together

    Book Details:
  • Author : Aubrey Walter
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2018-10-02
  • ISBN : 1788732375
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Come Together written by Aubrey Walter and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the origins of European queer politics Come Together tells the incredible story of the emerging radicalism of the Gay Liberation Front, providing a vivid history of the movement, as well as the new ideas and practices it gave rise to across the United Kingdom. Before marriage equality or military service, Come Together reminds us of paths forged but not taken by queer politics in its earliest stages.