Download or read book Afro Realisms and the Romances of Race written by Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the SAMLA Studies Award Honorable Mention for the MLA William Sanders Scarborough Prize From the 1880s to the early 1900s, a particularly turbulent period of U.S. race relations, the African American novel provided a powerful counternarrative to dominant and pejorative ideas about blackness. In Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race, Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus uncovers how black and white writers experimented with innovative narrative strategies to revise static and stereotypical views of black identity and experience. In this provocative and challenging book, Daniels-Rauterkus contests the long-standing idea that African Americans did not write literary realism, along with the inverse misconception that white writers did not make important contributions to African American literature. Taking up key works by Charles W. Chesnutt, Frances E. W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, William Dean Howells, and Mark Twain, Daniels-Rauterkus argues that authors blended realism with romance, often merging mimetic and melodramatic conventions to advocate on behalf of African Americans, challenge popular theories of racial identity, disrupt the expectations of the literary marketplace, and widen the possibilities for black representation in fiction. Combining literary history with close textual analysis, Daniels-Rauterkus reads black and white writers alongside each other to demonstrate the reciprocal nature of literary production. Moving beyond discourses of racial authenticity and cultural property, Daniels-Rauterkus stresses the need to organize African American literature around black writers and their meditations on blackness, but she also proposes leaving space for nonblack writers whose use of comparable narrative strategies can facilitate reconsiderations of the complex social order that constitutes race in America. With Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race, Daniels-Rauterkus expands critical understandings of American literary realism and African American literature by destabilizing the rigid binaries that too often define discussions of race, genre, and periodization.
Download or read book Black Women Black Love written by Dianne M Stewart and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this analysis of social history, examine the complex lineage of America's oppression of Black companionship. According to the 2010 US census, more than seventy percent of Black women in America are unmarried. Black Women, Black Love reveals how four centuries of laws, policies, and customs have created that crisis. Dianne Stewart begins in the colonial era, when slave owners denied Blacks the right to marry, divided families, and, in many cases, raped enslaved women and girls. Later, during Reconstruction and the ensuing decades, violence split up couples again as millions embarked on the Great Migration north, where the welfare system mandated that women remain single in order to receive government support. And no institution has forbidden Black love as effectively as the prison-industrial complex, which removes Black men en masse from the pool of marriageable partners. Prodigiously researched and deeply felt, Black Women, Black Love reveals how white supremacy has systematically broken the heart of Black America, and it proposes strategies for dismantling the structural forces that have plagued Black love and marriage for centuries.
Download or read book Crushin On The Boss Next Door 3 written by Mz Biggs and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacael learns the hard way that your next move should be your best move. Going behind her brother's back leads to many casualties. Now she is forced to face every decision she has made head on. Moving sloppy could lead to her demise, but she is ready to risk it all for those she loves. Keva is distraught when she discovers what happened to Sire. She has to brace herself because the secrets she was once hiding will be revealed by no choice of her own. Betrayed by the one person she thinks really has her back, she gets a taste of her own medicine. Will she have enough time to turn things around for the greater good? Arabia is still lurking in the shadows. Free from jail, she is determined not to have to live her life looking over her shoulders. She realizes it's time to face Jacael and ask for forgiveness. Is she making another bad choice? Or will things work out in her favor? In this finale, be prepared for the unexpected. Laugh. Cry. Smile. Shout. Get ready, because this is a book you don't want to miss. Take one last ride with the crew as you find out what really comes from Crushin' On The Boss Next Door...
Download or read book Fallin For A One Night Stand written by Laquana Jones and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New lovers, same heartache. Fallin' For A One Night Stand brings a world of unforeseen chaos for the two friends.Lifelong friends-Jazmine and Nyesha-simultaneously struggle to break free from their long-term relationships. All in a bid to leave behind cheating, toxic partners, and sometimes law-breaking partners. Finally, both women hope for a breath of fresh air and a taste of real love in their lives.Jazmine ignites love with an old high school friend and up-and-coming celebrity Malik; while Nyesha meets and falls in love with wealthy businessman Rakeem. Their new lovers are seemingly upgrades to the kind of men they are used to. For a short while, everything is fine.Both women realize that they cannot escape their pasts when Jazmine gets pregnant by Malik -who doesn't want the baby. She then finds succor in the arms of her toxic ex, Lance. Nyesha, on the other hand, gets unwillingly embroiled in the world of crime when her drug-dealing ex Slim is involved in the shooting of her new man Rakeem.Misfortunes and pain follow as both women see that the grass is never often greener. Malik slowly becomes a monster, revealing himself as an irresponsible philanderer. Rakeem reveals himself as a man of unclean means and ways.In the end, taught by adversity, both women struggle to break free again.
Download or read book Fearing the Black Body written by Sabrina Strings and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor Black women are particularly stigmatized as “diseased” and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat Black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals—where fat bodies were once praised—showing that fat phobia, as it relates to Black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of “savagery” and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn’t about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice.
Download or read book A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories written by Bettye Collier-Thomas and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Esquire “Best Christmas Book to Read During the Holidays” A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century to the modern civil rights movement. Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this landmark collection features writings from well-known black writers, activists, and visionaries such as Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, and John Henrik Clarke along with literary gems from rediscovered writers. Originally published in African American newspapers, periodicals, and journals between 1880 and 1953, these enchanting Christmas tales are part of the black literary tradition that flourished after the Civil War. Edited and assembled by esteemed historian Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, the short stories and poems in this collection reflect the Christmas experiences of everyday African Americans and explore familial and romantic love, faith, and more serious topics such as racism, violence, poverty, and racial identity. Featuring the best stories and poems from previous editions along with new material including “The Sermon in the Cradle” by W. E. B. Du Bois, A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories celebrates a rich storytelling tradition and will be cherished by readers for years to come.
Download or read book Sweet Tea written by Piper Huguley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern traditions, history, and hope come together in author Piper Huguley’s heartfelt romance from Hallmark Publishing. Althea Dailey has succeeded beyond her wildest dreams: she’s about to make partner at her prestigious law firm in New York. So why doesn’t she feel more excited about it? When she has to travel South for a case, she pays a long-overdue visit back home to Milford, Georgia. To her surprise, a white man she’s never met has befriended her grandmother. Jack Darwent wasn’t interested in the definition of success dictated by Southern high society. His passion for cooking led him to his current project: a documentary and cookbook about authentic Southern food. Althea’s grandmother is famous for her cooking at Milford College, a historically Black institution. But Althea suspects Jack of trying to steal her grandmother’s recipes. Despite Althea and Jack’s first impressions of one another, they discover they have more in common than they’d guessed…and even as they learn about one another’s pasts, they both see glimmers of a better future. This Southern small-town romance includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Grandma’s Biscuits and Gravy.
Download or read book Congo Love Song written by Ira Dworkin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African Americans were playing a central role in a growing Congo reform movement. In an era when popular vaudeville music frequently trafficked in racist language and imagery, "Congo Love Song" emerges as one example of the many ways that African American activists, intellectuals, and artists called attention to colonialism in Africa. In this book, Ira Dworkin examines black Americans' long cultural and political engagement with the Congo and its people. Through studies of George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and other figures, he brings to light a long-standing relationship that challenges familiar presumptions about African American commitments to Africa. Dworkin offers compelling new ways to understand how African American involvement in the Congo has helped shape anticolonialism, black aesthetics, and modern black nationalism.
Download or read book Bless Your Heart written by AshleyNicole and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Preto Village, a beautiful black community where everybody knows your business and has no qualms about sharing it...For Charadee, life up north had long become stale and stagnant. It was time for change and adventure. Buying a house in the tiny town of Preto seemed the thing to do. Change and adventure weren't supposed to include a man, though.Enter Dr. Keegan Francois... He's Preto's most eligible bachelor. Born and raised in the town, there are certain expectations on his shoulders that an outsider won't fit in to. Will he conform to the expectations, or learn to live for his own desires?
Download or read book The Stars and the Blackness Between Them written by Junauda Petrus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Coretta Scott King Honor Book Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus's bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sixteen-year-old Audre is despondent, having just found out she's going to be sent to live in America with her father because her strictly religious mother caught her with her secret girlfriend, the pastor's daughter. Audre's grandmother Queenie (a former dancer who drives a white convertible Cadillac and who has a few secrets of her own) tries to reassure her granddaughter that she won't lose her roots, not even in some place called Minneapolis. "America have dey spirits too, believe me," she tells Audre. Minneapolis, USA. Sixteen-year-old Mabel is lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to figure out why she feels the way she feels--about her ex Terrell, about her girl Jada and that moment they had in the woods, and about the vague feeling of illness that's plagued her all summer. Mabel's reverie is cut short when her father announces that his best friend and his just-arrived-from-Trinidad daughter are coming for dinner. Mabel quickly falls hard for Audre and is determined to take care of her as she tries to navigate an American high school. But their romance takes a turn when test results reveal exactly why Mabel has been feeling low-key sick all summer and suddenly it's Audre who is caring for Mabel as she faces a deeply uncertain future. Junauda Petrus's debut brilliantly captures the distinctly lush and lyrical voices of Mabel and Audre as they conjure a love that is stronger than hatred, prison, and death and as vast as the blackness between the stars.
Download or read book Enemies in Love written by Alexis Clark and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “New & Noteworthy” selection of The New York Times Book Review “Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci “[A]n irresistible human story. . . . Clark's voice is engaging, and her tale universal.” —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House A true and deeply moving narrative of forbidden love during World War II and a shocking, hidden history of race on the home front This is a love story like no other: Elinor Powell was an African American nurse in the U.S. military during World War II; Frederick Albert was a soldier in Hitler's army, captured by the Allies and shipped to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Arizona desert. Like most other black nurses, Elinor pulled a second-class assignment, in a dusty, sun-baked—and segregated—Western town. The army figured that the risk of fraternization between black nurses and white German POWs was almost nil. Brought together by unlikely circumstances in a racist world, Elinor and Frederick should have been bitter enemies; but instead, at the height of World War II, they fell in love. Their dramatic story was unearthed by journalist Alexis Clark, who through years of interviews and historical research has pieced together an astounding narrative of race and true love in the cauldron of war. Based on a New York Times story by Clark that drew national attention, Enemies in Love paints a tableau of dreams deferred and of love struggling to survive, twenty-five years before the Supreme Court's Loving decision legalizing mixed-race marriage—revealing the surprising possibilities for human connection during one of history's most violent conflicts.
Download or read book While We Were Dating written by Jasmine Guillory and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant New York Times bestseller! One of TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Reads of 2021! Two people realize that it’s no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory. Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he’s trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star, Anna Gardiner, however, it’s hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she’s also down to earth and considerate, and he can’t help flirting a little… Anna Gardiner is on a mission: to make herself a household name, and this ad campaign will be a great distraction while she waits to hear if she’s booked her next movie. However, she didn’t expect Ben Stephens to be her biggest distraction. She knows mixing business with pleasure never works out, but why not indulge in a harmless flirtation? But their light-hearted banter takes a turn for the serious when Ben helps Anna in a family emergency, and they reveal truths about themselves to each other, truths they’ve barely shared with those closest to them. When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna’s life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending?
Download or read book Every Savage Deserves A Hood Chick 2 written by J Dominique and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After experiencing the worst a man had to offer, Makiyah thought she was finally getting her happily ever after. Kane had given her a new sense of life, showering her with love, attention, and respect. Never having had that type of treatment is new for her, but she's quickly learning that the new man in her life will go above and beyond just to make her happy. Unfortunately, Romell isn't done with the beautiful Makiyah just yet. He's back with a vengeance and looking to fight for what he feels belongs to him. When he shows up on her birthday trip, things quickly go left, and he does the unthinkable. Will Kane be able to save the day once again? Or will Romell's plan mess things up for the couple? Dymani isn't used to the feelings she's growing for the rude and arrogant Kendu. But he's quickly breaking down the walls she has around her heart. When she finally begins to feel like she may be able to trust him fully, a secret he's been holding on to threatens everything they've built. Will she be able to look past his indiscretions in the name of love? Or will his lies prove to be too much? The brothers have a lot going on between revenge and proving their love for their women, but they have every intention of handling both by any means necessary. Come along on the final ride and find out why Every Savage Deserves A Hood Chick.
Download or read book Teddy Sinatra Chains for Love written by Mallory Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pressure is the new normal for Teddy Sinatra. As the oldest son and heir-apparent to take over the Sinatra Crime Family, the underworld, his men, and his siblings all expect perfection from him. His father, the king of mob bosses Mick Sinatra, is very much still in the game and expects his son to be worthy to someday take his place. But when a misunderstanding goes horribly wrong, and Teddy is blamed for the carnage, mob families take sides against the Sinatras. Teddy and Mick must join forces in a survival of the fittest unlike any the underworld has ever seen. But it is a risky move that will either forever cement the Sinatra family as top dog- and Teddy as its' future head, or forever destroy all his father worked to achieve.At the same time the pressure is mounting on Teddy, African-American barmaid Nikki Tarver is in a pressure cooker of her own and is in a fight for her survival too. She only spent time with Teddy once, when he was in LA on business, but when her life turns upside down she has no recourse but to call on him. And although Nikki runs to Teddy for help, it is Nikki, with her toughness, and with her tender love and care, who ends up helping Teddy.In the first installment of the Teddy Sinatra interracial romance series, Teddy and Nikki, with a needed assist from Mick Sinatra, find out just what is required of them to climb that ladder to the big-time, and to stay there.
Download or read book Crushin On The Boss Next Door 2 written by Mz Biggs and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part two of this crazy series picks up where part one leaves off. Nothing is what it seems, so be prepared for the unexpected. Once letting go of the hatred she once had for Cuba, Jacael never expects things to lead to a relationship. Things spark off fast between the two due to the passion they had burning deep down inside for each other. Jacael hopes that this newfound relationship will bring her the happiness and the desire of feeling wanted that she never receives from her mother. However, she is met with betrayal from her best friend and a close family member. Left shattered, Jacael decides it's time to take matters into her own hands, but will this lead to her own demise? Although Jasiah (Sire) sees the rollercoaster Jacael and Cuba's relationship takes them on, he's ready to find a love of his own. Someone new comes to the forefront and puts up a challenge for him. Always being up for a challenge, Sire is willing to do whatever he can to break his new interest's walls down. What he doesn't count on is for Arabia to continue to be lurking in the background. Will she ever let go and give him the chance to find true happiness? Or will she continue to wreak havoc in his life? Cuba has tried a serious relationship in the past, but it didn't work out for him. Being with Jacael is like a breath of fresh air at times, but at other times, he wants to leave her with "shaken baby syndrome." His relationship is starting to cause disruption in his life, which also affects him on the business front. He has to decide if he can continue with his relationship or walk away for good. Cuba is also faced with someone from his past reappearing. He has to find out their motive before it's too late. Be prepared for the many emotions this book will bring out of you. It'll make you cry, laugh, feel love, and be ready to fight. Keep riding with this crazy crew to find out who's really rockin' with who when Mz. Biggs brings you Crushin' On The Boss Next Door 2.
Download or read book A Jealous Type of Love written by Bri Deshai and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bianca "Pooh" had a rough life growing up. Her parents were killed in a car crash when she was only 12. That's when her life changed; Bianca was adopted by her God Father Ka'mari whose wife was not to fond of Bianca coming to stay with them. She was forced to stay with her Brother Kj, and that's when she met her best friend Carter, and the love of her life Ahmad.Carter is Bianca's best friend and Kj's right hand man. Carter was raised by the streets after his Grandmother dies. Kj and Carter both ran the streets together, If you see one you see another.... Well that's until Davon and Devin joined the family.Davon and Devin are twin brothers who were raised by both of their parents. When they team upwith Carter and Kj things changed for both of them. When Devin meets Bianca his life changed for the better. But someone is in the shadows planning to ruin what they have worked hard for.. Will they work together and defeat the enemy, or will their secrets and Betrayal tear the family apart
Download or read book One Minute I Hate You written by Leilani and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family. But is it worth it when your boyfriend constantly embarrasses you with the lying and games? The beautiful Zaryah Cox learned the hard way. She constantly accepts the bad treatment and disrespect from her baby daddy, Kareem Banks in hopes that one day she will find the love that they once shared when they first got together. Zaryah doesn't know if she loves him or hates him. After making regrettable sacrifices, she soon learns that loyalty means nothing in a dog-eat-dog world. After the ultimate betrayal, Zaryah is forced to move on from her old life and start over. A new love was never in the picture, but what happens when you stumble into the arms of the charming devil himself? Zachary Slaid, aka Zoo, is the handsome young boss supplying the streets of Atlanta. Zoo lives for the street life and often says the streets chose him. He vowed that no woman would have access to his heart again after every woman he's ever loved betrayed him. However, when he crosses paths with Zaryah, things change quickly. He didn't plan to fall for this goddess, but Zaryah looked at him like no other woman did. She saw the good in him. She's the only woman that can tame the beast. Zoo is determined to make Zaryah his, but only one thing stands in the way, she's his cousin's baby mama.
