Women Of Sugar Hill
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Women Of Sugar Hill
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Author : Montayj (author)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901
Women Of Sugar Hill written by Montayj (author) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with categories.
The Women Of Sugar Hill
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Author : Montage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-28
The Women Of Sugar Hill written by Montage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-28 with categories.
The story of four women whose lives are entangled by physical and mental abusive relationships, stemming from boyfriends, husbands, mothers, fathers, as well as step-fathers, drawn together by one neighborhood in Sugar Hill and one motive-survival. This book is dedicated to highlighting the various abuse women experience. It is shocking how many women share common personal stories about past abuse untold, always a subject that needs much insight. The brand. The name. The look. The Women of Sugar Hill.
The Queen Of Sugar Hill
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Author : ReShonda Tate
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2024-01-30
The Queen Of Sugar Hill written by ReShonda Tate and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with Fiction categories.
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars—and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the critically acclaimed film classic Gone With the Wind. It was supposed to be the highlight of her career, the pinnacle for which she’d worked all her life. And as Hattie McDaniel took the stage in 1940 to claim an honor that would make her the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, she tearfully took her place in history. Between personal triumphs and tragedies, heartbreaking losses, and severe setbacks, this historic night of winning best supporting actress for her role as the sassy Mammy in the controversial movie Gone With the Wind was going to be life-changing. Or so she thought. Months after winning the award, not only did the Oscar curse set in where Hattie couldn’t find work, but she found herself thrust in the middle of two worlds—Black and White—and not being welcomed in either. Whites only saw her as Mammy and Blacks detested the demeaning portrayal. As the NAACP waged an all-out war against Hattie and actors like her, the emotionally conflicted actor found herself struggling daily. Through it all, Hattie continued her fight to pave a path for other Negro actors, while focusing on war efforts, fighting housing discrimination, and navigating four failed marriages. Luckily, she had a core group of friends to help her out—from Clark Gable to Louise Beavers to Ruby Berkley Goodwin and Dorothy Dandridge. The Queen of Sugar Hill brings to life the powerful story of one woman who was driven by many passions—ambition, love, sex, family, friendship, and equality. In re-creating Hattie’s story, ReShonda Tate delivers an unforgettable novel of resilience, dedication, and determination—about what it takes to achieve your dreams—even when everything—and everyone—is against you.
Hamilton Heights And Sugar Hill
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Author : Davida Siwisa James
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2024-04-02
Hamilton Heights And Sugar Hill written by Davida Siwisa James and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-02 with History categories.
Explores four centuries of colonization, land divisions, and urban development around this historic landmark neighborhood in West Harlem It was the neighborhood where Alexander Hamilton built his country home, George Gershwin wrote his first hit, a young Norman Rockwell discovered he liked to draw, and Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man. Through words and pictures, Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill traces the transition of this picturesque section of Harlem from lush farmland in the early 1600s to its modern-day growth as a unique Manhattan neighborhood highlighted by stunning architecture, Harlem Renaissance gatherings, and the famous residents who called it home. Stretching from approximately 135th Street and Edgecombe Avenue to around 165th, all the way to the Hudson River, this small section in the Heights of West Harlem is home to so many significant events, so many extraordinary people, and so much of New York’s most stunning architecture, it’s hard to believe one place could contain all that majesty. Author Davida Siwisa James brings to compelling literary life the unique residents and dwelling places of this Harlem neighborhood that stands at the heart of the country’s founding. Here she uncovers the long-lost history of the transitions to Hamilton Grange in the aftermath of Alexander Hamilton’s death and the building boom from about 1885 to 1930 that made it one of Manhattan’s most historic and architecturally desirable neighborhoods, now and a century ago. The book also shares the story of the La Guardia High School of Music & Art, one of the first in the nation to focus on arts and music. The author chronicles the history of the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest surviving residence and famously known as George Washington’s headquarters at the start of the American Revolution. By telling the history of its vibrant people and the beautiful architecture of this lovely, well-maintained historic landmark neighborhood, James also dispels the misconception that Harlem was primarily a ghetto wasteland. The book also touches upon The Great Migration of Blacks leaving the South who landed in Harlem, helping it become the mecca for African Americans, including such Harlem Renaissance artists and luminaries as Thurgood Marshall, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Paul Robeson, and W. E. B. Du Bois.
Sugarhill
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Author : Cheryl Coward
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001
Sugarhill written by Cheryl Coward and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
Sugarhill explores what it means to be poor, black and female in Central Florida during the late 1970s. It is narrated by a wizened young girl named Cassie who lives in a housing project on the very edge of the small city of Hinesville. Her world is full of adventure and non-stop action in the only place she knows and loves dearly, the Sugarhill projects. She is a perceptive and acute commentator on the goings-on of her neighborhood. Her inner world is just as active as she possesses quite a vivid imagination. However, Cassie’s seemingly happy-go-lucky existence is punctuated by several calamitous incidents as she approaches the end of her elementary school years. These incidents reveal widespread change in the neighborhood as the 1980s approach. Cassie’s mother, constantly alert to the changes in the neighborhood, works hard to try and move her family from Sugarhill.
On Sugar Hill
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Author : Ane Mulligan
language : en
Publisher: Heritage Beacon Fiction
Release Date : 2021-06
On Sugar Hill written by Ane Mulligan and has been published by Heritage Beacon Fiction this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06 with Fiction categories.
On Sugar Hill is the love story of Cora Fitzgerald, who overcomes the hidden secrets and people of her past to embrace a brilliant future.
The Blaxploitation Horror Film
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Author : Jamil Mustafa
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2023-05-15
The Blaxploitation Horror Film written by Jamil Mustafa and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-15 with Fiction categories.
Key Selling Points: · This book is the first to focus upon Blaxploitation horror films, and the first to link these films with both mainstream horror films and classic Gothic novels and stories. · This book provides readers with innovative and thought-provoking analyses of Blaxploitation horror films, conventional horror films, and major works of Gothic fiction. · It considers how Blaxploitation horror films of the 1970s addressed issues of deep concern to their contemporary audiences, including not only racism and the Black Power movement, but also women’s and gay rights, the status of the African American family, the role of religion, and relations between the community and the police.
Women Who Kill
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Author : David Roche
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-20
Women Who Kill written by David Roche and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with Social Science categories.
Women Who Kill explores several lines of inquiry: the female murderer as a figure that destabilizes order; the tension between criminal and victim; the relationship between crime and expression (or the lack thereof); and the paradox whereby a crime can be both an act of destruction and a creative assertion of agency. In doing so, the contributors assess the influence of feminist, queer and gender studies on mainstream television and cinema, notably in the genres (film noir, horror, melodrama) that have received the most critical attention from this perspective. They also analyse the politics of representation by considering these works of fiction in their contexts and addressing some of the ambiguities raised by postfeminism. The book is structured in three parts: Neo-femmes Fatales; Action Babes and Monstrous Women. Films and series examined include White Men Are Cracking Up (1994); Hit & Miss (2012); Gone Girl (2014); Terminator (1984); The Walking Dead (2010); Mad Max: Fury Road (2015); Contagion (2011) and Ex Machina (2015) among others.
The Fiction Of Gloria Naylor
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Author : Maxine Lavon Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2010-11-26
The Fiction Of Gloria Naylor written by Maxine Lavon Montgomery and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Fiction of Gloria Naylor is one of the very first critical studies of this acclaimed writer. Including an insightful interview with Naylor and focusing on her first four novels, the book situates various acts of insurgency throughout her work within a larger framework of African American opposition to hegemonic authority. But what truly distinguishes this volume is its engagement with African American vernacular forms and twentieth-century political movements. In her provocative analysis, Maxine Lavon Montgomery argues that Naylor constantly attempts to reconfigure the home and homespace to be more conducive to black self-actualization, thus providing a stark contrast to a dominant white patriarchy evident in a broader public sphere. Employing a postcolonial and feminist theoretical framework to analyze Naylor’s evolving body of work, Montgomery pays particular attention to black slave historiography, tales of conjure, trickster lore, and oral devices involving masking, word play, and code-switching—the vernacular strategies that have catapulted Naylor to the vanguard of contemporary African American letters. Montgomery argues for the existence of home as a place that is not exclusively architectural or geographic in nature. She posits that in Naylor’s writings, home exists as an intermediate space embedded in cultural memory and encoded in the vernacular. Home closely resembles a highly symbolic, signifying system bound with vexed issues of racial sovereignty as well as literary authority. Through a reinscription of the subversive, frequently clandestine acts of resistance on the part of the border subject—those outside the dominant culture—Naylor recasts space in such a way as to undermine reader expectation and destabilize established models of dominance, influence, and control. Thoroughly researched and sophisticated in its approach, The Fiction of Gloria Naylor will be essential reading for scholars and students of African American, American, and Africana Literary and Cultural studies.
Check It While I Wreck It
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Author : Gwendolyn D. Pough
language : en
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-01
Check It While I Wreck It written by Gwendolyn D. Pough and has been published by Northeastern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-01 with Social Science categories.
Hip-hop culture began in the early 1970s as the creative and activist expressions -- graffiti writing, dee-jaying, break dancing, and rap music -- of black and Latino youth in the depressed South Bronx, and the movement has since grown into a worldwide cultural phenomenon that permeates almost every aspect of society, from speech to dress. But although hip-hop has been assimilated and exploited in the mainstream, young black women who came of age during the hip-hop era are still fighting for equality. In this provocative study, Gwendolyn D. Pough explores the complex relationship between black women, hip-hop, and feminism. Examining a wide range of genres, including rap music, novels, spoken word poetry, hip-hop cinema, and hip-hop soul music, she traces the rhetoric of black women "bringing wreck." Pough demonstrates how influential women rappers such as Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, and Lil' Kim are building on the legacy of earlier generations of women -- from Sojourner Truth to sisters of the black power and civil rights movements -- to disrupt and break into the dominant patriarchal public sphere. She discusses the ways in which today's young black women struggle against the stereotypical language of the past ("castrating black mother," "mammy," "sapphire") and the present ("bitch," "ho," "chickenhead"), and shows how rap provides an avenue to tell their own life stories, to construct their identities, and to dismantle historical and contemporary negative representations of black womanhood. Pough also looks at the ongoing public dialogue between male and female rappers about love and relationships, explaining how the denigrating rhetoric used by men has been appropriated by black women rappers as a means to empowerment in their own lyrics. The author concludes with a discussion of the pedagogical implications of rap music as well as of third wave and black feminism. This fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the complexities of hip-hop urges young black women to harness the energy, vitality, and activist roots of hip-hop culture and rap music to claim a public voice for themselves and to "bring wreck" on sexism and misogyny in mainstream society.