Author: Bjarne MelgaardPublisher: Kerber Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Artwork by Bjarne Melgaard. Edited by Ann Demester. Contributions by Jan Hoet.
Black Low
Author: Bjarne MelgaardPublisher: Kerber Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Artwork by Bjarne Melgaard. Edited by Ann Demester. Contributions by Jan Hoet.
Black All Around!
Author: Patricia HubbellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781584300489
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An African American girl contemplates the many wonderful black things around her, from the inside of a pocket, where surprises hide, to the cozy night where there is no light.
Nobody Is Supposed to Know
Author: C. Riley SnortonPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452940916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Since the early 2000s, the phenomenon of the “down low”—black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual—has exploded in news media and popular culture, from the Oprah Winfrey Show to R & B singer R. Kelly’s hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. Most down-low stories are morality tales in which black men are either predators who risk infecting their unsuspecting female partners with HIV or victims of a pathological black culture that repudiates openly gay identities. In both cases, down-low narratives depict black men as sexually dangerous, duplicitous, promiscuous, and contaminated. In Nobody Is Supposed to Know, C. Riley Snorton traces the emergence and circulation of the down low in contemporary media and popular culture to show how these portrayals reinforce troubling perceptions of black sexuality. Reworking Eve Sedgwick’s notion of the “glass closet,” Snorton advances a new theory of such representations in which black sexuality is marked by hypervisibility and confinement, spectacle and speculation. Through close readings of news, music, movies, television, and gossip blogs, Nobody Is Supposed to Know explores the contemporary genealogy, meaning, and functions of the down low. Snorton examines how the down low links blackness and queerness in the popular imagination and how the down low is just one example of how media and popular culture surveil and police black sexuality. Looking at figures such as Ma Rainey, Bishop Eddie L. Long, J. L. King, and Will Smith, he ultimately contends that down-low narratives reveal the limits of current understandings of black sexuality.
On the Down Low
Author: J.L. KingPublisher: Harmony
ISBN: 076791399X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A bold exposé of the controversial secret that has potentially dire consequences in many African American communities. Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life “on the down low” (the DL), J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead “straight” lives. King explores his own past as a DL man, and the path that led him to let go of the lies and bring forth a message that can promote emotional healing and open discussions about relationships, sex, sexuality, and health in the black community. Providing a long-overdue wake-up call, J. L. King bravely puts the spotlight on a topic that has until now remained dangerously taboo. Drawn from hundreds of interviews, statistics, and the author’s firsthand knowledge of DL behavior, On the Down Low reveals the warning signs African American women need to know. King also discusses the potential health consequences of having unprotected sex, as African American women represent an alarming 64 percent of new HIV infections. Volatile yet vital, On the Down Low is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. “A survey by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that nearly a quarter of black HIV-positive men who had sex with men consider themselves heterosexual.” —Essence
What We Believe
Author: Laleña GarciaPublisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781643794778
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This powerful activity book will engage hands, hearts, and minds as it introduces children to the guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement. When the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013, the three founders--Alicia Garza, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, and Opal Tometi--anchored its work in a list of guiding principles, developed through conversation with other activists. These principles commit the movement to empathy, loving engagement, and just action among its participants; affirm the importance of Black women, families, elders, and LGBTQ folk; and celebrate the strength and diversity of Black people in their communities and around the globe. Now young people can explore these powerful principles in What We Believe: A Black Lives Matter Principles Activity Book. Created by two teachers with more than thirty-five years of educational experience between them, the book presents the guiding principles in down-to-earth, child-friendly language, with each principle accompanied by writing prompts, space for children or adults to create their own reflections, and a coloring page. Supporting materials guide adults in sharing the principles with children and encourage kids to dream big and take action within their communities. An essential resource for anyone discussing racial equity with young people, What We Believe offers a beautiful and inspiring lens on the most important social justice movement of our time. Lee & Low Books will donate a portion of its proceeds from the book to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc.
A Black British Canon?
Author: G. LowPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 023062569X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This much-needed collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists. Contributors including John McLeod, Michael McMillan, Mike Phillips and Alison Donnell discuss the textual, political and cultural history of black British and the term 'black British' itself.
Investigation of Inappropriate Pollutant Entries Into Storm Drainage Systems
Author: Encyclopedia of Black America
Author: W. Augustus LowPublisher:
ISBN: 9780306802218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 921
Book Description
An exhaustive reference work on the culture and history of Black America provides commentary and exact, factual information ranging from the colonial period to contemporary Black issues and achievements
The White Raven (The Oathsworn Series, Book 3)
Author: Robert LowPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007310072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
The epic and action packed third novel in Low’s Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of Orm and his band of Viking brothers
Black is the Color
Author: Julia GfrorerPublisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606997173
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Black is the Color begins with a 17th-century sailor abandoned at sea by his shipmates, and as it progresses he endures, and eventually succumbs to, both his lingering death sentence and the advances of a cruel and amorous mermaid. The narrative also explores the experiences of the loved ones he leaves behind, on his ship and at home on land, as well as of the mermaids who jadedly witness his destruction. At the heart of the story lie the dubious value of maintaining dignity to the detriment of intimacy, and the erotic potential of the worst-case scenario. Julia Gfrörer’s delicate drawing style perfectly complements the period era of Black is the Color, bringing the lyricism and romanticism of Gfrörer’s prose to the fore. Black is the Color is a book as seductive as the sirens it depicts.