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Book Synopsis Raising Two Fists by : Roosbelinda Cárdenas
Download or read book Raising Two Fists written by Roosbelinda Cárdenas and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Two Fists is a historically grounded ethnography of Afro-Colombian political mobilization after the multicultural turn that swept Latin America in the 1990s, when states began to recognize and legally enshrine rights for Afro-descendants. Roosbelinda Cárdenas explores three major strategies that Afro-Colombians' developed in their struggles against racialized dispossession—the defense of culturally specific livelihoods through the creation of Black Territories; the demand for differential reparations for Afro-Colombian war victims; and the fight for inclusion in Colombia's peace negotiations and post-conflict rebuilding—illustrating how they engage in this work both as participants of organized political movements and in their everyday lives. Although rights-based claims to the state have become necessary and pragmatic tools in the intersecting struggles for racial, economic, and social justice, Cárdenas argues that they continue to be ineffective due to Colombia's entrenched colonial racial hierarchies. She shows that while Afro-Colombians pursue rights-based claims, they also forge African Diasporic solidarities and protect the flourishing of their lives outside of the frame of rights, and with or without the state's sanction—a "two-fisted" strategy for Black citizenship.
Book Synopsis Raise a Fist, Take a Knee by : John Feinstein
Download or read book Raise a Fist, Take a Knee written by John Feinstein and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a post-racial America. Yet decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a display of Black power and pride, and years after Colin Kaepernick shocked the world by kneeling for the national anthem, the role black athletes and coaches are asked to perform--both on and off the field--still can be determined as much by stereotype and old-fashion ideology as ability and performance. Whether it's the pre-game moments of resistance, the lack of diversity among coaching and managerial staff, or the consistent undervaluation of black quarterbacks, racial politics impact every aspect of every sport being played. Yet, the gigantic salaries and glitzy lifestyles of pro athletes tend to disguise the ugly truths of how minorities are treated and discarded by their white bosses. Promising to finally expose the structural prejudices underpinning this pilar of modern society, John Feinstein has crisscrossed the country to not only get the stories none of us have heard but all of us should know but also constructed those harrowing tales into a larger narrative that will be the definitive book on race and sports for a generation to come. Seventy-five years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line, race is still a central and defining factor of America's professional sports leagues. With an encyclopedic knowledge of professional sports, and shrew cultural criticism, John Feinstein uncovers not just why, but how, pro sports continue to perpetuate racial inequality.
Book Synopsis Homelands and Diasporas by : Andreh Le?i
Download or read book Homelands and Diasporas written by Andreh Le?i and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses fresh attention on the relationships between "homeland" and "diaspora" communities in today's world. Based on in-depth anthropological studies by leading scholars in the field, the book highlights the changing character of homeland-diaspora ties. Homelands and Diasporas offers new understandings of the issues that these communities face and explores the roots of their fascinating, yet sometimes paradoxical, interactions. The book provides a keen look at how "homeland" and "diaspora" appear in the lives of both Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinians and also explores how these issues influence Pakistanis who make their home in England, Armenians in Cyprus and England, Cambodians in France, and African-Americans in Israel. The critical views advanced in this collection should lead to a reorientation in diaspora studies and to a better understanding of the often contradictory changes in the relationships between people whose lives are led both "at home and away."
Book Synopsis Real American by : Julie Lythcott-Haims
Download or read book Real American written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Courageous, achingly honest." —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness “A compelling, incisive and thoughtful examination of race, origin and what it means to be called an American. Engaging, heartfelt and beautifully written, Lythcott-Haims explores the American spectrum of identity with refreshing courage and compassion.” —Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption A fearless memoir in which beloved and bestselling How to Raise an Adult author Julie Lythcott-Haims pulls no punches in her recollections of growing up a black woman in America. Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African-American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called "micro" aggressions in addition to blunt force insults can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. Real American expresses also, through Lythcott-Haims’s path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered "the other." The author of the New York Times bestselling anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult, Lythcott-Haims has written a different sort of book this time out, but one that will nevertheless resonate with the legions of students, educators and parents to whom she is now well known, by whom she is beloved, and to whom she has always provided wise and necessary counsel about how to embrace and nurture their best selves. Real American is an affecting memoir, an unforgettable cri de coeur, and a clarion call to all of us to live more wisely, generously and fully.
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Book Synopsis The Desatir by : Dhanjibhai Jamshedji Medhora
Download or read book The Desatir written by Dhanjibhai Jamshedji Medhora and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dragons in Our Midst 4-Pack: Raising Dragons / The Candlestone / Circles of Seven / Tears of a Dragon by : Bryan Davis
Download or read book Dragons in Our Midst 4-Pack: Raising Dragons / The Candlestone / Circles of Seven / Tears of a Dragon written by Bryan Davis and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dragons in Our Midst series is a modern-day Arthurian adventure following a boy with fire breath and a girl with dragon wings as they battle against a thousand-year-old dragon slayer. Readers will be drawn to the hair-raising adventure with relevant themes like trusting friends, compassion, forgiveness, loyalty to family, faith, and light triumphing over darkness. This complete set includes the four books in the Dragons in Our Midst series: Raising Dragons: Outcasts Billy and Bonnie must come together to preserve a thousand-year-old secret legacy. Thrust into an evil war they didn’t even know existed; the teens’ newly formed friendship will be tested as they battle a blood thirsty dragon slayer who wields a powerful, medieval weapon. This unlikely pair will try to save their dragon heritage before it’s destroyed forever. The Candlestone: Billy and Bonnie learn to use their unique strengths as they battle powerful enemies wielding the candlestone, an ancient gemstone weapon used against dragons. Circles of Seven: Billy and Bonnie discover seven evil circles in a multidimensional world. Tears of a Dragon: Billy and Bonnie will be forced to make the greatest decision of their lives—a choice that will change their world forever. Dive into a world filled with knights, dragons, fair maidens in a war against good and evil.
Download or read book Hail to the Chef written by Julie Hyzy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White House executive chef Ollie Paras has to put her own interests on the back burner when a kindly electrician is electrocuted to death, and the First Lady’s nephew dies in an apparent suicide less than 24 hours after cleaning shrimp with Ollie. Ollie suspects something fishy is going on. She’ll have to watch her back—and find a killer unlikely to be pardoned.
Book Synopsis Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It by : Geoff Dyer
Download or read book Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It written by Geoff Dyer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mordantly funny, thought-provoking travel essays, from the acclaimed author of Out of Sheer Rage and “one of our most original writers” (New York Magazine). This isn’t a self-help book; it’s a book about how Geoff Dyer could do with a little help. In these genre-defying tales, he travels from Amsterdam to Cambodia, Rome to Indonesia, Libya to Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert, floundering in a sea of grievances, with fleeting moments of transcendental calm his only reward for living in a perpetual state of motion. But even as he recounts his side-splitting misadventures in each of these locales, Dyer is always able to sneak up and surprise you with insight into much more serious matters. Brilliantly riffing off our expectations of external and internal journeys, Dyer welcomes the reader as a companion, a fellow perambulator in search of something and nothing at the same time.
Book Synopsis Chinese Medical Qigong by : Tianjun Liu
Download or read book Chinese Medical Qigong written by Tianjun Liu and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2013 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Correlating the traditional therapies of Qigong with the most recent outcomes of scientific research, this is the authoritative introduction to the knowledge system and content of Qigong study. Substantially revised and updated reflecting changes made to the new Chinese edition, the text now has an accompanying DVD showing the forms in action, new information about key concepts and practice, and coverage of the applications of Qigong for a range of medical conditions. The only official textbook used in colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in China, this is an essential reference for medical and health practitioners working in complementary and alternative therapies.
Book Synopsis People in the Presence of God by : Barry Liesch
Download or read book People in the Presence of God written by Barry Liesch and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1988 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Liesch highlights the various models of Christian worship. This one-of-a-kind book for many kinds of readers in all kinds of churches presents the various biblical models and offers a wealth of suggestions. He takes up some of the major concerns such as the role of music, uses of symbolism, the appropriateness of dance, modes of celebration, expressions of reverence, and many others. *Lightning Print On Demand Title
Book Synopsis Courageous Women Rebels by : Joy Crysdale
Download or read book Courageous Women Rebels written by Joy Crysdale and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten biographies of women reformers from around the world who have made a difference in the realms of politics, social equality, disability, and womenÕs rights. The biographies move us from the work of abolitionist Sojourner Truth and women such as South AfricaÕs anti-apartheid activist Ruth First to AmericaÕs feminist leader Gloria Steinem. Also included are Michelle Douglas, a campaigner for lesbian and gay rights, and Temple Grandin, advocate for the rights of animals and a woman who has revolutionized the way the world looks at people with autism. Canadians included are Leilani Muir, whose groundbreaking case against the Alberta Government led to redress for hundreds of Canadians who had been sterilized while in institutions, and Shannen Koostachin, a young woman from the Cree community of Attawapiskat who fought for the right of all children to have equal access to adequate schools. The collection of biographies is rounded out with the stories of FranceÕs Olympe de Gouges, IndiaÕs Sarojini Naidu, and American anti-war activist Joan Baez.
Book Synopsis Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society by :
Download or read book Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Journal of the Bihar Research Society by : Bihar Research Society
Download or read book The Journal of the Bihar Research Society written by Bihar Research Society and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Butcher’s Wife by : Adamu Kyuka Usman
Download or read book The Butcher’s Wife written by Adamu Kyuka Usman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.
Book Synopsis Tournament of the Gods Omnibus (epic fantasy/sword and sorcery) by : Timothy L. Cerepaka
Download or read book Tournament of the Gods Omnibus (epic fantasy/sword and sorcery) written by Timothy L. Cerepaka and published by Annulus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Tournament of the Gods fantasy series, three mortals--a resurrected mage, a spoiled princess, and a man from a war-torn nation--are chosen to compete in a tournament for the ultimate prize of ascending to godhood. But a darker force schemes in the background to kill them all and destroy the world before they can stop it. For the first time, readers can get all four books in the Tournament of the Gods series--Gathering of the Chosen, Betrayal of the Chosen, Invasion of the Chosen, and Ascension of the Chosen--in one convenient package for one low price! KEYWORDS: epic fantasy adventure series, epic fantasy dragons, epic fantasy magic, epic fantasy sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery adult fantasy, sword and sorcery series, sword and sorcery series magic
Download or read book Lone Star Rising written by Elmer Kelton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the first three books of Kelton's acclaimed Texas Rangers saga.
