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Riffing with the Muse

Author : Yvonne Kohano
Publisher : Kochanowski Enterprises LLC/Nanokas Press
ISBN 13 : 1940738741
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Riffing with the Muse written by Yvonne Kohano and published by Kochanowski Enterprises LLC/Nanokas Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical muse or angel in disguise? After twenty years, Kaane Scott had nothing. Na-da. Zilch. Melodies that once flowed so easily, dried up. Words that tripped over themselves to follow, silent. He couldn’t bring himself to call it Rebellion’s farewell concert tour. Farewell meant he was done. Evangeline Reed was just beginning. “Use this gift to follow your passions, my dear, wherever they take you.” Her aunt’s words hung in the air like the lingering hint of her favorite perfume. Angel’s art, her passions, her life all felt brand new. Kaane didn’t feel done. He needed the muse to bring it back. If she came in the form of a cupid face and breathy voice, so be it. If she pushed him to face the one reality he never wanted to admit, it might be the price he had to pay. Could they create the perfect harmony together? The Flynn’s Crossing series is contemporary romance set in the northern California foothills, suspense driven by small town secrets, and complex characters in compelling stories about friendship and love. You can enjoy the books out of order without ruining their surprises!

How to Write Guitar Riffs

Author : Rikky Rooksby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493061100
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book How to Write Guitar Riffs written by Rikky Rooksby and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countless great songs are based on riffs—catchy guitar phrases that repeat until they’re seared into your brain forever—or snappy chord sequences as memorable as any melody. Riffs get people excited, whether they are musicians or listeners. Advertising agencies use riffs on television, internet videos, and cinema trailers. Riffs sell concert tickets, guitars, and downloads. Youtube is full of guitarists playing riffs. This book now in its third and updated edition digs deep into the world of the guitar riff, identifying 30 distinct types and illustrating them with reference to 150 examples: from Howlin Wolf to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Chuck Berry to Limp Bizkit, the Kinks to the Strokes, Black Sabbath to the White Stripes, Coldplay and Kings of Leon. The book includes 56 tracks of audio, illustrating all types of riffs covered, plus notation and TAB for 40 original example riffs composed by the author. In the book you can trace the connections between riff types and the scales, modes, or chords from which they’re drawn learn the guitar tips and arranging techniques to get the best from your riffs read an exclusive interview with Led Zeppelin and Them Crooked Vultures bassist John Paul Jones, a multi-instrumentalist, writer, and arranger with 50 years experience in riff-based music.

The Muse is Music

Author : Meta DuEwa Jones
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252036212
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Muse is Music written by Meta DuEwa Jones and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoken word poetry. Examining established poets such as Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, and Nathaniel Mackey as well as a generation of up-and-coming contemporary writers and performers, Meta DuEwa Jones highlights the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality within the jazz tradition and its representation in poetry. Applying prosodic analysis to emphasize the musicality of African American poetic performance, she examines the gendered meanings evident in collaborative performances and in the criticism, images, and sounds circulating within jazz cultures. Jones also considers poets who participated in contemporary venues for black writing such as the Dark Room Collective and the Cave Canem Foundation, including Harryette Mullen, Elizabeth Alexander, and Carl Phillips. Incorporating a finely honed discussion of the Black Arts Movement, the poetry-jazz fusion of the late 1950s, and slam and spoken word performance milieus such as Def Poetry Jam, she focuses on jazz and hip hop-influenced performance artists including Tracie Morris, Saul Williams, and Jessica Care Moore. Through attention to cadence, rhythm, and structure, The Muse is Music fills a gap in literary scholarship by attending to issues of gender in jazz and poetry and by analyzing recordings of poets both with and without musical accompaniment. Applying the methodology of textual close reading to a critical "close listening" of American poetry's resonant soundscape, Jones's analyses include exploring the formal innovation and queer performance of Langston Hughes's recorded collaboration with jazz musicians, delineating the relationship between punctuation and performance in the post-soul John Coltrane poem, and closely examining jazz improvisation and hip-hop stylization. An elaborate articulation of the connections between jazz, poetry and spoken word, and gender, The Muse Is Music offers valuable criticism of specific texts and performances and a convincing argument about the shape of jazz and African-American poetic performance in the contemporary era.

Gothic Riffs

Author : Diane Long Hoeveler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814211311
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Gothic Riffs written by Diane Long Hoeveler and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""In Gothic Riffs, Diane Long Hoeveler inverts the traditional interpretation of the rise of the Gothic. Hers is a new, and significant, argument. She shows, with great effectiveness and originality, the ubiquity of Gothic in popular and high art forms alike, from opera, to ballads, to chapbooks, as trans-European phenomena. I know of no modern work that aims to bring all of these different fields together in one impressively extensive book."--Robert Miles, professor and chair, Department of English, the University of Victoria" ""Diane Long Hoeveler's Gothic Riffs is genuinely innovative, informative, and insightful within the fields of both Gothic and Romantic literary studies. Indeed, this book should come to occupy a special niche of its own in the proliferating explosion of scholarship on the many kinds of Gothic that have continued to grow since the 1980s."--Jerrold E. Hogle, University Distinguished Professor, The University of Arizona".

Riffs

Author : Rikky Rooksby
Publisher : Backbeat Books
ISBN 13 : 1476855471
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Riffs written by Rikky Rooksby and published by Backbeat Books. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes. The first half of the book analyzes classic rock riffs and reveals the stories behind their creation. Easy-to-read text describes and explains each riff, supported by illustrations and audio examples. The book's second section shows how to construct great riffs and why they work. Readers learn how to shape a melody, integrate a guitar riff with the rest of a song, enhance a riff with effects, and work with intervals and scales to build riffs.

Lit Riffs

Author : Jonathan Lethem
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416586458
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Lit Riffs written by Jonathan Lethem and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the footsteps of the late great Lester Bangs -- the most revered and irreverent of rock 'n' roll critics -- twenty-four celebrated writers have penned stories inspired by great songs. Just as Bangs cast new light on a Rod Stewart classic with his story "Maggie May," about a wholly unexpected connection between an impressionable young man and an aging, alcoholic hooker, the diverse, electrifying stories here use songs as a springboard for a form dubbed the lit riff. Alongside Bangs's classic work, you'll find stories by J.T. LeRoy, who puts a recovering teenage drug abuser in a dentist's chair with nothing but the Foo Fighters's "Everlong" -- blaring through the P.A. -- to fight the pain; Jonathan Lethem, whose narrator looks back on his lost innocence just as an extramarital affair careens to an end -- this to the tune "Speeding Motorcycle" as recorded by Yo La Tengo; and Jennifer Belle, who envisions a prequel to Paul Simon's "Graceland" -- one that takes place at a children's birthday party replete with a real live kangaroo. With original contributions from Tom Perrotta, Nelson George, Amanda Davis, Lisa Tucker, Aimee Bender, Darin Strauss, and many more -- riffing on everyone from Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen to the White Stripes, Cat Power, and Bob Marley -- this is both an astounding collection of short stories and an extraordinary experiment in words and music. Soundtrack available from Saturation Acres Music & Recording Co.

Thriving on a Riff

Author : William G. Carter
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1506497608
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Thriving on a Riff written by William G. Carter and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2024 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presbyterian minister and jazz pianist Bill Carter traces the meaning and spirituality of jazz, weaving together stories from the history of American music with his own experiences and those of generations of jazz musicians. As we encounter the transcendence of jazz, we meet a God who not only embraces syncopation but blesses the swing.

Muse - Inside The Muscle Machine

Author : Ben Myers
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre
ISBN 13 : 1784189405
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Muse - Inside The Muscle Machine written by Ben Myers and published by Bonnier Zaffre. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive work - the only book on Muse - tells the band's story, from their inception in the small coastal town of Teignmouth, Devon in the mid-1990s, through numerous incendiary live shows and grandiose, critically acclaimed albums, to their status as the biggest British rock band in the world.This best-selling book is now fully updated to include Muse's astonishing fourth album, Black Holes & Revelations, which is their biggest selling record to date, having shifted well over a million copies. Ploughing their own distinct musical furrow has finally reaped rich rewards for this trio of unlikely musical heroes, confirming the band as genuine modern day rock gods.In this definitive account, Ben Myers tells the Muse tale through exclusive interviews with the band and numerous associates, and also includes the author's eyewitness accounts at various stages along the way.Ben Myers is a highly respected music journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications including Kerrang!, Melody Maker, Q, Uncut and Careless Talk Costs Lives. He has also written the bestselling book Green Day: American Idiots And The New Punk Explosion, as well as the acclaimed biographies John Lydon: Sex Pistols, PiL and Anti-Celebrity and System Of A Down: Right Here In Hollywood.

Riff, Ram, Bah, Zoo! Football Comes to TCU

Author : Ezra Hood
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 0875655920
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (756 download)

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Download or read book Riff, Ram, Bah, Zoo! Football Comes to TCU written by Ezra Hood and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riff, Ram, Bah, Zoo, Lickety Lickety, Zoo Zoo, Who Wah, Wah Who, Give 'em hell, TCU! Ezra Hood’s Riff, Ram, Bah, Zoo! Football Comes to TCU (named after TCU's "Riff, Ram" cheer, one of the oldest known cheers in the nation) traces the origins of Texas Christian University, a tiny liberal arts college in Waco, Texas, to its induction into the Southwest Conference in 1922 as an up-and-coming collegiate football power. Drawing from numerous newspaper sources—most notably from the TCU Daily Skiff—Hood’s book provides an in-depth, game-by-game history of a football program that struggled to find its place amongst established Texas football programs in the early twentieth century. Hood begins with the university’s conception in 1873, when it was known as AddRan Male and Female College, and describes the rise of football’s popularity in Texas. From there, the book chronicles each of TCU’s football seasons from its first year in 1896 to its final year in TIAA play, before it joined the Southwest Conference and went on to become, in Hood’s words, “the prince of the Southwest in the 1930s.” Hood captures particular details of each season—noting significant coaching changes and highly-touted recruits—all the while providing anecdotes from local newspapers as a way to capture the community response to TCU football in both Waco and Fort Worth. And while the book focuses largely on the ups and downs of the program, Hood also captures the impact of the times on both TCU and the many towns of central and north Texas—the impact of the first World War, for instance, on the state of football nationwide and the loss of notable TCU players to the war effort. Thanks to Hood’s exhaustive historical account, this book will be a valuable reference for both fans and historians of TCU and the game of football.

The History of Canadian Rock 'n' Roll

Author : Bob Mersereau
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1495028909
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The History of Canadian Rock 'n' Roll written by Bob Mersereau and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Rock and roll was born in the United States during the 1950s. Its popularity rapidly grew, spreading across the Atlantic to England. The Brits transformed rock, bringing it back to the States in a new form with the British Invasion. Since that time, the two countries have dominated headlines and histories, in terms of rock music. What's often forgotten in these histories is the evolution of Canadian rock and roll during the same period. Over the years, a huge contingent of Canadian artists has made invaluable contributions to rock and roll. The list of innovative Canadian artists is quite impressive: Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Paul Anka, Arcade Fire, The Band, Bryan Adams, Rush, Leonard Cohen, Celine Dion, Diana Krall, Gordon Lightfoot, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Tegan and Sara, Feist, Nickelback, and many others, not to mention the all-star producers, such as Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel), Bob Rock (Metallica, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi), Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss), and David Foster (Michael Jackson, Celine Dion). The history of Canadian rock and roll is a lively, entertaining, and largely untold tale. Bob Mersereau presents a streamlined, informative trip through the country's rich history and depth of talent, from the 1950s to today, covering such topics as: Toronto's club scene, the folk rock and psychedelic rock of the 1960s, Canadian artists who hit major stardom in the United States, the challenges and reform of the Canadian broadcasting system, the huge hits of the 1970s, Canadian artists' presence all over the pop charts in the 1990s, and Canada's indie-rock renaissance of the 2000s.

Avant-garde Performance & the Limits of Criticism

Author : Mike Sell
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472114955
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Avant-garde Performance & the Limits of Criticism written by Mike Sell and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the dynamic interactions of performance, politics, and literary criticism in three U.S. countercultures in the 1950s and 60s.

The Muse in the Machine

Author : T. R. Hummer
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820342785
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Muse in the Machine written by T. R. Hummer and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music, race, politics, and conscience. In these eight essays written over the span of a decade and a half, T. R. Hummer explains how, for him, such abiding concerns revolve around the practice of poetry and the evolution of a culturally responsible personal poetics. Hummer writes about the suicide of poet Vachel Lindsay, the culture wars at the National Endowment for the Arts, the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the divided soul of his native American South, and the salving, transcendent practice of musicianship. Inevitably entwined with a personal or cultural component, Hummer's criticism is thus grounded in experience that is always familiar and often straight to the heart in its rightness. In one of those statements of "poetic purpose" that goes hand in hand with a residency, guest editorship, or lecture tour, Hummer once wrote that "poetry inhabits and enunciates an incommensurable zone between individual and collective, between body and body politic, an area very ill-negotiated by most of us most of the time. Our culture, with its emphasis on the individual mind and body, teaches us very little about how even to think about the nature of this problem. . . . E pluribus unum is a smokescreen: what pluribus; what unum? And yet this phrase is an American mantra, as if it explained something." This is a quintessential Hummer moment: a writer has just given himself a good reason to quit. What Hummer knows must happen next is what The Muse in the Machine is all about.

Desolation

Author : Mark Morton
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0306831007
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Desolation written by Mark Morton and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God’s guitarist and lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery For a band as extreme as Lamb of God, mainstream success and touring the world to massive audiences was an almost surreal achievement. But for guitarist and lyricist Mark Morton, the triumph was dulled by the pain of addiction and loss. In DESOLATION: A Heavy Metal Memoir, Morton traces the highs and the lows of his career and personal life, revealing how the pressures of success and personal battles eventually came into conflict with his dedication to the creative process. Morton writes about the greatest personal tragedy of his life: the death of his newborn daughter, which plunged Morton further into hopelessness. Surrounded by bandmates living their wildest dreams, Morton wanted nothing more than to disappear, ingesting potentially lethal cocktails of drugs and alcohol on a daily basis. And yet intertwined with self-destruction and harrowing heartbreak, there were moments of joy, self-acceptance, and incredible connection. Morton developed close relationships with his bandmates and crew members, sharing experiences that have made for some strange and hilarious tales. He also gained a greater sense of purpose through interactions with his fans, who remind him that his work reaches people on a deeply personal level. DESOLATION is, at its core, about Morton's journey as a musician navigating self-doubt, anxiety, and the progressive disease of addiction, and ultimately finding relative serenity and gratitude.

Ukulele For Dummies

Author : Alistair Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470979119
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Ukulele For Dummies written by Alistair Wood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn everything ukulele—from chord progressions to playing pop, folk, and holiday favorites—and, yes, even Hawaiian music! The ukulele is hot. The season one finale of Glee featured a ukulele. The recent hit song "Hey Soul Sister" by Train includes the dulcet tones of a uke. Not to mention the runaway success of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. For anyone wishing to master this fun, surprisingly versatile instrument, Ukulele For Dummies covers all the basics—from chords and strumming patterns to guidance on finger-picking. The print version of the book includes a CD with audio tracks of the entire musical notation in the book—creating a total musical instruction package Offers instruction in a variety of styles—including pop, folk, holiday favorites, and Hawaiian music Features a buying guide for the novice—with tips on purchasing a ukulele plus other necessary accessories With its simple and clear instruction, and inspiration on every page, Ukulele For Dummies will have fans and first-time musicians making beautiful music—as they tiptoe through the tulips—in no time. Note: CD files are available to download after purchasing the e-Book version

Procession

Author : David Acton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520288009
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Procession written by David Acton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanies the first major museum retrospective of the painter Norman Lewis (1909Ð1979). Lewis was the sole African American artist of his generation who became committed to issues of abstraction at the start of his career and continued to explore them over its entire trajectory. His art derived inspiration from music (jazz and classical) and nature (seasonal change, plant forms, the sea). Also central to his work were the dramatic confrontations of the civil rights movement, in which he was an active participant among the New York art scene. Bridging the Harlem Renaissance, Abstract Expressionism, and beyond, Lewis is a crucial figure in American abstraction whose reinsertion into the discourse further opens the field for recognition of the contributions of artists of color. Bringing much-needed attention to LewisÕs output and significance in the history of American art, Procession is a milestone in Lewis scholarship and a vital resource for future study of the artist and abstraction in his period. Published in association with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Exhibition dates: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia: November 13, 2015ÐApril 3, 2016 Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth: June 4ÐAugust 21, 2016 Chicago Cultural Center: September 17, 2016ÐJanuary 8, 2017 Ê

Expressive Writing

Author : Kathleen Adams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475812191
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Expressive Writing written by Kathleen Adams and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth and skill-building. Research shows that expressive writing can help in the development of emotional intelligence, better choice-making, and healthy coping skills. In this remarkable collection, 11 experts from education and community service join to offer compelling guidance on applied practice. You’ll discover a model for a poetry group for youth at risk; how to help students develop inner resources through metaphor; a “photovoice” project to help at-risk students stay in school; how storytelling develops emotional intelligence in primary school children; a method that helps teachers become more confident writers; how expressive writing can help teachers manage stress and avoid burn-out; expressive writing as change agent for communities; the benefits and limitations of writing programs in prisons and jails; hip-hop as “the pen of the people”; finding a writing group; writing with others; the ethics and standards of practice for expressive writing in the classroom and community; guidance for all levels of learners: Primary, teens, college-age, adult; professional development, personal growth. Whether you are a teacher, a counselor, a facilitator, or a writer you’ll find this volume an invaluable and innovative resource for expressive writing in the classroom and in the community.

Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing

Author : Nimi Wariboko
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501398105
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing written by Nimi Wariboko and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing is the first book to bring rigorous literary, philosophical, and artistic discourse together to interrogate the ethics of governance and development in postcolonial Africa. It takes literature seriously as a context for philosophical reflection, vividly engaging the human agency, creativity, and resourcefulness of local Nigerians as political and social actors and shedding new light on the dynamics of human flourishing. Drawing on important secondary scholarship across several humanities disciplines, especially literature, philosophy, and the performing arts, Nimi Wariboko provides compelling and innovative analysis of the challenges and opportunities on governance and development in postcolonial Nigerian state and society. With a detailed introductory chapter and an authoritative analysis contained in six cohesive chapters, all anchored in political and social ethics and close readings of fascinating literary and artistic works-such as A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass and the comedy skits of MC Edo Pikin-this is a landmark contribution to Nigerian cultural studies. Wariboko's practical engagement between literature and philosophy also opens up new ways of seeing literary analysis as ethical methodology, beyond the specific contexts of Nigeria or Africa.