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Author : George Fetherling
Publisher : Broken Jaw Press
ISBN 13 : 9781896647548
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Jive Talk written by George Fetherling and published by Broken Jaw Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leslie M
Publisher : Leslie Jones McCloud
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Hood Philosophies and Other Jive Talk from the Urban Jungle written by Leslie M and published by Leslie Jones McCloud. This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hood Philosophies and Other Jive Talk from the Urban Jungle is a thought-provoking collection of six essays that dive deep into the heart of urban life. With sharp wit and raw honesty, the author explores the complexities of street culture, the Church, the socio-economic struggles of marginalized communities, and the resilience of those living in the inner city. Each essay offers a unique perspective on womanhood, survival, identity, and the unspoken rules of the urban jungle, blending philosophy with lived experience in a way that is both insightful and unapologetically real.
Author : Clarence Major
Publisher : Puffin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Juba to Jive written by Clarence Major and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on scholarly investigations and common usage, this comprehensive collection of terms, from the days of slavery to the present, is the only up-to-date record of this rich, ever-evolving language born in the African-American community and permeating every aspect of our culture.
Author : Maciej Widawski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316240614
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book African American Slang written by Maciej Widawski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering exploration of African American slang - a highly informal vocabulary and a significant aspect of African American English - Maciej Widawski explores patterns of form, meaning, theme and function, showing it to be a rule-governed, innovative and culturally revealing vernacular. Widawski's comprehensive description is based on a large database of contextual citations from thousands of contemporary sources, including literature and the press, music, film and television. It also includes an alphabetical glossary of 1,500 representative slang expressions, defined and illustrated by 4,500 usage examples. Due to its vast size, the glossary can stand alone as a dictionary providing readers with a reliable reference of terms. Combining scholarship with user-friendliness, this book is an insightful and practical resource for students and researchers in linguistics, as well as general readers interested in exploring lexical variation in contemporary English.
Author : Cheryl Lynette Keyes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252072017
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Rap Music and Street Consciousness written by Cheryl Lynette Keyes and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first musicological history of rap music, Cheryl L. Keyes traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Rap music, according to Keyes, is a forum that addresses the political and economic disfranchisement of black youths and other groups, fosters ethnic pride, and displays culture values and aesthetics. Blending popular culture with folklore and ethnomusicology, Keyes offers a nuanced portrait of the artists, themes, and varying styles reflective of urban life and street consciousness. Drawing on the music, lives, politics, and interests of figures including Afrika Bambaataa, the "godfather of hip-hop," and his Zulu Nation, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Grandmaster Flash, Kool "DJ" Herc, MC Lyte, LL Cool J, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Ice-T, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and The Last Poets, Rap Music and Street Consciousness challenges outsider views of the genre. The book also draws on ethnographic research done in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and London, as well as interviews with performers, producers, directors, fans, and managers. Keyes's vivid and wide-ranging analysis covers the emergence and personas of female rappers and white rappers, the legal repercussions of technological advancements such as electronic mixing and digital sampling, the advent of rap music videos, and the existence of gangsta rap, Southern rap, acid rap, and dance-centered rap subgenres. Also considered are the crossover careers of rap artists in movies and television; rapper-turned-mogul phenomenons such as Queen Latifah; the multimedia empire of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs; the cataclysmic rise of Death Row Records; East Coast versus West Coast tensions; the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace; and the unification efforts of the Nation of Islam and the Hip-Hop Nation.
Author : Dan Burley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dan Burley's Jive written by Dan Burley and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive (1944) includes a history of and definition for jive, followed by examples of folktales, poetry, and Shakespeare "translated" into jive, as well as a jive glossary for easy reference. Diggeth Thou? (1959) includes more stories told in jive.
Author : Roger Hewitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521338240
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)
Download or read book White Talk, Black Talk written by Roger Hewitt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-10-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of relations between black and white adolescents in South London.
Author : Thomas Quealy
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595910807
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (959 download)
Download or read book M + M written by Thomas Quealy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-09-19 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Maudine Myrstoolkrwicz, a young woman living in a poor neighborhood, who has so many personal problems - she's not pretty, not smart, a virgin, too tall, too honest, scared, unlucky, nervous, shy, naive, lonely, unskilled, sad-that she develops an alter ego, Myrna, to deal with the harsh world around her. The setting is a run-down tenement building and the major characters are her colorful, very eccentric, co-tenants. An uplifting, though unusual, coming-of-age story set in the modern day.
Author : Matt Sorum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781644282212
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Double Talkin' Jive written by Matt Sorum and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Double Talkin' Jive legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he'd enjoy a rapid ascension to rock 'n' roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N' Roses, with whom he'd record two of rock's most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2. The Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame inductee & Grammy Award winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons and Alice Cooper. Double Talkin' Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.
Author : Howard Johnson
Publisher : Proteus Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Reggae written by Howard Johnson and published by Proteus Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780929398570
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Corners of Texas written by Francis Edward Abernethy and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best of the Society's papers over the past three years—from lynchings to el pato boat building; from sunbonnets to hammered dulcimers; from jokes about droughts and lawyers to tales of folk, gospel and blues music; from gravemarkers to bottle trees, and more.
Author : Joel Whitburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780881885729
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (857 download)
Download or read book The Ultimate Pop written by Joel Whitburn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leslie Savan
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375702423
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Slam Dunks and No-Brainers written by Leslie Savan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this marvelously original book, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan offers fascinating insights into why we’re all talking the talk—Duh; Bring it on!; Bling; Whatever!—and what this reveals about America today. Savan traces the paths that phrases like these travel from obscure slang to pop stardom, selling everything from cars (ads for VWs, Mitsubishis, and Mercurys all pitch them as “no-brainer”s) to wars (finding WMD in Iraq was to be a “slam dunk”). Real people create these catchy phrases, but once media, politics, and businesses broadcast them, they burst out of our mouths as celebrity words, newly glamorous and powerful. Witty, fun, and full of thought-provoking stories about the origins of popular expressions, Slam Dunks and No-Brainers is for everyone who loves the mysteries of language.
Author : Cecil Brown
Publisher : Frog Books
ISBN 13 : 9781583942109
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (421 download)
Download or read book The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger written by Cecil Brown and published by Frog Books. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you're black you don't need to get at anything. You're already there. You can live right out of your insides.” So says the antihero of this legendary novel that reimagines the Bible’s prodigal son as a young black man in post-Civil Rights-era America. George Washington—one of his many aliases—is a classic trickster figure, a blend of con artist, deep thinker, and willing object of white women’s sexual fantasies. Fed up with life in racist America, he leaves his rural South for Denmark on a curious quest, determined to discover if there is “any mother fucker in this despiteful world who ever told himself the truth.” In Denmark he spends his days bantering with fellow black expatriates and his nights bedding a series of white women who project their desires on him. Inevitably, these worlds collide, with Washington, aka Anthony Miller, aka Paul Winthrop, aka Mr. Jiveass Nigger, increasingly alienated in a world of opportunists. A return to America after his self-imposed exile promises transformation, but is Washington too far gone? Cecil Brown brings blistering prose, unabashed eroticism, and biting satire to this controversial masterpiece that’s as timely today as when it was first published.
Author : Annette Adams
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557410045
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Gossip Rehab: How To Stop Gossip written by Annette Adams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IF THEY GOSSIP TO YOU THEY GOSSIP ABOUT YOU...GIVE THIS TO A FRIEND WHO DOES BOTH...A history of the word gossip. Twelve steps and why to take the high road.Games, stories, and art.Etymology, words and definitions.Buddhist and Christian rules.Annette Adams has investigated the history of gossip for a decade. Growing up in a family of nine daughters, and attending an all-girls Catholic Preparatory High School (Mercy Burlingame), gossip came naturally. This is a book to give to the friend who gossips to you and about you.
Author : Lee Konstantinou
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674969472
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Cool Characters written by Lee Konstantinou and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Konstantinou examines irony in American literary and political life, showing how it migrated from the countercultural margins of the 1950s to the 1980s mainstream. Along the way, irony was absorbed into postmodern theory and ultimately become a target of recent writers who have moved beyond its limitations with a practice of “postirony.”
Author : Patrick Burke
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226080714
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Come In and Hear the Truth written by Patrick Burke and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the mid-1930s and the late '40s the centre of the jazz world was a two-block stretch of 52nd Street in Manhattan. Dozens of crowded basement clubs played host to legends like Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday. These clubs defied the traditional boundaries between art and entertainment, and between the races.
