Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
UTOPIA FOR REALISTS: HOW WE CAN BUILD THE IDEAL WORLD
Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. "A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." -- New York Times...
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THE SHADOW SYSTEM: MASS INCARCERATION AND THE AMERICAN FAMILY
From an award-winning journalist, a searing exposé of the effects of the mass incarceration crisis on families -- including the 2.7 million American children who have a parent locked up. In The Shadow System, award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the...
$28.00
SPIKE LEE: DO THE RIGHT THING
An unprecedented insider's look at one of cinema's landmark works and the lasting effect it still has on our culture, this oral and visual history of "Do the Right Thing"--celebrating the movie's 20th anniversary--is told entirely by those who starred...
$35.00
TELL THEM WE ARE SINGING FOR JESUS: THE ORIGINAL FISK JUBILEE SINGERS AND CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION, 1871-1878
Between 1871 and 1878, the Jubilee Singers presented concerts featuring the Negro spiritual that won the applause and admiration of the Western world. The rise and renown of the original Fisk Jubilee Singer form one of the most celebrated stories...
$45.00
TO THE BREAK OF DAWN: A FREESTYLE ON THE HIP HOP AESTHETIC
"To the Break of Dawn dissects the evolution of hip hop lyricism from its most primitive beginnings to its current manifestation as a global phenomenon. Author Jelani Cobb examines issues of race, geography, genre and bravado in this overview of...
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LOVE BROUGHT ME BACK
Publisher Comments: IN THIS LUMINOUS MEMOIR, LEGENDARY SINGER AND ACTRESS NATALIE COLE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY OF LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND RECOVERY, AND THE STORY OF A DEATH THAT BROUGHT NEW LIFE. In 2009 Natalie Cole was on dialysis, her kidneys...
$23.00
IN THE STUDIO WITH MICHAEL JACKSON
No one was closer to Michael Jackson at the height of his creative powers than Bruce Swedien, the five-time Grammy winner who, with Jackson and producer Quincy Jones, formed the trio responsible for the sound of Jackson's records - records...
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MICHAEL JACKSON: THE ONE AND ONLY: A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN ICON
From his youth as a prodigious talent in a gifted musical family driven by a visionary father, it was apparent that Michael Jackson was destined for fame and stardom. But his emergence from the Jackson Five in the 1970s and...
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KANYE WEST: A BIOGRAPHY
Kanye West is an articulate, astoundingly insightful, pop culture prophet who can go from charging a president with racism one minute to criticizing blacks for not capitalizing on opportunities they have had in the next. Yet, West puts his considerable...
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BEYONCE KNOWLES: A BIOGRAPHY
Although Beyonce Knowles is not yet 30, the sensual superstar has already succeeded on many levels: as a dancer, singer, composer, model, music producer, video director and actress. This biography tells the story of a young, talented woman's meteoric rise...
$35.00
THE BEAT: GO-GO MUSIC FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
A history of the distinctive, U.S. Capital sound that fuses hip-hop, funk, and soul
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KANSAS CITY LIGHTNING: THE RISE AND TIMES OF CHARLIE PARKER
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century, from Stanley Crouch, one of the foremost authorities on...
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TRUE TO YOU: A JOURNEY TO FINDING AND LOVING YOURSELF
About the Authors Janet Jackson is a five-time Grammy Award-winning international superstar. One of the bestselling pop artist in history, she is known ofer her innovative music, choreography, and social conscious lyrics. The youngest member of the famous Jackson family,...
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SOMEBODY SCREAM!: RAP MUSIC'S RISE TO PROMINENCE IN THE AFTERSHOCK OF BLACK POWER
"A strong and timely book for the new day in hip-hop. Don't miss it!"--Cornel West For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. The Civil Rights movement segued into...
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3 KINGS: DIDDY, DR. DRE, JAY-Z, AND HIP-HOP'S MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR RISE
Being successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z lifted themselves from childhood adversity into tycoon territory, amassing levels of fame and wealth that not only outshone all other contemporary hip-hop...
$28.00
PRINCE: INSIDE THE MUSIC AND THE MASKS
"A fascinating, authoritative biography of one of the most commercial, controversial, and influential musicians of all time" "In his three decades-long of recording, Prince has had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist since...
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DIARY OF A MADMAN: THE GETO BOYS, LIFE, DEATH, AND THE ROOTS OF SOUTHERN RAP
From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop changed the life of a kid from the south side of Houston, and how he rose to the top and ushered in a new generation...
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A MAN FROM ANOTHER LAND: HOW FINDING MY ROOTS CHANGED MY LIFE
Publisher Comments: In this inspirational memoir, Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington explains how filling in the gaps of his past led him to discover a new passion: helping those less fortunate. DNA testing revealed that Washington was descended from the...
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THELONIOUS MONK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
The first full biography of American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, written by a brilliant historian who enjoyed full access to the family's archives and provides the author with dozens of interviews."The piano ain't got no wrong notes!" So...
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MILES
UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS A MUSICAL GENIUS, MILES DAVIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD. HERE, MILES SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. "Miles: The Autobiography, "like Miles himself, holds nothing back. He speaks frankly...
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LET LOVE RULE
"I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow."Let Love Rule is a work of deep...
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BEATS, RHYMES, AND CLASSROOM LIFE: HIP-HOP PEDAGOGY AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY
Hill shares his experience teaching a hip-hop centered English literature course in a Philadelphia high school where rap music, breakdancing, graffiti culture, and other aspects of hip-hop were incorporated into the curriculum. Annotation: Hill shares his experience teaching a hip-hop...
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KNOW WHAT I MEAN?: REFLECTIONS ON HIP HOP
Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Dyson probes the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture.Whether along race, class or generational lines, hip-hop music has...
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BRUCE W. TALAMON. SOUL. R&B. FUNK. PHOTOGRAPHS 1972-1982
"For ten glorious years, I had the best seat in the house." -Bruce W. Talamon Talamon saw it all during the golden age of soul, R&B, and funk. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, this young African American photographer from...
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JAZZ IMAGES BY WILLIAM CLAXTON
William Claxton. He was the product of a musical household -his mother was a semi-professional singer and his father avidly collected big band records, William Claxton rapidly became an habitué of local jazz venues. 1952, while shooting Gerry Mulligan and...
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BAAD BITCHES AND SASSY SUPERMAMAS: BLACK POWER ACTION FILMS
This lively study unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialized bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on the representation of black femininity. Stephane Dunn explores the typical,...
$20.00
DECODED
Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our...
$28.00
BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM: GERTRUDE "MA" RAINEY, BESSIE SMITH, AND BILLIE HOLIDAY
From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts...
$17.00
BLUES PEOPLE
"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but...
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THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY
The global icon, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller, and artist finally tells the unfiltered story of her life in The Meaning of Mariah Carey It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to...
$29.99