From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity (White Miles)(Paperback)

From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity (White Miles)(Paperback)

This multilayered study of the representation of black masculinity in musical and cultural performance takes aim at the reduction of African American male culture to stereotypes of deviance, misogyny, and excess. Broadening the significance of hip-hop culture by linking it to other expressive forms

Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity (Gregory Georgina)(Paperback)

Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from the Beatles to One Direction, placing the modern male pop group within the wider context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music and culture. Offering the first extended look at pop masculinity as

Bug Club Independent Fiction Year 1 Blue A Jay and Sniffer: The Bike Race (Miles Liz)(Paperback / softback)

White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Wise Tim)(Paperback)

From 'one of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation' (Michael Eric Dyson), this now-classic is 'a brilliant and personal deconstruction of institutionalized white supremacy in the United States . . . a beautifully written, heartfelt memoir' (Roxanne

Green Jay and Crow (Daniels Dj)(Paperback)

I was meant to come to Barlewin, but i was never meant to stay. The half-forgotten streets of Barlewin, in the shadow of the High Track, are a good place to hide: among the aliens and the couriers, the robots and the doubles, where everyone has secrets. Like Eva, a 3D-printed copy of another

Black Boy (Wright Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South is a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. When Black Boy exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, it caused a sensation. Orville Prescott of

White Folks: Race and Identity in Rural America (Lensmire Timothy J.)(Paperback)

White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin. It examines how white people learn to be 'white' and reveals how white racial identity is dependent on people of color--even in situations where white people have little or

Black Masculinity and the Cinema of Policing (Sexton Jared)(Paperback)

This book offers a critical survey of film and media representations of black masculinity in the early twenty-first-century United States, between President George W. Bush's 2001 announcement of the War on Terror and President Barack Obama's 2009 acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. It argues that

This Much Country (Knight Pace Kristin)(Paperback)

A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod.In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an

Dispatches from the Race War (Wise Tim)(Paperback)

Essays on racial flashpoints, white denial, violence, and the manipulation of fear in America today.Drawing on events from the killing of Trayvon Martin to the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, Wise calls to account his fellow white citizens and exhorts them to combat racist power

A View from the Bottom: Asian American Masculinity and Sexual Representation (Nguyen Tan Hoang)(Paperback)

A View from the Bottom offers a major critical reassessment of male effeminacy and its racialization in visual culture. Examining portrayals of Asian and Asian American men in Hollywood cinema, European art film, gay pornography, and experimental documentary, Nguyen Tan Hoang explores the cultural

How to Drag Race (Kevin McKenna)(Paperback)

The photos in this edition are black and white.From race registration to the finish line and everything in between, How to Drag Race explains all the steps for successful drag racing, so the aspiring drag racer can easily setup his or her car, launch off the line, and quickly run at every

Rape and the Law: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Waples Megan)(Paperback)

Rape and the Law: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives examines the legal history of rape to understand why modern audiences continue to disagree about the nature of the crime, why society as a whole often fails to believe and support victims, and how we can change our understanding of and

New Jim Crow - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness (Alexander Michelle)(Paperback / softback)

For the Love of Men: From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity (Plank Liz)(Paperback)

A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For The Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved. In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys

From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (Haskell Molly)(Paperback)

A revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism, Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape remains as insightful, searing, and relevant as it was the day it was first published. Ranging across time and genres from the golden age of Hollywood to films of the late twentieth century, Haskell

Race and Performance After Repetition (Colbert Soyica Diggs)(Paperback)

The contributors to Race and Performance after Repetition explore how theater and performance studies account for the complex relationship between race and time. Pointing out that repetition has been the primary point of reference for understanding both the complex temporality of theater and the

One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow (Hawker Olivia)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of The Ragged Edge of Night comes a powerful and poetic novel of survival and sacrifice on the American frontier.Wyoming, 1876. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it

Mister Good Times (Jay Norman)(Paperback)

THE LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY BRITISH DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE 'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to his music, but it also offers a salutary account of growing up as part of the Windrush generation in London's Notting Hill, the violence and racism he faced, and his success' Observer

The Stegosorcerer (Burridge Jay Jay)(Paperback)

the world of Supersaurs. After leaving the rainforests of Indonesia, and outwitting the terrible Christian Hayter, Bunty Brownlee takes her grandchildren Bea and Carter, and Carter's newly domesticated Black Dwarf Tyrant, to a safari reserve in Kenya, built to protect the endangered White Titan

Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise (Piazza Sara)(Paperback)

Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise is the first book to examine the films of Jim Jarmusch from a sound-oriented perspective. The three essential acoustic elements that structure a film-- music, words and noise--propel this book's fascinating journey through his work. Exploring the director's

Self-Portrait in Black and White - Unlearning Race (Williams Thomas Chatterton)(Paperback / softback)

A captivating, controversial interrogation of race and identity from one of America's most brilliant cultural

How Do You Make a Rainbow? (Crowe Caroline)(Paperback / softback)

A reassuring, heart-warming story of colours, kindness, community and nature from Caroline Crowe and Cally Johnson-Isaacs, that shows that brighter times are always around the

The Anthology of Rap (Bradley Adam)(Paperback)

An extraordinary collection of lyrics showcasing rap's poetic depth and diversityFrom the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential musical and cultural forces of our time. In The Anthology of Rap, editors Adam Bradley and