Reel to Real: Race, class and sex at the movies (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Reel to Real: Race, class and sex at the movies (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Movies matter - that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues of race, sex and class

Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies (Benshoff Harry M.)(Paperback)

A comprehensive and insightful examination of the representation of diverse viewpoints and perspectives in American cinema throughout the 20th and 21st centuries America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies, now in its third edition, is an authoritative and lively

Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By writing beyond race, noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination.In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw

Communion: The Female Search for Love (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed bestseller All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and Love. Now hooks culminates her

Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today. In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes

Where We Stand: Class Matters (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond

Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a powerful, visionary work that will enrich our teaching and our lives. Combining critical thinking about education with

Salvation: Black People and Love (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

'A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process.'--Black Issues Book ReviewNew York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural critic bell

Pets at the Party - A Pet Club Story (Hooks Gwendolyn)(Paperback / softback)

Negroland - A Memoir (Jefferson Margo)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award: this is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, class and American culture by a Pulitzer-prize winning

Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life (Lareau Annette)(Paperback)

Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal Childhoods explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood today. Here are the frenetic families managing their

Tropic of Orange (Yamashita Karen Tei)(Paperback)

An apocalypse of race, class, and culture, fanned by the media and the harsh L.A

Race, Class, and Gender: Intersections and Inequalities (Andersen Margaret L.)(Paperback)

Foucault at the Movies (Maniglier Patrice)(Paperback)

Foucault at the Movies brings together all of Foucault's commentary on film, some of it available for the first time in English, along with important contemporary analysis and further extensions of this work. It offers detailed, up-to-date commentary, inviting us to go to the movies with

Sex, Society, and the Making of Pornography: The Pornographic Object of Knowledge (Escoffier Jeffrey)(Paperback)

Hardcore pornographic films combine fantasy and real sex to create a unique genre of entertainment. Pornographic films are also historical documents that give us access to the sexual behavior and eroticism of different historical periods. This book shows how the making of pornographic films is a

I Lost It at the Movies (Kael Pauline)(Paperback)

I Lost it at the Movies is vintage Kael on such classics of post-War cinema as On the Waterfront, Smiles of a Summer Night, West Side Story, The Seven Samurai, Lolita, Jules et Jim etc. Her comments are so fresh and direct, it's as if the movies had only been released last

All about Love: New Visions (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' 'Love Song to the Nation' trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love,

To Wager Her Heart (Alexander Tamera)(Paperback)

Set against the real history of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation and the original Fisk University Jubilee Singers ensemble, To Wager Her Heart is a stirring love story about seeking justice and restoring honor at a time in American history when both were tenuous and hard-won.With fates bound by a

POPism (Warhol Andy)(Paperback / softback)

A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat a bemused young artist with silver hair: Andy Warhol. His studio, the Factory, was the place: where he created the large canvases of soup cans and Pop icons that defined Pop Art

The Butterfly and the Violin (Cambron Kristy)(Paperback)

Based on the real orchestra composed of prisoners at Auschwitz, The Butterfly and the Violin shows how beauty and hope can penetrate even the darkest corners.Present day: Manhattan art dealer Sera James watched her world crumble at the altar two years ago, and her heart is still fragile. Her

Class, Race, and Marxism (Roediger David R.)(Paperback)

Winner of the Working-Class Studies Association C.L.R. James Award Seen as a pioneering figure in the critical study of whiteness, US historian David Roediger has sometimes received criticism, and praise, alleging that he left Marxism behind in order to work on questions of identity. This volume

Reel History: The World According to the Movies (Von Tunzelmann Alex)(Paperback)

From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, an acclaimed historian sorts fact from fiction. Based on the long-running column in

A Denim Story: Inspirations from Boyfriends to Bell Bottoms... (Current Emily)(Pevná vazba)

This style bible is a chic and sexy look at the myriad possibilities of blue jeans, the classic and ever-evolving fashion essential. Blue jeans are an iconic part of American culture. And, like the American dream, denim is constantly reinventing itself. A Denim Story showcases timeless images of