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| Author | : Barry Wittenstein |
| Publisher | : Schwartz & Wade |
| Total Pages | : 38 |
| Release | : 2020-10-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0525707697 |
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If you want to see 20th century American history unfold before your eyes, stand on a city street corner and watch it change! It all starts when an immigrant named Oscar opens a barber shop... When Oscar lands on Ellis Island, he has only a suitcase and a down payment in his hands. And he has a dream-- to own his own barbershop. After it opens on the corner of Front St. and Second Ave, Oscar's barbershop becomes a beloved local fixture... until the day Oscar decides to move on and become a subway conductor. Over the years, this barbershop will change hands to become a lady's clothing store, then a soup kitchen. A coffee shop follows, then the space becomes an army recruitment center, then a candy shop. As the years pass and the world changes, the proud corner store stands tall, watching American history unfold around it. Barry Wittenstein and debut husband-and-wife illustration team Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell tell the rich, fascinating story of key moments in American history, as reflected through the eyes--and the patrons--of the corner store.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 840 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : United States |
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"American history and illustrations from the Colonial Period through the Nixon presidency and Watergate." --
| Author | : Frederick Gooding |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2020-05-24 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1538123738 |
Download Black Oscars Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A timely exploration of Oscar-nominated Black actors and the complicated legacy of the Academy Awards. In Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans, Frederick W. Gooding Jr. draws on American, African American, and film history to reflect on how the Oscars have recognized Black actors from the award’s inception to the present. Starting in the 1920s, the chapters provide a thorough overview and analysis of Black actors nominated for their Hollywood roles during each decade, with special attention paid to the winners. Historical patterns are scrutinized to reveal racial trends and open the question of whether race relations have truly changed substantively or only superficially over time. Given the Oscars’ presence and popularity, it begs the question of what these awards reflect and reinforce about larger society. In the meticulously-researched Black Oscars, we see how the Academy Awards are an indispensable guide to understanding race in mainstream Hollywood and beyond.
| Author | : Alfred Kuo-liang Ho |
| Publisher | : University Press of America |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780761837053 |
Download Achieving the American Dream Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This work examines the lives of one hundred and sixty three elite immigrants who have achieved the American dream while gaining fortune and fame. With this sample of immigrants, Professor Emeritus Alred K. Ho provides a portrait of a successful candidate for U.S. immigration. Through his study, he has achieved, in, why they immigrated, and what they chose to do with their fortunes. Ultimately, Achieving the American Dream is a testament to the American democracy and open society that are the main attractions to these immigrants who are as necessary to the U.S. as we are to them.
| Author | : Andrew J. Rausch |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2015-03-21 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786484098 |
Download Fifty Filmmakers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book is an extensive collection of original interviews with 50 noted filmmakers. Conducted over a seven-year period expressly for this project, the interviews cover various aspects of film production, biographical information, and the interviewees' favorite or most influential films. Filmmakers interviewed include highly respected auteurs (Richard Linklater, Wim Wenders), B-movie greats (Roger Corman, Lloyd Kaufman), and well-renowned documentary directors (D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles). Each entry includes a brief biography and filmography, while dozens of personal photographs, promotional materials, and film stills appear throughout the work.
| Author | : Graham S. Clarke |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2022-07-28 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1000615537 |
Download The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump uses both film theory and insights from object relations theory in order to examine how recent films address and reflect the state of the ‘American Dream’. This fascinating book looks at how the American Dream is one of the organising ideas of American cinema, and one of the most influential cultural outputs of the twenty-first century, at a time of internal crisis. In an era characterised by populism, climate change and economic uncertainty, the book considers nine auteur films in how they illustrate the challenges of contemporary America. Graham S. Clarke and Ross Clarke present a bifocal perspective on some of the most well-received American films of recent years and how they relate to the American Dream in the context of the Trump presidency. For each of the nine films discussed, two different accounts are presented side by side so that each film is considered from an object relations psychoanalytic point of view (internal world) as well as a film and cultural theory perspective (external world). This unique approach is complemented by discussion of political and critical theory, providing a thorough and engaging analysis. Challenging and insightful, The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump will be of great interest to scholars of cinema, popular culture, American studies and psychoanalytic studies.
| Author | : Sigrid Names |
| Publisher | : E. B. Houchin |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 1994-03 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780938313069 |
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| Author | : Frederick Gooding |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2020-05-24 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1538123738 |
Download Black Oscars Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A timely exploration of Oscar-nominated Black actors and the complicated legacy of the Academy Awards. In Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans, Frederick W. Gooding Jr. draws on American, African American, and film history to reflect on how the Oscars have recognized Black actors from the award’s inception to the present. Starting in the 1920s, the chapters provide a thorough overview and analysis of Black actors nominated for their Hollywood roles during each decade, with special attention paid to the winners. Historical patterns are scrutinized to reveal racial trends and open the question of whether race relations have truly changed substantively or only superficially over time. Given the Oscars’ presence and popularity, it begs the question of what these awards reflect and reinforce about larger society. In the meticulously-researched Black Oscars, we see how the Academy Awards are an indispensable guide to understanding race in mainstream Hollywood and beyond.
| Author | : Edward Albee |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1961 |
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| Author | : Charles P. Henry |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 169 |
| Release | : 2023-08-25 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1000936414 |
Download Racial Imagination and the American Dream Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Although the phrase "the American Dream" dates from the 1930s, the concept or idea of the American Dream is as old as the country. The values proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence and reaffirmed (and extended) in the Gettysburg Address have been continuously promoted by every American president. Moreover, they form the basis of our national collective narrative as expressed through both elite and popular culture. The American Dream is intrinsically tied to the American Creed and American Exceptionalism. It is the foundation of our national identity, the glue that holds together our individual aspirations. Yet until the mid-twentieth century, the American Dream excluded African Americans. We as a nation—as an imagined community—could not imagine an integrated, multiracial society with Blacks and Whites living together as equals. By examining the lives of the only three African American Nobel Peace Prize winners, we can see how their lives were shaped by the American Dream, and how their success was used to deny the structural racism that prevented others from achieving the American Dream. Ralph Bunche as a role model of academic and technical expertise, Martin Luther King, Jr., as a model race leader, and Barack Obama as a political leader provide a window on the changing meaning of the American Dream. In conclusion, Haiti is presented as a failed example of an attempt to export the American Dream in the form of American Exceptionalism, and racial reparations are reimagined as a radical democratic project aimed at true global integration and justice.
