The Uptight Society
Author | : Howard Gadlin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Howard Gadlin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bertram E. Garskof |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Victor Bockris |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2003-10-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1461741610 |
The Velvet Underground is arguably one of the most influential American rock bands ever. Based on interviews with former members Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison, as well as others from Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators, Up-Tight is the definitive oral and visual history of the band and its revolutionary, often avant-garde music. Bockris and Malanga's intelligent and entertaining approach-which does not shy away from the drugs, sleaze, and controversy that enveloped the band seemingly from its inception-provides compulsive reading.
Author | : Julia Lee |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2015-12-29 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1452949786 |
It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams—and the public loved it. The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply conflicted, changing American society that was its theater. Exposing these connections for the first time, Julia Lee shows us how much this series, from the first silent shorts in 1922 to its television revival in the 1950s, reveals about black and white American culture—on either side of the silver screen. Behind the scenes, we find unconventional men like Hal Roach and his gag writers, whose Rascals tapped into powerful American myths about race and childhood. We meet the four black stars of the series—Ernie “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison, Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Matthew “Stymie” Beard, and Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas—the gang within the Gang, whose personal histories Lee pursues through the passing years and shifting political landscape. In their checkered lives, and in the tumultuous life of the series, we discover an unexplored story of America, the messy, multiracial nation that found in Our Gang a comic avatar, a slapstick version of democracy itself.
Author | : Edward K. Spann |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780842051415 |
They burned bras, draft cards, and even the American flag. But what drove a group of young Americans to democratic revolution in the tumultuous years of the 1960s, and what made them think they could win? In this book, Edward K. Spann looks at the motivations and values of the young rebels of the 1960s. He links their fight for equality for African Americans, women, and other marginalized groups to the democratic values of their World War II-era parents. Spann provides a cultural portrait of who the rebels were, what they thought, what they did, and what became of them after they crossed that magical divide of age thirty. Democracy's Children will fascinate readers with its colorful depictions of the individuals, events, and drama of the 1960s.
Author | : Dave Nichols |
Publisher | : Motorbooks |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2010-05-08 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1616737662 |
From the editor-in-chief of Easyriders magazine, One Percenter presents an unprecedented social analysis of American outlaw biker culture. A longtime biker and self-proclaimed nonconformist, Dave Nichols is not a subtle man. “Bikers are the last wolves in a land of sheep,” he affirms—but the motivations of today’s biking culture stretch far back into the annals of human history. One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker illuminates the origins of rebel mentality, which began far outside of cycling: with groups from the Mongols and Huns to the Vikings, from pirates to the gunslingers of the Old West. In his signature no-nonsense style, Nichols traces his own defiant mindset from ancient times all the way into the modern era, where this one-percenter perspective is best embodied by outlaw bikers. As biographical as it is insightful, One Percenter also touches on the iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycle, gives a brief history of Easyriders magazine, and unapologetically criticizes the U.S. media for what Nichols views as a biased, unfairly negative portrayal of motorcycle clubs. Complete with an exclusive collection of photographs taken by Kim Peterson, editor of In The Wind magazine, this book offers a fascinating and analytical discussion of the rebel ethos that has become a staple of American popular culture.
Author | : Jim Miller |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780674197251 |
On June 12, 1962, 60 young activists drafted a manifesto for their generation--The Port Huron Statement--that ignited a decade of dissent. Miller brings to life the hopes and struggles, the triumphs and tragedies, of the students and organizers who took the political vision of The Port Huron Statement to heart--and to the streets.
Author | : Hilary Holladay |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0809328836 |
Combining essays from renowned Kerouac experts and emerging scholars, What's Your Road, Man? draws on an enormous amount of research into the literary, social, cultural, biographical, and historical contexts of Kerouac's canonical novel. Since its publication in 1957, On the Road has remained in print and has continued to be one of the most widely read twentieth-century American novels.
Author | : Lord Rc |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2007-07-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1430324376 |
A study of the novels and short stories of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)with presentation of a literary chronology of his career.
Author | : Tom Lutz |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780393321036 |
This provocative and indispensable book provides a natural and cultural history of our most mysterious and complex human function: our ability to shed tears. All humans, and only humans, weep. Tears are sometimes considered pleasurable, sometimes dangerous, mysterious, deceptive, or profound. Tears of happiness, tears of joy, the proud tears of a parent, tears of mourning, tears of laughter, tears of defeat --what do they have in common? Why is it that at times of victory, success, love, reunion, and celebration the outward signs of our emotions are identical to those of our most profound experiences of loss? Why We Cry looks at the many different ways people have understood weeping, from the earliest known representation of tears in the fourteenth century B.C. through the latest neurophysiological research. Despite our most common romantic assumptions, what this brilliant book tells us is that tears are never pure, they are never simple.