Author: Brooke Stephens
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307813517
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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One evening in 1994, writer Brooke Stephens was listening to the news while working on a tribute to her grandfather for an upcoming family reunion. The evening's newscast began with three negative reports about black men--as rapists, muggers and murderers. The contrast between the black men on the news and the black man she was writing about suddenly seemed enormous. Where were the black men she knew? Stephens wondered. Why were they never featured on the evening news? Never publicly discussed or shown? From these questions, the idea for Men We Cherish was born. Waiting to Exhale and the Million Man March to the contrary, good black men are neither fantasy nor unanswered prayer. In Men We Cherish, thirty African American women celebrate these everyday heroes: fathers and grandfathers, brothers and best friends, sons and husbands. These essays, memoirs, and love letters offer moving portraits of the three-out-of-four black men who never make the headlines. The men in the lives of established black women writers, including Bebe Moore Campbell, Gloria Wade-Gayles, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and the Delany sisters, reflect the diversity, honesty, generosity and depth that is the reality of African American men. With Men We Cherish, Brooke Stephens has created a groundbreaking collection that stands alone in the market as a literary memoir, a social critique, and an affirmation of faith.
Author: Jamillah A. McDaniel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615636092
Category : Contemporary fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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All the Men We Love is an inspiring story of first generation college graduates journeying to become complete women. The story focuses on three twenty-something, young, hip, professional, urban women. Cameron Turner, Tomiko Bordeaux, and LaShaun Johnson are women prepared to make their mark on the metro area of Atlanta, GA. Cameron is a second year graduate student by day and a gifted poet by night. Her beauty, talent, and charm make for an eclectic soul that her friends adore. She is facing a constant battle with continuing school, pursuing her poetic license, and losing her virginity. Cameron is ready for love, but can't seem to discern if her supposed soul mate, Corey, is truly good for her. Tomiko, a bold, confident and beautiful woman, works at a reputable marketing firm. Raised by a single mother in Chicago, she is not familiar with the concept of unconditional love from a man. Her hard exterior is shattered when Michael proposes to marry her. Tomiko attempts to devalue her relationship with him, until betrayal places her in harm's way. If you want someone on your side when times get rough, LaShaun is the one to have in your corner. Her liberated and sometimes less than feminine demeanor is enough to make any person intimidated. Her friends know that she is a caring person, even when she curses them out. LaShaun desires to be with a financially secure man and in order to keep her ideal mate, she allows Jason, an arrogant man, to run in and out of her life.
Author: Eleonora “Gigi” Bulz
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456892614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 71
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Author: bell hooks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743480333
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, a timelessly necessary treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all, with a new introduction by poet Ross Gay. Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men. Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to Change, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are. With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. The Will to Change “creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal—not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives” (BuzzFeed).
Author: Gary Thomas
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310347270
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Gary Thomas, pastor and bestselling author of Sacred Marriage, believes that one simple word can bring hope, light, and life into any marriage: Cherish. Most marriages survive by gritting teeth and holding on. But what if surviving marriage wasn't the goal? What if we aimed to thrive instead? In Cherish, Thomas teaches us that although there are a countless number of marriages consisting of two people just going through the motions, there are real ways this pattern can be reversed: when husbands and wives learn to cherish one another in their everyday actions and words. The way we treat something acknowledges whether we cherish it or hold it with indifference or contempt. To truly cherish something is to go out of our way to show it off, protect it, and honor it. We want others to see and recognize and affirm the value that we see. Thomas reminds us that in a world desperate for marriage redemption, the act of cherishing is needed now more than ever. Cherishing your spouse will elevate your marriage relationally, emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. You will set different goals for your relationship, and you'll see your marriage with fresh eyes. Through personal stories, real-world examples, and timeless biblical truths, Thomas shares the tools you need to turn your marriage around, including: Using your mind to change your heart Sacrificing for your spouse Praying with intentionality Prioritizing your life partner Through the biblical act of cherishing, we can empower our spouses to become who they are called by God to be, and in the process to become more of who we are called to be, creating a marriage that feels more precious, more connected, and more satisfying. If you're ready to revolutionize your relationship, it's time to learn how to truly Cherish it.
Author: James Louis Hevia
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822316374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time--the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion was the mission of Lord Macartney, sent by the British crown and sponsored by the East India Company, to the court of the Qianlong emperor. Cherishing Men from Afar looks at the initial confrontation between these two empires from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies. The history of this encounter, like that of most colonial and imperial encounters, has traditionally been told from the Europeans' point of view. In this book, James L. Hevia consults Chinese sources--many previously untranslated--for a broader sense of what Qing court officials understood; and considers these documents in light of a sophisticated anthropological understanding of Qing ritual processes and expectations. He also reexamines the more familiar British accounts in the context of recent critiques of orientalism and work on the development of the bourgeois subject. Hevia's reading of these sources reveals the logics of two discrete imperial formations, not so much impaired by the cultural misunderstandings that have historically been attributed to their meeting, but animated by differing ideas about constructing relations of sovereignty and power. His examination of Chinese and English-language scholarly treatments of this event, both historical and contemporary, sheds new light on the place of the Macartney mission in the dynamics of colonial and imperial encounters.
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Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1609
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Author: D.L. Macdonald
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1551110512
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1609
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The selections from 132 authors in this anthology represent gender, social class, and racial and national origin as inclusively as possible, providing both greater context for canonical works and a sense of the era’s richness and diversity. In terms of genre, poetry, non-fiction prose, philosophy, educational writing, and prose fiction are included. Geographically, America, Canada, Australia, India, and Africa are represented along with Britain, emphasizing Romantic literature as a world literature. Biographical headnotes, explanatory footnotes, and an extensive bibliography clarify and illuminate the texts for readers.
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Languages : en
Pages : 808
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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