Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575186
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities—to their portrayal in the media—and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyrics to improbably successful sestinas. The poems fully engage pop culture as a strange, complicated presence that is revealing of America itself. This is a daring debut collection and a groundbreaking work. An online reader's companion will be available at http://sarahblake.site.wesleyan.edu.
Mr. West
Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575186
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities—to their portrayal in the media—and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyrics to improbably successful sestinas. The poems fully engage pop culture as a strange, complicated presence that is revealing of America itself. This is a daring debut collection and a groundbreaking work. An online reader's companion will be available at http://sarahblake.site.wesleyan.edu.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575186
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities—to their portrayal in the media—and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyrics to improbably successful sestinas. The poems fully engage pop culture as a strange, complicated presence that is revealing of America itself. This is a daring debut collection and a groundbreaking work. An online reader's companion will be available at http://sarahblake.site.wesleyan.edu.
"Wake Up, Mr. West"
Author: Joshua K. Wright
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644403
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Black celebrities in America have always walked a precarious line between their perceived status as spokespersons for their race and their own individual success--and between being "not black enough" for the black community or "too black" to appeal to a broader audience. Few know this tightrope walk better than Kanye West, who transformed hip-hop, pop and gospel music, redefined fashion, married the world's biggest reality TV star and ran for president, all while becoming one of only a handful of black billionaires worldwide. Despite these accomplishments, his polarizing behavior, controversial alliances and bouts with mental illness have made him a caricature in the media and a disappointment among much of his fanbase. This book examines West's story and what it reveals about black celebrity and identity and the American dream.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644403
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Black celebrities in America have always walked a precarious line between their perceived status as spokespersons for their race and their own individual success--and between being "not black enough" for the black community or "too black" to appeal to a broader audience. Few know this tightrope walk better than Kanye West, who transformed hip-hop, pop and gospel music, redefined fashion, married the world's biggest reality TV star and ran for president, all while becoming one of only a handful of black billionaires worldwide. Despite these accomplishments, his polarizing behavior, controversial alliances and bouts with mental illness have made him a caricature in the media and a disappointment among much of his fanbase. This book examines West's story and what it reveals about black celebrity and identity and the American dream.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1726
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1726
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee Investigating Expenditures in Senatorial Primary and General Elections
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1956
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1956
Book Description
Mr. Clutch
Author: Jerry West
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780136047100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Jerry West, "hillbilly kid" and greatest paradox in pro basketball, tells his own story and gives a lively picture of a tense and fast-paced game.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780136047100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Jerry West, "hillbilly kid" and greatest paradox in pro basketball, tells his own story and gives a lively picture of a tense and fast-paced game.
Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher:
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Category : Propaganda
Languages : en
Pages : 2202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Propaganda
Languages : en
Pages : 2202
Book Description
Jurisdiction of U.S. District Courts Over Suits Relating to Orders of State Administrative Boards
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Promotional Activities in the Foreign Agricultural Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Special Studies Subcommittee
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Control of Flood Waters on the American Side of the Rio Grande in the State of Texas
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
District of Columbia Appropriation Bill for 1937
Author: United States. Congress. House Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description