Author: Damali Robertson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483493563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Love. Loss. Healing. + Brawta
Author: Damali Robertson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483493563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483493563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Righting Her-story
Author: Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782970068709
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782970068709
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Making of the West Indies
Author: F. R. Augier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Indies
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Indies
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Crossing the Equator
Author: Nicholas Christopher
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156031400
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Offers a collection of poems that explore urban life, travel, and the depths of the human experience.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156031400
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Offers a collection of poems that explore urban life, travel, and the depths of the human experience.
King Yellowman
Author: Brent Hagerman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789766408510
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789766408510
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Scammer's Yard
Author: Jovan Scott Lewis
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145296436X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Tells the story of Jamaican “scammers” who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair There is romance in stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but how does that change when those perceived rich are elderly white North Americans and the poor are young Black Jamaicans? In this innovative ethnography, Jovan Scott Lewis tells the story of Omar, Junior, and Dwayne. Young and poor, they strive to make a living in Montego Bay, where call centers and tourism are the two main industries in the struggling economy. Their experience of grinding poverty and drastically limited opportunity leads them to conclude that scamming is the best means of gaining wealth and advancement. Otherwise, they are doomed to live in “sufferation”—an inescapable poverty that breeds misery, frustration, and vexation. In the Jamaican lottery scam run by these men, targets are told they have qualified for a large loan or award if they pay taxes or transfer fees. When the fees are paid, the award never arrives, netting the scammers tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Through interviews, historical sources, song lyrics, and court testimonies, Lewis examines how these scammers justify their deceit, discovering an ethical narrative that reformulates ideas of crime and transgression and their relationship to race, justice, and debt. Scammer’s Yard describes how these young men, seeking to overcome inequality and achieve autonomy, come to view crime as a form of liberation. Their logic raises unsettling questions about a world economy that relegates postcolonial populations to deprivation even while expecting them to follow the rules of capitalism that exacerbate their dispossession. In this groundbreaking account, Lewis asks whether true reparation for the legacy of colonialism is to be found only through radical—even criminal—means.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145296436X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Tells the story of Jamaican “scammers” who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair There is romance in stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but how does that change when those perceived rich are elderly white North Americans and the poor are young Black Jamaicans? In this innovative ethnography, Jovan Scott Lewis tells the story of Omar, Junior, and Dwayne. Young and poor, they strive to make a living in Montego Bay, where call centers and tourism are the two main industries in the struggling economy. Their experience of grinding poverty and drastically limited opportunity leads them to conclude that scamming is the best means of gaining wealth and advancement. Otherwise, they are doomed to live in “sufferation”—an inescapable poverty that breeds misery, frustration, and vexation. In the Jamaican lottery scam run by these men, targets are told they have qualified for a large loan or award if they pay taxes or transfer fees. When the fees are paid, the award never arrives, netting the scammers tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Through interviews, historical sources, song lyrics, and court testimonies, Lewis examines how these scammers justify their deceit, discovering an ethical narrative that reformulates ideas of crime and transgression and their relationship to race, justice, and debt. Scammer’s Yard describes how these young men, seeking to overcome inequality and achieve autonomy, come to view crime as a form of liberation. Their logic raises unsettling questions about a world economy that relegates postcolonial populations to deprivation even while expecting them to follow the rules of capitalism that exacerbate their dispossession. In this groundbreaking account, Lewis asks whether true reparation for the legacy of colonialism is to be found only through radical—even criminal—means.
Girl Wars
Author: Cheryl Dellasega
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743253647
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The only book with a program that is proven to solve the problem of female bullying, a controversial issue first exposed in the bestselling Reviving Ophelia. Stop the Hurting Mary Pipher's bestselling Reviving Ophelia triggered widespread interest in the culture of preteen and teenage girls and the seeming epidemic of relational aggression (bullying) among them. Gossip, teasing, forming cliques, and other cruel behaviors are the basis of this bullying, which harms both victim and aggressor. Until now, no one has been able to offer practical and effective solutions that stop girls from hurting each other with words and actions. But in Girl Wars, two experts explain not only how to prevent such behavior but also how to intervene should it happen, as well as overcome the culture that breeds it. Illustrated by compelling true stories from mothers and girls, the authors offer effective, easy-to-implement strategies that range from preventive to prescriptive, such as how to -Adopt a "help, don't hurt" strategy -Provide positive role models -Teach communication skills online and off -Stress assertiveness, not aggressiveness -Learn conflict resolution skills -Identify alternatives to bullying behavior With their combined experience in offering and evaluating programs that combat bullying, the authors show that girls not only want to help rather than hurt each other, they can do so with guidance from concerned adults.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743253647
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The only book with a program that is proven to solve the problem of female bullying, a controversial issue first exposed in the bestselling Reviving Ophelia. Stop the Hurting Mary Pipher's bestselling Reviving Ophelia triggered widespread interest in the culture of preteen and teenage girls and the seeming epidemic of relational aggression (bullying) among them. Gossip, teasing, forming cliques, and other cruel behaviors are the basis of this bullying, which harms both victim and aggressor. Until now, no one has been able to offer practical and effective solutions that stop girls from hurting each other with words and actions. But in Girl Wars, two experts explain not only how to prevent such behavior but also how to intervene should it happen, as well as overcome the culture that breeds it. Illustrated by compelling true stories from mothers and girls, the authors offer effective, easy-to-implement strategies that range from preventive to prescriptive, such as how to -Adopt a "help, don't hurt" strategy -Provide positive role models -Teach communication skills online and off -Stress assertiveness, not aggressiveness -Learn conflict resolution skills -Identify alternatives to bullying behavior With their combined experience in offering and evaluating programs that combat bullying, the authors show that girls not only want to help rather than hurt each other, they can do so with guidance from concerned adults.
On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
Author: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536218103
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
First published by Walker Books (UK) 2020.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536218103
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
First published by Walker Books (UK) 2020.
Hyaena Season
Author: Richard Osler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988254241
Category : Canadian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The poems of Hyaena Season examine, with narrative and lyric intensity, the intimacies of a wide range of human experience from the killing grounds of Rwanda and DR Congo, to more familiar Canadian settings. But no matter the topics - whether memories of parents, children, lovers or the even more challenging stories of physical and emotional conflict at home or away, the focus is intensely personal as the poems grapple with the tensions between the darker undercurrents and tender epiphanies that make up human experience.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988254241
Category : Canadian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The poems of Hyaena Season examine, with narrative and lyric intensity, the intimacies of a wide range of human experience from the killing grounds of Rwanda and DR Congo, to more familiar Canadian settings. But no matter the topics - whether memories of parents, children, lovers or the even more challenging stories of physical and emotional conflict at home or away, the focus is intensely personal as the poems grapple with the tensions between the darker undercurrents and tender epiphanies that make up human experience.
Poemcrazy
Author: Susan G. Wooldridge
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307559122
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems more likely to happen.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307559122
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems more likely to happen.