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Ride: A Second Chance Single Mom African American Romance

Autor: Chiquita Dennie

Número de Páginas: 195

Enjoy this steamy, sports, second chance romance..... Amena finally had her dream job as a top stylist when her world came crashing down around her. Now a single mother, she was determined to get her life back on track and be the best mom to her sweet little boy. Amena heads home for support from her family and comes face to face with her past. Laikin worked hard on the racetrack but played even harder off it. Fame, fortune and fast women were all his for the taking. And take, he did. That was true until the day he pulled over to help a beautiful woman and her son stranded on the side of the road. Amena. He never forgave her but he could never forget her. Now he has to decide how to keep her.

The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature

Autor: Yogita Goyal

Número de Páginas: 345

This book provides a systematic and vibrant account of the range and achievements of contemporary Black writers.

Black Love Matters

Autor: Jessica P. Pryde

Número de Páginas: 289

An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde. Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in the United States and across the diaspora, it hasn't often been easy to find Black romance joyfully showcased in entertainment media. In this collection, revered authors and sparkling newcomers, librarians and academicians, and avid readers and reviewers consider the mirrors and windows into Black love as it is depicted in the novels, television shows, and films that have shaped their own stories. Whether personal reflection or cultural commentary, these essays delve into Black love now and in the past, including topics from the history of Black romance to social justice and the Black community to the meaning of desire and desirability. Exploring the multifaceted ways love is seen—and the ways it isn't—this diverse array of Black voices collectively shines a light on the power of crafting happy endings for Black lovers. Jessica Pryde is...

Black Women Filmmakers and Black Love on Screen

Autor: Brandale N. Mills

Número de Páginas: 137

This book offers a thorough analysis of how romantic love between Black men and women (referred to here as Black Love) is portrayed in Hollywood films, specifically from the perspective of Black female filmmakers. Using historical and contemporary images of Black female representation in the media as a foundation, the main themes of this text focus on the male gazes’ influence on Hollywood narratives, the necessity for the Black female perspective in Hollywood, and that perspective’s influence on ideologies and narratives.

Black Pulp

Autor: Brooks E. Hefner

Número de Páginas: 247

A deep dive into mid-century African American newspapers, exploring how Black pulp fiction reassembled genre formulas in the service of racial justice In recent years, Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Marvel’s Black Panther, and HBO’s Watchmen have been lauded for the innovative ways they repurpose genre conventions to criticize white supremacy, celebrate Black resistance, and imagine a more racially just world—important progressive messages widely spread precisely because they are packaged in popular genres. But it turns out, such generic retooling for antiracist purposes is nothing new. As Brooks E. Hefner’s Black Pulp shows, this tradition of antiracist genre revision begins even earlier than recent studies of Black superhero comics of the 1960s have revealed. Hefner traces it back to a phenomenon that began in the 1920s, to serialized (and sometimes syndicated) genre stories written by Black authors in Black newspapers with large circulations among middle- and working-class Black readers. From the pages of the Pittsburgh Courier and the Baltimore Afro-American, Hefner recovers a rich archive of African American genre fiction from the 1920s through the mid-1950s—spanning...

The Crisis

Número de Páginas: 36

The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color. For nearly 100 years, The Crisis has been the magazine of opinion and thought leaders, decision makers, peacemakers and justice seekers. It has chronicled, informed, educated, entertained and, in many instances, set the economic, political and social agenda for our nation and its multi-ethnic citizens.

Ebony

Número de Páginas: 192

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Ebony

Número de Páginas: 184

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction

Autor: Jayashree Kamblé , Eric Murphy Selinger , Hsu-ming Teo

Número de Páginas: 570

Popular romance fiction constitutes the largest segment of the global book market. Bringing together an international group of scholars, The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction offers a ground-breaking exploration of this global genre and its remarkable readership. In recognition of the diversity of the form, the Companion provides a history of the genre, an overview of disciplinary approaches to studying romance fiction, and critical analyses of important subgenres, themes, and topics. It also highlights new and understudied avenues of inquiry for future research in this vibrant and still-emerging field. The first systematic, comprehensive resource on romance fiction, this Companion will be invaluable to students and scholars, and accessible to romance readers.

The African American Writer's Handbook

Autor: Robert Fleming

Número de Páginas: 354

With African Americans writing and buying books in record numbers, the time is ripe for a comprehensive publishing guide tailored expressly to the needs of this vibrant, creative community. The African American Writers Handbook meets this challenge perfectly. Written by veteran journalist and published author Robert Fleming, this book gives writers the heart, the determination, and above all the crucial information to publish successfully in this highly competitive field. Knowing the inner workings of the publishing industry provides any writer, novice or veteran, with a much needed advantage in the quest to get into print. Inside you'll find - A complete, step-by-step guide to every aspect of the publishing process, from the germination of a winning idea to the nuts and bolts of book production - Tips on submitting proposals, query letters, and preparing manuscripts for submission - Advice on negotiating contracts that extend careers - How to use on-line resources for research and profit - Interviews with top editors, agents, publishing executives, and bookstore owners - Updated information on copyrights, subsidiary rights, sales and marketing - The trials and triumphs of...

The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction

Autor: Darryl Dickson-carr

Número de Páginas: 292

From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, Darryl Dickson-Carr offers a definitive guide to contemporary African American literature. This volume-the only reference work devoted exclusively to African American fiction of the last thirty-five years-presents a wealth of factual and interpretive information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. In more than 160 concise entries, arranged alphabetically, Dickson-Carr discusses the careers, works, and critical receptions of Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Jamaica Kincaid, Charles Johnson, John Edgar Wideman, Leon Forrest, as well as other prominent and lesser-known authors. Each entry presents ways of reading the author's works, identifies key themes and influences, assesses the writer's overarching significance, and includes sources for further research. Dickson-Carr addresses the influence of a variety of literary movements, critical theories, and publishers of African American work. Topics discussed include the Black Arts Movement, African American postmodernism, feminism, and the influence of hip-hop, the blues, and jazz on African...

New Frontiers in Popular Romance

Autor: Susan Fanetti

Número de Páginas: 247

In the twenty-first century, the romance genre has gained a growing academic response, including the creation of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Popular romance has long been so ignored and maligned that seemingly every scholarly work on it opens with a lengthy defense of the genre and its value for academic study. Even the early scholarly works on the genre approach it in ways that, while primarily respectful, make sweeping generalizations about popular romance, its texts, and its readers. This essay collection examines the position of the romance genre in the twenty-first century, and the ways in which romance responds to and influences the culture and community in which it exists. Essays are divided into six sections, which cover the genre's relationship with masculinity, the importance of consent, historical romance, representation, social status and web-based romance fiction.

Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema

Autor: S. Torriano Berry , Venise T. Berry

Número de Páginas: 568

As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their history. The daunting subject of race and ethnicity permeated life in America at the turn of the twentieth century and due to the effect of certain early films, specific television images, and an often-biased news media, it still plagues us today. As new technologies bring the power of the moving image to the masses, African Americans will shoot and edit on laptop computers and share their stories with a global audience via the World Wide Web. These independently produced visions will add to the diverse cache of African American images being displayed on an ever-expanding silver screen. This wide range of stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1400 cross-referenced entries on actors,...

The African-American Writer's Guide to Successful Self-publishing

Autor: Takesha D. Powell

Número de Páginas: 164

With a ten-step plan, former "Jive/Intimacy" magazine editor and self-published author Powell shows aspiring authors how to turn their writing skills into a successful and profitable moneymaking writing and book publishing career.

A Companion to African American Literature

Autor: Gene Andrew Jarrett

Número de Páginas: 484

Through a series of essays that explore the forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, major authors, and latest critical approaches, A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive chronological overview of African American literature from the eighteenth century to the modern day Examines African American literature from its earliest origins, through the rise of antislavery literature in the decades leading into the Civil War, to the modern development of contemporary African American cultural media, literary aesthetics, and political ideologies Addresses the latest critical and scholarly approaches to African American literature Features essays by leading established literary scholars as well as newer voices

The Politics and Sociology of Silent Comedy Films

Autor: Richard W. Waterman

Número de Páginas: 243

Comedies were among the first films ever made, and comedy played a critical and often overlooked role in the early development of cinema. This original book holistically examines the political and sociological dimensions of silent comedy films and the motion picture industry at the turn of the 20th century. Richard Waterman takes a unique social science approach to the cinematic ecosystem and its development during this era, studying the wider context – the interconnected social, political, economic, and technological movements and forces – that shaped film production, distribution, and consumption in this pivotal period in the history of film and culture. These include moral standards and censorship, class, racism, antisemitism, sexism, and the global film market. Additionally, the book analyzes specific films in-depth to mine their themes, social context, and impact. Bridging the humanities and social sciences, this is a distinctive and valuable contribution to the study of early cinema.

Detecting Men

Autor: Philippa Gates

Número de Páginas: 358

Detecting Men examines the history of the Hollywood detective genre and the ways that detective films have negotiated changing social attitudes toward masculinity, heroism, law enforcement, and justice. Genre film can be a site for the expression and resolution of problematic social issues, but while there have been many studies of such other male genres as war films, gangster films, and Westerns, relatively little attention has been paid to detective films beyond film noir. In this volume, Philippa Gates examines classical films of the thirties and forties as well as recent examples of the genre, including Die Hard, the Lethal Weapon films, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Devil in a Blue Dress, and Murder by Numbers, in order to explore social anxieties about masculinity and crime and Hollywood's conceptions of gender. Up until the early 1990s, Gates argues, the primary focus of the detective genre was the masculinity of the hero. However, from the mid-1990s onward, the genre has shifted to more technical portrayals of crime scene investigation, forensic science, and criminal profiling, offering a reassuring image of law enforcement in the face of violent crime. By investigating the...

Understanding Octavia E. Butler

Autor: Kendra R. Parker

Número de Páginas: 202

New insights into the work of an acclaimed science fiction author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), a pioneer of science fiction and foremother of Afrofuturism, is among the most influential science fiction writers of all time. Her work blurs the boundaries of commercial genres, exploring themes of race, gender and sexuality, religion, politics, and environment. A recipient of the MacArthur "Genius Grant" and PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, Butler is best known for her novels Kindred (1979), Parable of the Sower (1993), and Fledgling (2005). In Understanding Octavia E. Butler, Kendra R. Parker surveys Butler's life, career, and major works, highlighting her ongoing interest in Black peoples' pasts, presents, and futures. After a biographical introduction, Parker evaluates Butler's career chronologically and thematically, with chapters covering her engagement with the African American literary tradition, her romance novels, and her nonfiction.

Feminist Aesthetics and the Politics of Modernism

Autor: Ewa Płonowska Ziarek

Número de Páginas: 284

Ewa Ziarek fully articulates a feminist aesthetics, focusing on the struggle for freedom in women's literary and political modernism and the devastating impact of racist violence and sexism. She examines the contradiction between women's transformative literary and political practices and the oppressive realities of racist violence and sexism, and she situates these tensions within the entrenched opposition between revolt and melancholia in studies of modernity and within the friction between material injuries and experimental aesthetic forms. Ziarek's political and aesthetic investigations concern the exclusion and destruction of women in politics and literary production and the transformation of this oppression into the inaugural possibilities of writing and action. Her study is one of the first to combine an in-depth engagement with philosophical aesthetics, especially the work of Theodor W. Adorno, with women's literary modernism, particularly the writing of Virginia Woolf and Nella Larsen, along with feminist theories on the politics of race and gender. By bringing seemingly apolitical, gender-neutral debates about modernism's experimental forms together with an analysis of...

Do the Right Thing

Autor: Ed Guerrero

Número de Páginas: 105

Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing (1989) is one of the most popular and celebrated examples of the African-American new black film wave. Set during the hottest day of a hot summer in New York City, the film's ensemble cast, including Lee himself, brilliantly play out the edgy negotiations and dramas of a racially and culturally diverse working-class Brooklyn neighborhood. Contrary to Hollywood's markedly cautious treatment of 'race' and its confinement to the South and the past, Do The Right Thing offers a nuanced portrayal of black urban life.From hip-hop fashions, Afrocentric colors and rap music, to police brutality, gentrification, non-white immigration, de-industrialization and joblessness, Do The Right Thing depicts it all, from a contemporary, African-American point of view. In his insightful study of the film, Ed Guerrero discusses how it epitomizes Spike Lee's powerful impact on the representation of race and difference in America, the progress of black film-making and the rise of multicultural voices in the media. This new edition includes a foreword by the author reflecting on Lee's subsequent film-making career and on an America in which African-Americans still contend...

Texts Of Desire

Autor: Linda K. Christian-smith University Of Wisconsin-oshkosh, Usa.

Número de Páginas: 198

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

From Head Shops to Whole Foods

Autor: Joshua C. Davis

Número de Páginas: 354

In the 1960s and ’70s, a diverse range of storefronts—including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers—brought the work of the New Left, Black Power, feminism, environmentalism, and other movements into the marketplace. Through shared ownership, limited growth, and democratic workplaces, these activist entrepreneurs offered alternatives to conventional profit-driven corporate business models. By the middle of the 1970s, thousands of these enterprises operated across the United States—but only a handful survive today. Some, such as Whole Foods Market, have abandoned their quest for collective political change in favor of maximizing profits. Vividly portraying the struggles, successes, and sacrifices of these unlikely entrepreneurs, From Head Shops to Whole Foods writes a new history of social movements and capitalism by showing how activists embraced small businesses in a way few historians have considered. The book challenges the widespread but mistaken idea that activism and political dissent are inherently antithetical to participation in the marketplace. Joshua Clark Davis uncovers the historical roots of contemporary interest...

Media Texts, Authors and Readers

Autor: David Graddol , Oliver Boyd-barrett

Número de Páginas: 300

A collection of 18 articles, most previously published, illustrating some recent applications of linguistics and literary criticism to the electronic mass media. They cover texts and linguistic theory, the structure of texts, the problem of authorship, and the role of the reader/viewer. One of four readers for use in an Open University course. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

100 Most Popular African American Authors

Autor: Bernard A. Drew

Número de Páginas: 373

Here's a one stop resource, containing 100 profiles of your favorite contemporary African American writers, along with complete lists of their works. Focusing on writers who have made their mark in the past 25 years, this guide stresses African American writers of popular and genre literature-from Rochelle Alers and Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, and Omar Tyree, with a few classic literary giants also included. Short profiles provide an overview of the author's life and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are accompanied by black-and-white photos of the author. The biographies are followed by a complete list of the author's published works. Where can you find information about popular, contemporary African American authors? Web sites can be difficult to locate and unreliable, particularly for some of the newer authors, and their contents are inconsistent and often inaccurate. Although there are a number of reference works on African American writers, the emphasis tends to be on historical and literary authors. Here's a single volume containing 100 profiles of your favorite contemporary African American writers, along with lists of their works....

Technical Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography

Autor: United States. Commission On Obscenity And Pornography

Número de Páginas: 1264

Big Fiction

Autor: Dan Sinykin

Número de Páginas: 227

Shortlisted, 2024 SHARP Book History Book Prize, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought Random House in 1965, and then other large corporations purchased other formerly independent publishers. As multinational conglomerates consolidated the industry, the business of literature—and literature itself—transformed. Dan Sinykin explores how changes in the publishing industry have affected fiction, literary form, and what it means to be an author. Giving an inside look at the industry’s daily routines, personal dramas, and institutional crises, he reveals how conglomeration has shaped what kinds of books and writers are published. Sinykin examines four different sectors of the publishing industry: mass-market books by brand-name authors like Danielle Steel; trade publishers that encouraged genre elements in literary fiction; nonprofits such as Graywolf that aspired to protect literature from market pressures;...

Democracy Moving

Autor: Ariel Nereson

Número de Páginas: 291

Explores the potential of movement to create and revise historical narratives of race and nation

African American Women and Sexuality in the Cinema

Autor: Norma Manatu

Número de Páginas: 248

The representation of African American women is an important issue in the overall study of how women are portrayed in film, and has received serious attention in recent years. Traditionally, "women of color," particularly African American women, have been at the margins of studies of women's on-screen depictions--or excluded altogether. This work focuses exclusively on the sexual objectification of African American women in film from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Critics of the negative sexual imagery have long speculated that control by African American filmmakers would change how African American women are depicted. This work examines sixteen films made by males both white and black to see how the imagery might change with the race of the filmmaker. Four dimensions are given special attention: the diversity of the women's roles and relationships with men, the sexual attitudes of the African American female characters, their attitudes towards men, and their nonverbal and verbal sexual behaviors. This work also examines the role culture has played in perpetuating the images, how film influences viewers' perception of African American women and their sexuality, and how the imagery...

A History of the African American Novel

Autor: Valerie Babb

Número de Páginas: 499

This History is intended for a broad audience seeking knowledge of how novels interact with and influence their cultural landscape. Its interdisciplinary approach will appeal to those interested in novels and film, graphic novels, novels and popular culture, transatlantic blackness, and the interfacing of race, class, gender, and aesthetics.

Desegregating Comics

Autor: Qiana Whitted

Número de Páginas: 369

Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex and reveals that even as caricatures predominated, some Golden Age comics creators offered more progressive and nuanced depictions of Black people. Desegregating Comics assembles a team of leading scholars to explore how debates about the representation of Blackness shaped both the production and reception of Golden Age comics. Some essays showcase rare titles like Negro Romance and consider the formal innovations introduced by Black comics creators like Matt Baker and Alvin Hollingsworth, while others examine the treatment of race in the work of such canonical cartoonists as George Herriman and Will Eisner. The collection also investigates how Black fans read and loved comics, but implored publishers to stop including hurtful stereotypes. As this book shows, Golden Age comics artists, writers, editors, distributors, and readers engaged in heated negotiations over how Blackness should be portrayed, and...

Ebony

Número de Páginas: 184

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

WORLD: The Great Wall Of Publishing An Entrepreneurial Analogy

Autor: Sheila Shaw

Número de Páginas: 30

The Great Wall of Publishing: An Entrepreneurial Analogy Just as the Great Wall of China stands as a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance, the journey of an independent author-entrepreneur in the publishing industry is a monumental undertaking that requires vision, strategy, and unwavering determination5. Imagine your publishing venture as a vast, interconnected structure akin to the Great Wall. You, the author-entrepreneur, are the emperor overseeing the construction and maintenance of this grand edifice. Your parent company is the imperial court, the central authority from which all decisions and resources flow7. Each watchtower along your publishing wall represents a subsidiary or role you must manage: The Author's Tower: This is where creativity flourishes, and your literary works are crafted. The Editor's Fortress: A stronghold of quality control, ensuring your content is polished and refined. The Designer's Pavilion: Where your book's visual identity takes shape, from cover art to interior layout. The Marketer's Beacon: A signal fire that attracts readers from far and wide. The Distributor's Gateway: The point where your book embarks on its journey to reach readers. ...

¡Estirar la pata! II

Autor: Sheila Shaw

Número de Páginas: 30

¿Qué hace que las palomitas de maíz gourmet sean un negocio lucrativo? Esta sección profundiza en las razones principales por las que las palomitas de maíz gourmet ofrecen un potencial de ganancias excepcional y las estadísticas actuales dentro de la industria que las hacen tan lucrativas. Se prevé que el mercado mundial de palomitas de maíz alcance la friolera de 23.500 millones de dólares para 2033, creciendo a una impresionante tasa compuesta anual del 9,7% entre 2024 y 2033. La región de Asia y el Pacífico lidera actualmente la carga, con una importante cuota de mercado del 48,2%, valorada en 4.500 millones de dólares, lo que la convierte en un mercado ideal para la expansión. Las palomitas de maíz listas para comer son el rey de la colina, acaparando un sustancial 67,4% de la participación total en los ingresos, lo que demuestra la preferencia del consumidor por la comodidad. Además, las palomitas de maíz con forma de mariposa son la elección abrumadora de la gente, representando el 73,4% del mercado, debido a su textura ligera y aireada. Los ingredientes fundamentales (maíz, aceite y saborizantes) están fácilmente disponibles y son económicos, lo que...

Exposed

Autor: Chiquita Dennie

Número de Páginas: 166

Becoming a celebrity wasn't the plan, neither was falling for her bodyguard. Lauren Armstrong as always dreamed of starting her own makeup line. As a Social Media Influencer she wins the opportunity to become a brand ambassador of a hot new cosmetics firm, Sinful. It's everything she dreamed of and will give her the experience to start her own line someday. But fame and fortune comes with its own danger when Lauren realizes she has a stalker. Dominic Combs is ex-military, headstrong, handsome, and dangerous. When he's hired as Lauren's bodyguard, it isn't easy to protect the outgoing beautiful woman. As Lauren and Dominic constantly butt heads, and the age difference between them is only one of the many factors that make this romance impossible. Can Dominic protect Lauren, or should he be focused on protecting his own heart instead? Hit the one-click button now to indulge in this suspense-filled military romance. A steamy contemporary romance, forbidden, angsty romance, appealing to readers who love bodyguard romances with happy ever afters. Topics: contemporary romance, african american romance, forbidden romance,sexy romance, steamy romance, action adventure romance, one night...

Immortal Films

Autor: Barbara Klinger

Número de Páginas: 368

Casablanca is one of the most celebrated Hollywood films of all time, its iconic romance enshrined in collective memory across generations. Drawing from archival materials, industry trade journals, and cultural commentary, Barbara Klinger explores the history of Casablanca's circulation in the United States from the early 1940s to the present by examining its exhibition via radio, repertory houses, television, and video. By resituating the film in the dynamically changing industrial, technological, and cultural circumstances that have defined its journey over eight decades, Klinger challenges our understanding of its meaning and reputation as both a Hollywood classic and a cult film. Through this single-film survey, Immortal Films proposes a new approach to the study of film history and aesthetics and, more broadly, to cinema itself as a medium in constant interface with other media as a necessary condition of its own public existence and endurance.

Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context

Autor: Linda De Roche

Número de Páginas: 2069

This four-volume reference work surveys American literature from the early 20th century to the present day, featuring a diverse range of American works and authors and an expansive selection of primary source materials. Bringing useful and engaging material into the classroom, this four-volume set covers more than a century of American literary history—from 1900 to the present. Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context profiles authors and their works and provides overviews of literary movements and genres through which readers will understand the historical, cultural, and political contexts that have shaped American writing. Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context provides wide coverage of authors, works, genres, and movements that are emblematic of the diversity of modern America. Not only are major literary movements represented, such as the Beats, but this work also highlights the emergence and development of modern Native American literature, African American literature, and other representative groups that showcase the diversity of American letters. A rich selection of primary documents and background material provides...

Something Earned

Autor: Chiquita Dennie

Número de Páginas: 105

Enjoy this steamy forced proximity work place romance..... Kianna has worked hard and knows she deserves a promotion at the radio station, despite what all the naysayers in her life say. Caleb has gone above and beyond to prove he can handle taking on more responsibilities at work. What he’s not sure he’s ready to handle is competing with Kianna for a job. A promotion is up for grabs, but only one can have it. With ex-lovers, a relationship that’s blurring the lines between coworkers, good friends, and lovers, Kianna and Caleb have a lot on their minds. Can they ignore the outside distractions and focus on what matters, or will they jeopardize what could be the best thing that ever happened to them?

The Cultural Politics of Chick Lit

Autor: Heike Missler

Número de Páginas: 232

Chick lit is the marketing label attributed to a surge of books published in the wake of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) and Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (1997). Branded by their pink or pastel-coloured book covers, chick-lit novels have been a highly successful and ubiquitous product of women's popular culture since the late 1990s. This study traces the evolution of chick lit not only as a genre of popular fiction, but as a cultural phenomenon. It complicates the genealogy of the texts by situating them firmly in the context of age-old debates about female literary creation, and by highlighting the dynamics of the popular-fiction market. Offering a convincing dissection of the formula which lies at the heart of chick lit, as well as in-depth analyses of a number of chick-lit titles ranging from classic to more recent and edgier texts, this book yields new insights into a relatively young field of academic study. Its close readings provide astute assessments of chick lit's notoriously skewed representational politics, especially with regard to sexuality and ethnicity, which feed into current discussions about postfeminism. Moreover, the study makes a unique...