Customer Reviews:
Patchen's Picture Poems.......2000-06-18
Opening this book to any of the three dozen prints it contains is like (at least to those of us whom excessive exposure to workaday prose and to overlapping error-messages threatens to render prematurely senile) suddenly remembering what it was like to be a kid sitting in a tree, dangling your legs, and singing any old song you felt like singing irreverently. Patchen's colorful figures and backgrounds and words remind me of Kandinsky and Klee and maybe even of the boy Wm. Karlos Williams must have been. This is art that makes me smile and gently reminds me to pick my battles, tell the truth, and, while there's still time, gaze long and selfishly and irresponsibly at the night sky.
Book Description
This introductory women's studies reader offers a wide range of classic, conceptual, and experiential writings--over 105 selections in all. Chapter introductions provide background information on each chapter's topic, including explanations of key concepts and ideas and references to the subsequent reading selections. The anthology also offers numerous pedagogical features designed to engage students in active learning.
Customer Reviews:
Womens vision.......2007-05-31
This book sucks I think they tried to put to much information in here and didn't fully cover and explain what they were talking about.Plus the readings were extremely boring. I expected more from a book covering women it should have been very interesting.
Excellent textbook for Intro to Women's Studies.......2006-10-27
I love this anthology for many reasons and find it ideal for an Intro level WS class. Each chapter begins with an introduction that summarizes the readings and puts them in a context. I expect the intros to be a little overwhelming for my students, but then we take time in class to discuss the key points and break them down to a more manageable level. Each chapter includes at least one essay with a global feminist perspective, which is one of the reasons I like this book. There is a good mix of essays representing minorities and essays that my students (who are predominately white, heterosexual Americans) "can relate to." Some of the essays are dry but very informative; when planning a class it might be best to present those in a powerpoint or lecture rather than have the students read them. This book contains many of the pivotal authors in the feminist movement, and hits all the major women's studies concepts. The only difficulty is figuring out what to excise from my syllabus, since there are *so* many readings I want to include and not enough class time to discuss them.
The negative reviews on this page seem to reflect the opinions of passive learners or students who need a lot of support to make sense of what they're reading. This book does *not* indicate that women who want to be housewives should receive our disdain, as one reviewer below indicates. It is instead very inclusive and allows for many perspectives to converse within its pages.
The book Listen Up is a good complement to this anthology, since its essays are informal and personal.
Lee's Student.......2006-04-06
I have Lee as a professor right now. I thought it was interesting that she helped write the book, and then was going to teach with it. Well when we were assigned to read the first chapter the first class, I thought..how am I going to read the rest of this??! The way the book is set up, I can't even follow it. The terms are thrown in the middle of paragraphs, and it's difficult to follow along. I think it just seems like a lot of "babble" throught the whole thing. If things were set up better, I'm sure the ideas presented would be wonderful, but it's just difficult how it is.
Great Introduction.......2005-10-28
This book is a great introduction for those who want to learn more about what feminism is all about. The book contains the history of the women's movement and articles from a variety of authors concerning the lives of women from different social and cultural backgrounds. The issue of race and sexuality are important topics in the book because depending on their background women have very different experiences with sexism. It delves deeply into the reality of oppression and how it effects everybody and not just a certain group of people. It's a great read if you would like to see women's issues from the perspective of a diverse range of people.
disappointing.......2005-05-27
This is a book for a web course I took this term. The book has an interesting set up; half of the chapter is a textbook type chapter, with background and information, the other half is a reader with selections from modern feminists. The first half was nicely done. There was the main part of the text, with boxes that featured activities and polls and profiles. The second half is what pissed me off. Now no offense to any pacific islander lesbians or hispanic transgendered people, I have no problem or complaints with you. The book however, got so caught up with issues that effected a small microcosm of society, that it failed to connect with me. You know a white woman college student. In many cases it insulted me, one essay refered to women in the academic world as 'white women helpers' of the 'male heirarchy.' Excuse me as I get my flying monkeys. It made the classic mistake of open-mindedness; it closed its mind to everything but what its being open-minded about.
I have a friend in college whose goal is to get married and have kids. She is majoring in physical therapy and plans to work in the school system so her schedual will work with the kids scheduals. Great goals, she knows more about where she is going than I am. The people portrayed in this book (and many in the course) would consider her a sell out. Would respect her more if she was living in the back of a Westfalia van writing a zine or lesbian p0rn or something. And I just can't stand that. While a man and some ankle-biters might not be in my future any time soon, I respect that that is what she wants in life. Whats the meaning of a 'woman's movement' if they don't respect women?
Book Description
Surprised by the Voice of God" focuses on how God speaks to us today through prophecies, dreams, visions, and other forms of divine communication. Condensed audio version of the book. Recorded live before an audience.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent reading!.......2007-07-22
Insipiring! Easy to read! Loved every word! If you are a fan of the Holy Spirit, YOU will love this book on how to hear the voice of God in today's hectic (loud!) world. I passed the book on and, for all I know, it's already been around the world.
Answer to "a Reader" who cries "Perversion".......2007-05-30
To be a fair person one should act fairly. Calling a book a "perversion" and citing an article from an antagonistic source is only half the story. It would be objective to cite the answer to that antagonistic source and let the reader who chooses to "check it out" to make up his own mind. Such is the case at hand. The antagonstic source is a paper published by a group strongly opposed to Jack Deere. Mr. Deere answered the claims of that article at this source. www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5951/PP2.html
It may be that "a reader" did not know of the above source...or, since he searched enough to find one type of article--he just agrees with it. Either way it is still not a "balanced" review.
Check it out and you will see that the small section of quotes listed in the "review" are very misleading.
The voice of God.......2007-05-14
This is an excellent book for anyone interested in knowing how God speaks to us.
Why Do I Dream?.......2006-11-06
Since I had had a dream in the Army Chemical Corps school in 1977 on Thanksgiving about some sort of Chemical weapons attack on my former neighborhood, I had been intrigued by my dreams. I know that in taking "Psychology 101" in college I had even bought a book about dreams by Elizabeth Loftus which the professor recommended but never read it. I had another one that had predicted my temporarily dropping out of grad school in 1984 due to an impossible schedule-and it happened like that. But in the APG dream, I am reminded of my studies of Daniel the Prophet and how Daniel was an advisor to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, while Daniel had prophetic dreams about the rise and fall of the great powers-as Babylon was a great power or world empire in that day!
I had been having dreams about the Black Horse of Famine from Revelation 6-the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse chapter. Apparently America's economic ruin or famine is a judgment from God for our sins and cruelty! I live in the "Rust Belt" of America!
Jack Deere was a Hebrew Professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. But he turned Pentecostal and left that organzation. So, I am influenced both my Dallas Seminary authors as well as the Charismatic teachings as well.
One "prophecy" given to a lttle girl intrigued me. Why did God send a prophet to tell a little girl that her parents' marital problems were not her fault when I had gone through an even more hellish existance as a child in a divided home and all I got from the Catholic church was insults like calling little old Mensa me "stupid fool" or crazy fool" in class. Not to mention my cruel sadistic Nazi of a father who harshly tried to dominate and terrify me. So, I really don't get it? And they do not even like me to attend church. And all I get from most media ministers is hate when I bring my problems up to them.
I know that the song "live Like You Were Dying" had inspired me to take a chance at reviving my ambitions in photography when I have three chronic illnesses. Jack had said that God can speak to us even in a secular song.
I have also looked at booklets by Kenneth E. Hagin trying to make sense of my spiritual dreams. Maybe there needs to be more good Christian books on this subject-and not the New Age type.
Yes, God does speak to us through dreams. I know that the dream I had in 1988 of a flaming passenger jet crashing into downtown Toledo where I live did seem to make sense on the day of 9/11. I did report this for the local FAA becuase I wanted to know if I was living in a dangerous area that passenger jets flew over.
I noticed from personal experience with my dreams that when something happens, it is like in the Bible Codes where something that my dream seems to predict happens, I know its from God. Drosnin finds the codes to show that the event was predicted 3500 years ago, but now we are just discovering it written or hidden in the Bible.
Some limitations are like when I had dreamt that I was going to become a personal assistant to Sadaam Hussein at a time when people were persecuting me. Obviously, that is not going to happen since they just hung him. And there was nothing I could do to actually get ahold of Sadaam after I had that dream. Another time when I was a sky watcher, I had seen possibly a vision of a cloud that was shaped like the island of Cuba around 1994. And like Constantine of Rome seeinng a vision of the Cross in a cloud in the sky telling him to go to war in the name of the cross, and he won the war. I thought maybe Jesus was telling me to flee persecution to Cuba. And when they did send me a visa application and I filled it out and mailed it to them, I heard nothing. And further they sent me a threatening issue of GRAMNA showing a frightening picture and article about labotomies! So, I guess that "guidance" about the island of Cuba in a cloud in the sky was not true guidance from God.So, we must watch what we "step out in faith" to do based on our dreams and visions.
Listen More; Talk Less (2 Ears/1Mouth). On-point scholarly must reading .......2006-07-10
Dr. Deere's wisdom, warm and digestable scholarship and transparency all packaged up in a neat Zondervan book/bundle for a song via Amazon.com; get a copy ASAP and go on a private retreat to get back to 1st century Christian Basics 101: hearing God speak NOW 24/7 as your Coach, Guide, and Mentor. Can't stop reading and rereading this awesome how-to practical guide on escaping "yellowed pages" of Bible theory to reliving the book of Acts in the now. Pastor/professor Deere's been on both sides; former prof at fundamentalist/cessationalist Dallas Seminary; now living/experiencing the supernatural presence and power of An Awesome God who won't be boxed up into private quiet times and 2-3 hours on week-ends.
Deere's greatness is his balance; savvy scholarship emphasizing authority of Scripture but warm application showing you how experience/know God as The Coach who directs his kids in the game of life by a myriad of methods formerly viewed as the exclusive property of 1st Century (book of Acts) Christianity.
Jack gives you all the stuff you need to activate; coupled with hints, tips, warnings, dangers and pitfalls; shows how to be winsome and positive and come off not looking wild, weird, strange, and armed/dangerous to any local church fellowship.
After you get it down pat enough to move on; see also his sequels also available here at Amazon: "Surprised...By the Power of The Spirit," and "The Beginner's Guide To The Gift Of Prophecy."
Jack is pointing the direction and leading the way all Christianity needs to move; back to a balanced supernatural lifestyle of experiencing the power and presence of an infinite God who wants to share His ability, power, and wisdom with people far more that most of us would ever believe possible in the post-modern age of hi-tech secularization and separation of the divine from daily experiences outside the church walls.
Average customer rating:
- Poetry in a New Light
- Poetry in a New Light
|
Modern American Poets: Their Voices and Visions
Robert DiYanni
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 General
| Classics
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Poetry
| History & Criticism
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
20th Century
| Poetry
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Poetry
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
20th Century
| Poetry
| British
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| Classics
| Comic
| Contemporary
| Literary
General
| Criticism & Theory
| History & Criticism
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Poetry
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
United States
| Single Authors
| Poetry
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Criticism
| Poetry
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Literature & Fiction
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Best Short Stories of the Modern Age
-
Voices and Visions: Study Guide
-
The Language of Life
-
A Poetry Handbook
-
Liberty, Equality, and Power: A History of the American People
ASIN: 0070169578 |
Book Description
Developed to be used alone or as part of the Annenberg-funded telecourse, MODERN AMERICAN POETS provides a rich collection of American poetry from the 20-century and includes an extensive selection of poems by thirteen poets represented in the film series, as well as additional poems representing the voices and visions of more then 60 other modern American poets. The introduction to reading poetry (Part I) provides an excellent overview and fully demonstrates the importance of active involvement and annotation. The heart of MODERN AMERICAN POETS is the poetry itself in Parts II and III. The range, diversity, and power of poetry in our time is presented here.
Customer Reviews:
Poetry in a New Light.......2000-09-16
This book was required for one of my college English courses -- and I am glad of it! This book proved invaluable for interpreting and appreciating poetry, and I'd recommend it to anyone, not just English students!
Poetry in a New Light.......2000-09-16
This book was required for one of my college English courses -- and I am glad of it! This book is invaluable for interpreting and appreciating poetry, and some might see poetry differently once they use this book. I'd recommend it to anyone, not just English students!
Customer Reviews:
In Their Own Words.......2007-02-02
Though now quite dated, this remains one of my favorite books about liberation theology. The author, now so sadly deceased, managed to capture the essence of the LT movement - and moment - through her perceptive interviews with some of the most famous names in LT. What was also excellent was her inclusion of less famous figures. Above all Ms Puleo's pictures capture the hope of her subjects. OK, so its not a grand theological synthesis; nor does it 'advance the discipline' - what is does is give a revolutionary moment human faces. Every now and then I go back to this book, I think of all the viciousness in the world now [a US president out of control,the IMF/WTO/WB/G8 and the rest who impoverish the Two Thirds World etc etc] and remind myself that we had hope...Perhaps there is new hope too,now [not least as Latin America moves leftwards]. BUT, who are the new liberation theologians of the new world disorder? And who will write as eloquently of them as Mev Puleo did?
Unqualifiedly, the best introduction to liberation theology........2007-01-25
In the 25 years I have taught liberation theology I have used many books. This is both the most digestible and the most faithful introduction to what at root is a movement of theological and scriptural reflection among the poor of Latin America. Mev Puleo's carefully selected set of interviews and first-person narratives of Brazilian churchworkers, ministers and scholars gives the lie to most of the ill-informed criticisms of liberation theology as "Marxist" or "played-out," and shows both the intelligence and the compassion of those who have fought their way out of oppression and into liberation through listening carefully to the words of scripture and the voices of their own consciences. Their words challenge and prick our consciences too. Fifteen years old, the book is as fresh as ever.
Average customer rating:
|
A Circle of Nations: Voices and Visions of American Indians (The Earthsong Collection)
Manufacturer: Beyond Words Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Photo Essays
| Photography
| Arts & Photography
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Native American
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
General
| United States
| Americas
| History
| Subjects
| Books
General
| World
| History
| Subjects
| Books
Silko, Leslie Marmon
| Native American
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Native American Studies
| Special Groups
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Look Inside History Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Fiction Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
Look Inside Nonfiction Books
| Trip
| Specialty Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0941831906 |
Amazon.com
When Bill Clinton nominated University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Lani Guinier to the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in 1993, she was immediately beset upon by right-wing critics of the president. Taking her writings on cumulative and proportional voting out of context, they branded her a "quota queen." Guinier, on instructions from administration officials, made almost no effort to defend herself against this public smearing of her work and reputation. Then, to her surprise, Clinton himself withdrew her nomination, stating in a press conference that her views were "undemocratic."
The Tyranny of the Majority reprinted the articles that were the source of this controversy. Now, in Lift Every Voice, Professor Guinier explains the principles underlying those writings in layman's terms and offers her personal perspective on what happened in the spring and summer of 1993, taking us behind the scenes to meetings with Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno, and other Washington officials. But perhaps more importantly, she writes about how, after she was cut loose by an intimidated White House, she regained her confidence in the civil rights movement. Recalling the activism of ordinary people like her father and the clients she represented as a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Guinier reminds us that a better society cannot be built by governmental edict alone, but requires commitment on the part of the citizenry. A recent book on mathematics, K.C. Cole's The Universe and the Teacup, vindicated Guinier's theories on proportional representation at the statistical level. The debate sparked by Lift Every Voice may, in the long run, end up vindicating her at the political level as well.
Book Description
In 1993, shortly after his inauguration, new President Bill Clinton nominated his old friend and classmate Lani Guinier to the prestigious and crucial post of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
That nomination sparked an immediate firestorm of criticism from the right, labeling Professor Guinier the "Quota Queen" and assailing her for the ideas expressed in her publications, most of which her opponents had not read, or had taken out of context and misunderstood.
In the face of this concerted opposition -- what one friend of Guinier's called "a low-tech lynching" -- Clinton backed down, not only withdrawing her nomination, but having refused throughout to give her an opportunity to speak out in her own defense (and his). The result was a civil rights setback of monumental proportions.
Now, in this remarkable and important book, at once a memoir and insider's account of what really happened behind the closed doors of the Oval Office, the Justice Department, and the U.S. Senate, and an insightful look at the past, present, and future of civil rights in America, Lani Guinier at last breaks her silence.
Unsparing of her own mistakes and shrewdly perceptive about the overt and hidden agendas of those who opposed her, Professor Guinier shows how the president promptly abandoned his ambitious agenda for civil rights at the first hint of criticism from the media and Congress -- and how the civil rights movement suffered a major setback as a result.
More important, this book, in Professor Guinier's own words, is about "the battles fought in the belief that our racial history and our commitment to equality and democracy are essential parts of the same story. It has not always been a pretty story, nor one that follows an inevitable path.
"This book is not, however, an effort to settle scores. It's a story of the efforts of men and women who believe fundamentally in the promise of the American creed and who act on that belief in their everyday lives. These are people whose lives are without notoriety or fame, but in whose willingness to take risks we see the honor of real heroism."
Above all, Guinier goes on to describe how her experience at the hands of the press, the White House, and her congressional enemies has given her both a new voice and a renewed faith in the ongoing struggle for civil rights. Her book is an extraordinary account of just how the civil rights movement acquired its strength, drawn from the courage of "ordinary" people standing up against fearful odds for what was right, and from the commitment to make change happen from the bottom up, relying on the wisdom and common sense of those at grassroots level. Using her own nomination as a symbolic point of reference, she shows just how weak and divided the cause of civil rights has become, as its leaders have all too often been silenced by the very people they should be challenging.
Finally, she explains, in her own words, the truth about her political ideas -- which are rooted in democracy and its principles, not in quotas and affirmative action -- and examines the state of current race relations. Renewing her call for a national conversation on the issue of civil rights and social justice, this thought-provoking book is certain to spark a new and much-needed debate.
Customer Reviews:
wonderful book.......2003-07-07
lani guinier's story marks the beginning of the awful, underhanded politics of smear that have only gotten worse in recent years. she is wise and resilient. it's a reminder that we all have to stay engaged to rescue the American process, no matter what the mudslinging.
dangerous woman abandoned by fair weather friends.......2000-11-27
In an irony that neither would be likely to appreciate much, Lani Guinier's account of being nominated and then unnominated for the position of head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is reminiscent of Robert Bork's Tempting of America (see Orrin's review). Both quickly came to be perceived more as symbols than human beings and, as such, ended up being subjected to really unfair personal attacks and having their philosophies caricatured. But what is really instructive about the two cases is the differences rather than the similarities.
Robert Bork's nomination split the Congress and the punditry on strictly party lines and it just so happened that the Democrats controlled the Senate at that point in time, so he went down to defeat. However, he did get to have nomination hearings where he was questioned about his views however ineptly by the members of the Senate Judiciary committee. [Personally, I learned more of value about constitutional law by watching the hearings than I did in my law school class.] Despite the fact that his nomination was clearly doomed, President Reagan stood by him and insisted on putting the matter to a vote, allowing Bork to lose honorably and granting him a sense of closure, albeit mixed with disgust, at the end of the ugly process. Bork later wrote his book in order to explain and amplify his views on the constitution and the legal system and, to a lesser degree, to give his perspective on the nomination fight. The result is a vital and readable contribution to our understanding of the degree to which our jurisprudence has become politicized and of the dangers it entails, as well as a resigned, but bemused, look at the Senate by someone who ran afoul of the institution.
Lani Guinier's nomination, on the other hand, split the nation along racial lines, with even traditional white allies abandoning black civil rights organizations to oppose her. Ultimately, even Bill Clinton, her longtime friend, repudiated his own nominee and withdrew her name before she got to the hearings stage. This, understandably, left Guinier frustrated and humiliated, feeling that she had been denied the opportunity to defend her views and her own good name. In the most affecting passages in the book, she describes how she was about to appear on Nightline when Ted Koppel told her that the next day's New York Times and Washington Post announced that the White House had decided to pull her name, a fact of which she was unaware at the time. She also describes having old pal Hillary walk right past her at the White House with a wave and a "Hey kiddo", obviously unwilling to stop and discuss the fiasco and she details her meeting with a dewey eyed President Clinton, who moments after telling her that the meeting was one of the most difficult of his life went before the White House press corps and denounced her as "antidemocratic". Guinier has written another book, Tyranny of the Majority, which I honestly haven't read, but in this book she whines on ad nauseum about how the failure of her nomination was a catastrophe for the cause of civil rights in America. In the strangest maneuver of the book, she introduces herself early on as someone who was forced to write controversial articles in order to win tenure, then laments how those views were twisted by the press and hostile politicians, then returns at the end of the book to a defense of them as her true beliefs. The result is an enormously self-indulgent vanity piece, with insufficient consideration of, and a marked lack of honesty about, the controversial theories that ultimately sank her nomination. The book spreads more noise than light on the issues.
The most serious flaw of the book, narrowly outweighing her egomaniacal catalogue of what appears to be every compliment that she was ever paid in her life, is the disingenuous treatment of the implications of her view of democracy. The essential fact is that Ms Guinier does not believe that the United States Constitution, with it's system of representative democracy, adequately defends the rights of minorities. Therefore, she proposes adoption of schemes like cumulative voting, geared towards allowing the losing minority to win actual representation regardless of their election loss. For instance, if a school board district voted 60% Republican and 40% Democrat, they would send three Republicans and two Democrats to the board. Now you could discuss the merits and drawbacks of these types of Rube Goldberg mechanisms until you were blue in the face, but the primary point here is that they represent a radical departure from our current constitutional regime and are a fundamental attack on representative democracy. There is no reason that we should not consider and debate these types of measures, but intellectual honesty requires that their advocates describe them accurately. Guinier's refusal to do so casts a shadow of deception over the book.
In the final analysis, where Judge Bork's book stands out in particular for the intellectual rigor of his arguments and analysis, Guinier's is merely interesting as a portrait of the shallowness and duplicity of her friends the Clintons.
GRADE: D+
Visionary, Hopeful, Stragetic: Mandatory Reading.......1999-07-08
Professor Guinier has seen beyond the veil which seems to have fallen over the civil rights movement for the past thirty years. Guinier uses the story of her dis-appointment (her phrase) by the Clinton Administration to expose the inner workings of the political system and clarify her views. In so doing, she lays out a strategy that is simple, obvious, and doable. While so many "leaders" have been busy listening to one another, Guinier has been able to hear a still, small, powerful voice. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about democracy.
While reading this book, outstanding black women ..........1999-02-16
who come to mind include... Barbaara Jordan, Angela Davis, Represtntative Jackson (Texas)... especially when support for outstanding people like Lani Guinier is needed. "Where were they (those so-called black influential leaders) when their help was needed ... probably doing the Ostrich thing, along with the usual commenusrating that can always be expected in those little private circles. The ones we respected and would be guided by in the 60's are yet to be developed for the 21st Century. Lani's book is a classic that I will pass on.
Excellent look at post-Selma Civil Rights in America........1998-10-20
This book is an fine discourse on what America has - or should have - learned about the search for social justice in the quarter century since the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s. Lani Guinier is best known for her ill-fated candidacy to become the first African American and female Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. She provides a spell-binding blow by blow account of what it was like to be nominated, then cast aside in the political jockeying that followed the 1992 election of Bill Clinton to the presidency. It is a poignant tale of how ordinary people on the fringes of her battle to get a hearing in Congress stepped in to insure that she never lost her sense of professionalism, her commitment to the truth, or her right to be treated with dignity. Her ideas on reforming voting procedures, the very ones that foiled her nomination in Congress, are well worth reading, and clearly worth implementing in an age of voter apathy and political gerymandering. The theme is broader, however, and in this book she demonstrates how thoroughly she has paid her dues over the years laboring for justice in America. As a civil rights lawyer in the 70s and 80s she went back to Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and other southern states to pick up where the civil rights movement of the 60s left off. Her talent for getting people to listen to the messages embodied in unfamiliar language and cultural expression is a gift to us all. Her story is full of important new insights into the nature of cross-cultural communication. She proclaims from her own experiences a critical need for wide-open discussion of social issues. Lawyers, she asserts, cannot win civil rights cases without the active participation of the public, and she calls for a return to grass-roots activism as a means to achieving social justice. Guinier is superbly analytical, a true listener, and a fine writer.
Book Description
Sacred and Profane: Voice and Vision in Southern Self-Taught Art presents historical and cultural analyses of southern self-taught art that focus on the cultural contexts of the art's creation, as well as on the lives and works of representative artists, while also addressing their reception by the mainstream art world.
Reflecting the South's complex cultural, religious, racial, and political admixture, the artists draw from, and frequently combine, diverse visual sources and creative traditions. Sacred and Profane focuses, in particular, on southern artists' efforts to find personally fulfilling forms of aesthetic expression that give vision and voice to the simultaneous demands of the sacred and the profane dimensions of existence.
Because in the South religion is woven through the very fabric of society, interlacing social beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors, vernacular artists often testify to intensely held religious beliefs through their art. Essays by Charles Reagan Wilson and Frédéric Allemel discuss the range of religious artistic creations, while studies of Howard Finster, Myrtice West, Anderson Johnson, and Eddie Martin (St. EOM) illuminate the intensely personal religious experience of particular artists. The works of some artists, such as Nellie Mae Rowe and Clementine Hunter, address both the sacred and the profane dimensions of their lives, while the art of Bill Traylor, George Andrews, and Thornton Dial focus more on the individual artist's social observations and personal responses to their times and the history of the South.
Books:
- What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure
- White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era
- Who Was Albert Einstein?
- A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
- A Treatise of Human Nature
- American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work
- American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work
- American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work
- Andy & Me: Crisis And Transformation On The Lean Journey
- Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Down the Garden Path
- The Te of Piglet
- Norstad: Cold War NATO Supreme Commander - Airman, Strategist, Diplomat
- Mothering: Ideology, Experience, and Agency
- Teaching Reading Sourcebook: Sourcebook for Kindergarten Through Eight Grade
- The Prophet
- The Neighborhood Forager: A Guide for the Wild Food Gourmet
- Gender Trials: Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms
- Quality Interviews With Adult Students and Trainees: A Communications Course in Student Personnel an
- The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel
The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer: An Amusement (New Directions Classics, 879)
Journal of Albion Moonlight
Collected Poems (New Directions Book)
