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Popular Culture March 2020
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The Obama portraits
by Taina Beatriz Caragol-Barreto
"This is the first study of the portraits Barack Obama (2018) and Michelle Obama (2018), their reception, and their significance. The book includes essays by historians examining the influence of the paintings and what they reveal about contemporary portraiture, particularly in relation to American and African American history and culture. The book also features interviews with the artists, transcripts of the remarks made by the Obamas at the unveiling, and a selection of images, including behind-the-scenes photography by Pete Souza, the official photographer for the Obamas, made during the portrait sittings"
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Blues before sunrise 2 : interviews from the Chicago scene
by Steve Cushing
In this new collection of interviews, Steve Cushing once again invites readers into the vaults of Blues Before Sunrise, his acclaimed nationally syndicated public radio show. Icons from Memphis Minnie to the Gay Sisters stand alongside figures like schoolteacher Flossie Franklin, who helped Leroy Carr pen some of his most famous tunes; saxman Abb Locke and his buddy Two-Gun Pete, a Chicago cop notorious for killing people in the line of duty; and Scotty "The Dancing Tailor" Piper, a font of knowledge on the black entertainment scene of his day. Cushing also devotes a section to religious artists, including the world-famous choir Wings Over Jordan and their travails touring and performing in the era of segregation. Another section focuses on the jazz-influenced Bronzeville scene that gave rise to Marl Young, Andrew Tibbs, and many others while a handful of Cushing's early brushes with the likes of Little Brother Montgomery, Sippi Wallace, and Blind John Davis round out the volume.Diverse and entertaining, Blues Before Sunrise 2 adds a chorus of new voices to the fascinating history of Chicago blues.
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No one is too small to make a difference
by Greta Thunberg
"The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations"
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Black Hollywood : from butlers to superheroes, the changing role of African American men in the movies
by Kimberly Fain
Fain examines the dehumanizing depictions of black males in the movies since 1910, analyzing images that were once imposed on black men and are now appropriated and manipulated by them. She discusses the social, historical, and literary evolution of African American male roles in the cinema, and analyzes the various black images presented each decade from blackface, Sambo, and Mandingo stereotypes to archetypal figures such as God, superheroes, and the president.
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Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age
by J. Michael Barrier
Explores American animation from the 1930s through the 1950s, discussing the creative side of animation, favorite characters and the artists and entrepreneurs responsible for creating them, and the contributions of the big studios, including Warner Bros.and Disney
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Five came back : a story of Hollywood and the Second World War
by Mark Harris
Traces the World War II experiences of five legendary directors—John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens—to assess the transformative impact of the war and period beliefs on Hollywood. By the author of Pictures at a Revolution.
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