In The Break

Download or read book In The Break written by Fred Moten and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the connections between jazz, sexual identity, and radical black politics In his controversial essay on white jazz musician Burton Greene, Amiri Baraka asserted that jazz was exclusively an African American art form and explicitly fused the idea of a black aesthetic with radical political traditions of the African diaspora. In the Break is an extended riff on “The Burton Greene Affair,” exploring the tangled relationship between black avant-garde in music and literature in the 1950s and 1960s, the emergence of a distinct form of black cultural nationalism, and the complex engagement with and disavowal of homoeroticism that bridges the two. Fred Moten focuses in particular on the brilliant improvisatory jazz of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, and others, arguing that all black performance—culture, politics, sexuality, identity, and blackness itself—is improvisation. For Moten, improvisation provides a unique epistemological standpoint from which to investigate the provocative connections between black aesthetics and Western philosophy. He engages in a strenuous critical analysis of Western philosophy (Heidegger, Kant, Husserl, Wittgenstein, and Derrida) through the prism of radical black thought and culture. As the critical, lyrical, and disruptive performance of the human, Moten’s concept of blackness also brings such figures as Frederick Douglass and Karl Marx, Cecil Taylor and Samuel R. Delany, Billie Holiday and William Shakespeare into conversation with each other. Stylistically brilliant and challenging, much like the music he writes about, Moten’s wide-ranging discussion embraces a variety of disciplines—semiotics, deconstruction, genre theory, social history, and psychoanalysis—to understand the politicized sexuality, particularly homoeroticism, underpinning black radicalism. In the Break is the inaugural volume in Moten’s ambitious intellectual project-to establish an aesthetic genealogy of the black radical tradition

Download or read book The Break written by Katherena Vermette and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International bestseller The Break is the first in Katherena Vermette's heart-rending, utterly immersive Indigenous family saga that includes The Strangers and The Circle. When Stella, a young Mé tis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break — a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house — she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. But when they arrive, no one is there; scuff marks in the compacted snow are the only sign anything may have happened. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim — police, family, and friends — tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Mé tis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Through their various perspectives a larger, more comprehensive story about lives of the residents in Winnipeg' s North End is exposed.

Download or read book The Break-Up Book Club written by Wendy Wax and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story of a book club of broken hearts, where four women come together and discover the power of female friendship and find the courage to pursue their dreams, from the USA Today bestselling author of My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding. Jazmine was supposed to be a professional tennis player, but her plans to go pro were quashed in a car crash. Now she's a top sports agent balancing a demanding career and single motherhood. Judith is an empty nester stuck in an unhappy marriage. After her husband's sudden death, she has to build a new life--one she never allowed herself to imagine--on top of the ashes of the old. When Sara finds out that her husband has left her for a secret second family in another city, she believes she's hit rock bottom...until her husband steals all of his mother's money, and Sara gets a new roommate--her mother-in-law. Erin was a week away from marrying her high school sweetheart when her fiancâe called off the wedding. Heartbroken, Erin is forced to navigate adulthood as a single woman for the first time. Once a month, these women meet in a historic carriage house in Atlanta seeking solace, friendship, and people who share their love of books (okay, and wine). Together, with a lot of inspiration from their favorite books, they help one another move forward, to discover who they want to be now and what will make them happy"--

Download or read book In the Break written by Jack Lopez and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Juan's best friend Jamie is faced with major family drama, they decide to skip town until the situation cools down and go to Mexico in search of the perfect wave. Joined by Jamie's sister Amber, the three of them embark on a road trip of a lifetime. Filled with love, loss, and surfing, Jack Lopez delivers a story as intense as catching the ultimate wave.

Download or read book How to Use the Word “Break” In English: A Comprehensive Guide to the Word “Break” written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Covers The Following Topics: 01. English Verb -- ‘Break’ 02. Meanings of the Main Verb ‘Break’ 03. Idioms With the Word ‘Break’ 04. Phrasal Verbs With the Word ‘Break’ 05. Proverbs/Sayings With the Word ‘Break’ 06. Useful Expressions With the Word ‘Break’ 07. English Word: ‘Break’ -- Useful Notes 08. Conjugation of the Verb ‘Break’ Sample This: Break is an irregular verb. Its three forms are as follows: First Form (Base Form) -- BREAK Second Form (Past Form) -- BROKE Third Form (Past Participle) -- BROKEN Present Perfect of ‘Break’ – Have/Has Broken Past Perfect of ‘Break’ -- Had Broken -ING Form of ‘Break’ -- Breaking Infinitive of ‘Break’ -- To Break MOST COMMON Meanings OF “BREAK” AS THE MAIN VERB ARE AS FOLLOWS: Meaning 1: to be damaged and divided or separated into two or more parts due to force of some type; to damage sth in this way Example Sentences: Many large trees broke under the weight of heavy snow. (break (in/into sth)) A passenger plane skidded off the runway and broke into pieces (break sth) At the age of 15, Day broke her legs in a car accident. A museum visitor intentionally broke a vase in the exhibition. (break sth in/into sth) He broke the table into many pieces and wood splinters flew up into the air. Meaning 2: (break sth) to do sth that is considered illegal or to fail to keep your promise, words, etc. Example Sentences: When minors break the law, they usually appear in juvenile court. Why do some employees break the rules? With their permission, you can break the agreement I had no other option but to break the contract with them What can you do when you break a promise to yourself? He broke the speed limit 15 times in four hours and was fined heftily. Meaning 3: (break sth) to make sth come to an end forcefully Example Sentences: Tear gas was hurled into the buildings to break the strike. They have managed to break the siege. Meaning 4: to destroy sth or make sb/sth weaker or unable to bear sth; to become weak or be destroyed Example Sentences: (break sb/sth) A loss would have definitely broken his morale. His battle with debilitating medical conditions never broke his resolve to struggle to maintain a productive life. The first time we confronted them; they broke our momentum and broke our spirit. He broke her with his harsh words. Racism broke her. (destroyed his confidence) (break under) The prisoner broke under questioning​ and confessed that he stole the money. He broke under pressure and lost the game. Meaning 5: (break sth) to end a relationship, association, connection, etc. with sb/sth Example Sentence: After he left college, he broke all ties with his former life.

Download or read book Ankou, the great ritual of death in the service of break-up written by Erwann Clairvoyant and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Rituals of the Ankou guides you through a mystical journey towards the separation of a couple. The Ankou is known for death, the passage to the afterlife but the Ankou can be invoked in many other areas. Separation is one of them. The Ankou, an extremely powerful legendary figure in Celtic mythology.

Download or read book Poverty in the South and Southern States' Programs Designed to Break the Cycle of Poverty written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: