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  • Liner Notes for the Revolution

    The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

    Winner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles AwardWinner of the MAAH Stone Book AwardA Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the YearA Pitchfork Best Music Book of the Year“Brooks traces all kinds of lines, finding unexpected points of connection…inviting voices to talk to one another, seeing what different perspectives can offer, opening up new ways of looking and listening by tracing lineages and ... Leer más

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  • Bodies in Dissent

    Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910

    In Bodies in Dissent Daphne A. Brooks argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic activists, actors, singers, and other entertainers frequently transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization through performance. Brooks considers the work of African American, Anglo, and racially ambiguous ... Leer más

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  • Jeff Buckley's Grace

    Series series 33 1/3
    The power and influence of Grace increases with each passing year. Here, Daphne Brooks traces Jeff Buckley's fascinating musical development through the earliest stages of his career, up to the release of the album. With access to rare archival material, Brooks illustrates Buckley's passion for life and hunger for musical knowledge, and shows just why he was such a crucial figure in the American ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Jeff Buckley's Grace

    Narrado por Tanya Eby ...
    Series series 33 1/3

    Completo

    4 hora 18 minutos

    The power and influence of Grace increases with each passing year. Here, Daphne Brooks traces Jeff Buckley's fascinating musical development through the earliest stages of his career, up to the release of the album. With access to rare archival material, Brooks illustrates Buckley's passion for life and hunger for musical knowledge, and shows just why he was such a crucial figure in the American ... Leer más

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    Liner Notes for the Revolution

    The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

    Narrado por Janina Edwards ...

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    20 hora 26 minutos

    Daphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible, she asks, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry?Liner Notes for the Revolution offers ... Leer más

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    Brought Back to Thrill You Again

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  • The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

    A full-color graphic memoir inspired by the award-winning documentary-and the life and mystery of China's greatest magician.Who was Long Tack Sam?He was born in 1885. He ran away from Shangdung Province to join the circus. He was an acrobat. A magician. A comic. An impresario. A restaurateur. A theater owner. A world traveler. An East-West ambassador. A mentor to Orson Welles. He was considered ... Leer más

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  • Opening Act, The

    Canadian Theatre History 1945–1956

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