Автор: Lalami Laila Название: The Other Americans ISBN: 0525436030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525436034 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: ***2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*** ***FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE*** From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Moor's Account, here is a timely and powerful novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant--at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant living in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; his widow, Maryam, who still pines after her life in the old country; Efra n, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, an old friend of Nora's and an Iraq War veteran; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son's secrets; Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family; and the murdered man himself. As the characters--deeply divided by race, religion, and class--tell their stories, connections among them emerge, even as Driss's family confronts its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, messy and unpredictable, is born.
Описание: Examines how the media influenced ideas of race and beauty among African American women from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II.
Between the Harlem Renaissance and the end of World War II, a complicated discourse emerged surrounding considerations of appearance of African American women and expressions of race, class, and status. Brown Beauty considers how the media created a beauty ideal for these women, emphasizing different representations and expressions of brown skin.
Haidarali contends that the idea of brown as a "respectable shade" was carefully constructed through print and visual media in the interwar era. Throughout this period, brownness of skin came to be idealized as the real, representational, and respectable complexion of African American middle class women. Shades of brown became channels that facilitated discussions of race, class, and gender in a way that would develop lasting cultural effects for an ever-modernizing world.
Building on an impressive range of visual and media sources--from newspapers, journals, magazines, and newsletters to commercial advertising--Haidarali locates a complex, and sometimes contradictory, set of cultural values at the core of representations of women, envisioned as "brown-skin." She explores how brownness affected socially-mobile New Negro women in the urban environment during the interwar years, showing how the majority of messages on brownness were directed at an aspirant middle-class. By tracing brown's changing meanings across this period, and showing how a visual language of brown grew into a dynamic racial shorthand used to denote modern African American womanhood, Brown Beauty demonstrates the myriad values and judgments, compromises and contradictions involved in the social evaluation of women. This book is an eye-opening account of the intense dynamics between racial identity and the influence mass media has on what, and who we consider beautiful.
Автор: Macnaghten William Hay Название: The Alif Laila - Vol. IV ISBN: 1535075678 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781535075671 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7052.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Laila Parsons Название: Commander, The ISBN: 0374537089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780374537081 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fawzi alQawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 19141948. Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman army, he fought the British in World War I and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the arts of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade later, he reappeared in Palestine, where he helped direct the Arab revolt of 1936. When an effort to overthrow the British rulers of Iraq failed, he moved to Germany, where
Автор: Khalil Laila, Khalil Roya Название: Culinary Journey Through Silk Road: Taste of Afghanistan ISBN: 1483462439 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781483462431 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6959.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Ali Laila Название: Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit and Personal Power ISBN: 0692868534 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692868539 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Lalami Laila Название: The Moor`s Account ISBN: 0804170622 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804170628 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1559.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: **PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST** **NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE** **WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD** A New York Times Notable Book A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of the Year An NPR Great Read of 2014 A Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the Year In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America: Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history--and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival.
Автор: Ashrafun, Laila (shahjalal University Of Science And Technology, Bangladesh) Название: Women and domestic violence in bangladesh ISBN: 0815367767 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815367765 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a study about domestic violence against women in Bangladeshi society. It delineates, in particular, why and how some women become the victims of domestic violence in the changing socio-economic setting of Bangladesh. The author explores the multiple contexts in which domestic violence occurs.
Автор: Lalami, Laila Название: The Other Americans ISBN: 1524747149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781524747145 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of The Moor's Account--a timely and powerful new novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, all of it informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; his widow Maryam, who still pines after her life in the old country; Efra n, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, an old friend of Nora's and a veteran of the Iraq war; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son's secrets; Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family; and the murdered man himself. As the characters--deeply divided by race, religion or class--tell their stories, connections among them emerge, even as Driss's family confronts its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, messy and unpredictable, is born.
Автор: Lalami Laila Название: Other Americans ISBN: 1526606712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526606716 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 1484.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Finalist for the National Book Award 2019 An Observer, Literary Review and Time Book of the Year'One of the most affecting novels I have read. Subtle, wise and full of humanity' The TimesLate one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters, deeply divided by race, religion and class.
As the characters tell their stories and the mystery unfolds, Driss's family is forced to confront its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love, in all its messy and unpredictable forms, is born. 'A state-of-America family saga told as a slow-burn detective story' Observer'Exceptionally rich' Sunday Times'Confirms Lalami's reputation as one of our most sensitive interrogators, probing at the faultlines in family and the wider world' Financial Times
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