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Author : George Corley Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Election
ISBN : OCLC:47188800
Author : John Limon
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780822380504
Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America is the first study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. John Limon appreciates and analyzes the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory. Limon argues that stand-up is an artform best defined by its fascination with the abject, Julia Kristeva’s term for those aspects of oneself that are obnoxious to one’s sense of identity but that are nevertheless—like blood, feces, or urine—impossible to jettison once and for all. All of a comedian’s life, Limon asserts, is abject in this sense. Limon begins with stand-up comics in the 1950s and 1960s—Lenny Bruce, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Elaine May—when the norm of the profession was the Jewish, male, heterosexual comedian. He then moves toward the present with analyses of David Letterman, Richard Pryor, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paula Poundstone. Limon incorporates feminist, race, and queer theories to argue that the “comedification” of America—stand-up comedy’s escape from its narrow origins—involves the repossession by black, female, queer, and Protestant comedians of what was black, female, queer, yet suburbanizing in Jewish, male, heterosexual comedy. Limon’s formal definition of stand-up as abject art thus hinges on his claim that the great American comedians of the 1950s and 1960s located their comedy at the place (which would have been conceived in 1960 as a location between New York City or Chicago and their suburbs) where body is thrown off for the mind and materiality is thrown off for abstraction—at the place, that is, where American abjection has always found its home.
Author : George Corley Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015008642012
Autobiography of George C. Wallace, the governor of Alabama who was left partially paralyzed by an assassination attempt in 1972.
Author : Peter Feaman
Publisher : Woodmont Publishing Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0979515203
Author : Richard Zoglin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781582346250
Surveys the stand-up comedy of the 1970s, citing the contributions of celebrity comics, from George Carlin and Richard Pryor to Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman, in an account that also evaluates the roles played by such clubs as Catch a Rising Star, the Improv, and the Comedy Store.
Author : Eric Bolling
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250112521
"Wake Up America is a HUGE book. It will help to Make America Great Again." —President Donald J. Trump The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller! Grit, merit, providence, individualism, thrift—and above all, pride in our country: These qualities, among others, are the reason that hundreds of millions of people worldwide look to America for hope, inspiration, and opportunity. But it’s precisely these virtues that now are under attack by the radical Left of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and their followers. America as we know it is eroding before our eyes and becoming what Fox News Channel personality and co-host of “The Five” Eric Bolling calls a “politically correct nanny state.” The rewards for individual achievement and hard work, our basic constitutional rights, religious faith, national identity, and capitalism itself, are being replaced by a dangerous socialistic ideology that is the polar opposite of what our Founding Fathers intended America to be. Wake Up America identifies the nine core virtues of our nation and demonstrates why each one is so important to our history and our future. It’s time for us to wake up and heed the clear-cut warning signs that America is heading in the wrong direction--before we’re too far gone. A celebration of America that is informed by Eric Bolling's personal story, Wake Up America is an urgent call to arms for America's citizens to preserve what makes us great.
Author : Isabel Sawhill
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300230369
A sobering account of a disenfranchised American working class and important policy solutions to the nation's economic inequalities One of the country's leading scholars on economics and social policy, Isabel Sawhill addresses the enormous divisions in American society--economic, cultural, and political--and what might be done to bridge them. Widening inequality and the loss of jobs to trade and technology has left a significant portion of the American workforce disenfranchised and skeptical of governments and corporations alike. And yet both have a role to play in improving the country for all. Sawhill argues for a policy agenda based on mainstream values, such as family, education, and work. Although many have lost faith in government programs designed to help them, there are still trusted institutions on both the local and the federal level that can deliver better job opportunities and higher wages to those who have been left behind. At the same time, the private sector needs to reexamine how it trains and rewards employees. This book provides a clear-headed and middle-way path to a better-functioning society in which personal responsibility is honored and inclusive capitalism and more broadly shared growth are once more the norm.
Author : Jimmy O. Yang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Asian American actors
ISBN : 0306921863
Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood. "I turned down a job in finance to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. My dad thought I was crazy. But I figured it was better to disappoint my parents for a few years than to disappoint myself for the rest of my life. I had to disappoint them in order to pursue what I loved. That was the only way to have my Chinese turnip cake and eat an American apple pie too." Jimmy O. Yang is a standup comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley. In How to American, he shares his story of growing up as a Chinese immigrant who pursued a Hollywood career against the wishes of his parents: Yang arrived in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at age 13, learned English by watching BET RapCity for three hours a day, and worked as a strip club DJ while pursuing his comedy career. He chronicles a near deportation episode during a college trip Tijuana to finally becoming a proud US citizen ten years later. Featuring those and many other hilarious stories, while sharing some hard-earned lessons, How to American mocks stereotypes while offering tongue in cheek advice on pursuing the American dreams of fame, fortune, and strippers.
Author : Bruce E. Levine
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781603583763
Polls show that the majority of Americans oppose recent US wars and Wall Street bailouts, yet most remain passive and appear resigned to powerlessness. In Get Up, Stand Up, Bruce Levine offers an original and convincing explanation for this passivity. Many Americans are deeply demoralized by decades of oppressive elitism, and they have lost confidence that genuine democracy is possible. Drawing on phenomena such as learned helplessness, the abuse syndrome, and other psychological principles and techniques for pacifying a population, Levine explains how major US institutions have created fatalism. When such fatalism and defeatism set in, truths about social and economic injustices are not enough to set people free. However, the situation is not truly hopeless. History tells us that for democratic movements to get off the ground, individuals must recover self-respect, and a people must regain collective confidence that they can succeed at eliminating top-down controls. Get Up, Stand Up describes how we can recover dignity, confidence, and the energy to do battle. That achievement fills in the missing piece that, until now, has undermined so many efforts to energize genuine democracy. Get Up, Stand Up details those strategies and tactics that oppressed peoples have successfully employed to gain power. We the People can unite, gain strength, wisely do battle, and wrest power away from the ruling corporate-government partnership (the "corporatocracy"). Get Up, Stand Up explains how.
Author : George C. Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Governors
ISBN : LCCN:74002521
Author : C. Thomas Anderson
Publisher : Harrison House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1606833502
America has never really been about Americans. It has always been about the "tired," the "poor," the "huddled masses" and the "wretched refuse" of the rest of the world who yearn to be free. For four centuries, people have moved here to escape oppressive tyranny, to worship without compulsion, and to flee the bondage of poverty. America is about those people - the refugees from every culture and nation on earth. It is about the world and it is about freedom. But with these rights come responsibility: The right to choose implies the responsibility to choose wisely. The right to an education implies the responsibility to think. The right to religious freedom implies the responsibility to pray. The right to life implies the responsibility to value life. The right to liberty implies the responsibility of tolerance. The right to pursue happiness implies the responsibility to work. The right to vote implies the responsibility to know the issues. It is not small think to be a citizen of the greatest nation on earth. It means adherence to the principles upon which this nation is founded. The principles, so often illustrated in the lives of our Founding Fathers and in the history of the nation, are as valid today as ever. But living in the freedom and the individual rights that we have also means that we live with the responsibilities of those freedoms. This book is an expression of Dr. Anderson's concern for the future of America and his desire to maintain the godly heritage that has made America great.
Author : Patti Kelley Criswell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781609587383
Includes a detachable mini book for parents.
Author : George Corley Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Governors
ISBN : OCLC:47188800
Author : Tim Pawlenty
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781414351544
Long before he was considered a top prospective presidential candidate for 2012—even before he landed on John McCain’s short list of potential running mates in 2008—Governor Tim Pawlenty had already earned legendary status in conservative circles. In his hard-left-leaning home state of Minnesota, the man known as “T-Paw” somehow erased a $4.8-billion budget deficit while simultaneously reforming health care, creating jobs, improving education, and supporting renewable energy reform—all without raising taxes. In Courage to Stand, Pawlenty reveals, for the first time, how he found the resolve to get the job done, taking readers all the way back to the lessons he learned as a boy in the gritty meatpacking town of South St. Paul. From the devastating early death of his mother to the struggle to work his way through college and law school and his epic political battles as governor, Pawlenty opens up about his deepest beliefs and shares his vision for a better America.
Author : John Limon
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0822325462
A cultural theory of stand-up comedy.