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On Black Media Philosophy

By: Armond R. Towns

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Who is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown’s killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human.

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Univ of California Press

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0520976010

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9780520976016

James J. Corbett

A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner

By: Armond Fields

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James J. Corbett

A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner

By: Armond Fields

When he died in 1933, James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett was honored by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing public, who celebrated him as America's greatest boxing champion, and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one of Broadway's top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He became America's first national sports hero and went on to formulate the theater world's star system. This is the first definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, and who also knocked out audiences who flocked to see him in vaudeville and silent pictures. The focus herein is on the real man, the influences on his life, and the social and commercial environment within which he functioned. The author reveals that Corbett was a complex, driven, enigmatic man whose dedicated participation in popular entertainment changed American social values and mores, and at the same time reinvented the notion of a national hero.

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McFarland

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0786450223

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9780786450220

Eddie Foy

A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian

By: Armond Fields

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Eddie Foy

A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian

By: Armond Fields

Just a century ago Eddie Foy was the consummate stage comedian. A versatile performer, Foy contributed to the development of popular theater from the Civil War to the Roaring Twenties, from poverty-inspired Irish two-acts to lavish musical comedies. This first-ever biography of Foy tells the story of his indigent childhood in New York's Bowery and in Chicago, his tough uphill climb as a "variety artist" at Western outposts, his success in vaudeville and Broadway, and his arrival as a national icon with the Seven Little Foys. Foy's career mirrored the growth of popular theater entertainment in America. Exhaustively researched, this work contains many rare personal photographs from the Foy family archives.

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McFarland

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0786443286

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9780786443284

Rosez 4 a Gun

Da Demonz of a Young Black Male

By: Armond Towns

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Rosez 4 a Gun

Da Demonz of a Young Black Male

By: Armond Towns

Part 1: Gunz As a teenager growing up in Asbury Park, NJ, there were never many positive options for Rasheen Jordan to choose from. Where as most 15-year-old kids might participate in boy scouts or recreational baseball, for Rasheen it was either drug dealing or street gangs. He and his friends chose both. But as the glamorous street life seems to lose its luster, Rasheen seeks other options outside of the ghetto. And as his new exit path becomes clear, he finds out that the ghetto is not the only thing he will leave behind! Part II: Rosez Rasheen is a unique college student to say the least. At 18, he's probably experienced more than the average 80-year-old. Does he belong in this college setting? Is he just playing college student? The dime bags of weed and his other illegal behaviors might say so. But is it possible for Rasheen to become more than just a street thug? Is it possible for him to leave his past behind and become the "college boy" that he is destined to be?

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iUniverse

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0595438709

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9780595438709

Lillian Russell

A Biography of "America's Beauty"

By: Armond Fields

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Lillian Russell

A Biography of "America's Beauty"

By: Armond Fields

Colorful and boisterous first nights were the rule in New York theaters of the 1880s. Everyone, it seemed, attended, from the rich and powerful to young people who scraped together just enough to buy a ticket. And no star was more popular than Lillian Russell. At a time when serious plays dominated the stages, Lillian Russell was one of the first to popularize musical theater. With her beauty, voice, and grace, she was the symbol of the new American woman. She used those attributes to attain power, social status and wealth, and then to become one of the earliest champions of women's equality. Her life and career are covered here in detail, with particular emphasis on the way she influenced theater history and popular culture.

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McFarland

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0786438681

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9780786438686

Fred Stone

Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star

By: Armond Fields

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Fred Stone

Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star

By: Armond Fields

Fred Stone was one of America's most versatile and talented of Broadway's colorful entertainers. Audiences quickly discovered he could do anything and everything, from tightrope walking and acrobatics to song-and-dance, musical comedies, and straight drama. This work chronicles his extraordinary life and career. He was born in a log cabin August 19, 1873, in Valmont, Colorado, to a family that was part of the covered-wagon migration into the virtually unknown West. He joined a traveling circus at age 11 and two years later, joined a different one as a self-taught tightrope walker. During his teens, Stone performed on the variety stage, and at age 22, met Dave Montgomery, with whom he performed for over twenty years, including Broadway musicals, notably as the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. After Montgomery's tragic death in 1917, Stone continued to perform and shared his continued success with his closest friend Will Rogers, and Annie Oakley, Broadway producer Charles Dillingham, Western artists Charles Russell and Ed Borein, and author Rex Beach. Stone appeared in some 18 movies, from 1918 to 1940, including such western classics as The Westerner and Trail of the Lonesome Pine. In 1950, he retired from show business and during the last years of his life suffered from increasing blindness and heart trouble. He died at his Los Angeles home in 1959.

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McFarland

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0786411619

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9780786411610

Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville

By: Armond Fields

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Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville

By: Armond Fields

Pastor made contributions to the success of American vaudeville as a songwriter, variety performer, and theater owner. From his early success as the owner of Tony Pastor's Opera House to his role as "Little Man Tony", this work offers a look at Pastor'sr

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McFarland

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0786430540

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9780786430543

Swamp Rats Exposed

By: Armond Muscat

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Swamp Rats Exposed

By: Armond Muscat

About, Swamps are nature’s way to remove waste and clean our waterways. When swamps get bogged down with waste, they become stagnated and turn into bogs. Just like the House of Congress and Senate designed to protect Americans. They are Americas bog with greed, corruption, lies, and the most of all selfishness. Today’s Democratic leadership refuses to work with the President and the American people who elected him. The only reason for this insanity is just pure selfishness. Just like a two-year-old child, that cries and schemes to get their way.

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Armond Muscat

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0615535860

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9780615535869

Sophie Tucker

First Lady of Show Business

By: Armond Fields

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Sophie Tucker

First Lady of Show Business

By: Armond Fields

Sophie Tucker appeared in only seven American stage musicals and appeared only twice on Broadway but, then, it was difficult to cast her in a show. A buxom and ebullient performer, she--and her audiences--quickly found that playing herself was most effective. This is a biography of a vaudeville and cabaret performer who saw herself as one of the first liberated women and one of the last "red hot mamas." It tells the story of her birth as her mother traveled to Boston from Russia, her childhood in Boston, and her first public performance at Poli's Vaudeville Theatre at the age of 13. It also tells the story of her troubled marriage to Louis Tuck and the birth of their son, her meeting with Willie Howard, a vaudeville veteran who encouraged her to go to New York and pursue a stage career, her discovery by Flo Ziegfeld (of the Ziegfeld Follies), and her rise to headliner status under the guidance of her agent William Morris. She was best known for appearing on stage with just a piano player, and openly discussing her life and Jewish upbringing.

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McFarland

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0786415770

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9780786415779

The True Sparanos Story

By: Patrick Armond Francke

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The True Sparanos Story

By: Patrick Armond Francke

My autobiography is about my life involved with gambling, sex, alcohol, drugs, prison, loansharking & court trials. My father was a cop, my mother a housewife. I am the middle of 3 sons. My uncle is Benny (The Hat) Sparano, the man who sued the h.b.o. Sopranos show. I talk about my 15 years as a fugitive, surrendering in 2009. My life now includes writing this book to defer other want-to-be wiseguys from this lifestyle. I began a Remembrance charity softball game to honor all the guys who died from my hometown area due to drugs, suicides, cancer, murders & accidents. Wasted talent is the epitome of a lifetime spent watching over my shoulder.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503551075

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9781503551077

Avoiding the Medicaid Trap

By: Armond D. Budish

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Avoiding the Medicaid Trap

By: Armond D. Budish

Provides readers with information on how to cover the cost of long-term nursing home care without impoverishing themselves or their families.

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Avon Books

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0380714035

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9780380714032

Rebel for the Hell of It

The Life of Tupac Shakur

By: Armond White

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Rebel for the Hell of It

The Life of Tupac Shakur

By: Armond White

The ever-controversial Shakur offers a great occasion for a close, passionate reading of rap and ghetto culture. White's understanding of Tupac's art will uncork the bottled up rage and confusion that attends the way hip-hop culture is produced and received. Rebel details each step in Shakur's development, from his early exposure to racism and political activism to his move from New York to the West Coast and his innovative work with early hip hop culture and music. Through connections drawn between Shakur and Public Enemy, Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Sister Souljah, White examines Shakur's life as a prism for the hip-hop world. Photographs, a useful chronology of important dates in the life of Shakur, and an updated discography and filmography of his career as a rapper and actor are included. "Talk about diversity, talk about identity, talk about icons—White's in-depth look at Tupac Shakur talks about all of 'em."—Booklist "White has written a nuanced, expansive and impassioned study of the life and art of Tupac Shakur."—Tyrone Williams, Metro Times Literary Quarterly "Rebel ... is a means of analyzing the rage, fatalism and rootlessness of the contemporary rap scene."—Select Magazine

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Da Capo Press

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1560254610

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9781560254614

Rebel for the Hell of it

The Life of Tupac Shakur : an Interpretation

By: Armond White

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Rebel for the Hell of it

The Life of Tupac Shakur : an Interpretation

By: Armond White

Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur' is a biography of the mega-star rapper who was gunned down in Las Vegas in September 1996 at the age of 25. This is a serious exploration of his life and art.

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Quartet Books (UK)

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0704380498

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9780704380493

James J. Corbett

A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner

By: Armond Fields

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James J. Corbett

A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner

By: Armond Fields

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0786450223

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9780786450220

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Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville

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