677 research outputs found
Correspondence regarding Coates Piano Concerto and recital of Debussy's Preludes
No full textDigital copies were created from a selection of items in the original hard copy Albert Coates collection (PDV 4) held in DOMUS in the Stellenbosch University Music Library.Correspondence with Vera de Villiers [Vera Coates]. Letter. Reference to Coates Piano Concerto and recital of Debussy's Preludes by the author of this letter. Incomplete
The Person and Poet - Uncovering the Life of Florence Earle Coates
No full textThis paper focuses on American poet Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927) and her connection to composer Amy Marcy Beach (1867-1944). Including an overview of each woman and her work, it pays special attention to Coates’ reception and role in society. It also examines two of the five poems of Coates’ that were set to music by Beach, namely “Give me not love” and “For me the jasmine buds unfold.” This paper concludes with a discussion of their friendship and includes an appendix with a condensed version of letters sent from Coates to Beach
#IdleNoMore And the Remaking of Canada
No full textIn #IdleNoMore and the Remaking of Canada, author Ken Coates reflects on how the movement's legacy lives on through a new generation of empowered First Nations youth.In #IdleNoMore and the Remaking of Canada, author Ken Coates reflects on how the movement's legacy lives on through a new generation of empowered First Nations youth.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Review of BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates
No full textAuthor Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a poetical polemic in the form of a letter to his young son. It is an autobiographical account of Coates\u27 coming of age in Baltimore, his life at Howard University, and in New York City. Â At once moving and confrontational, Coates describes "those people who think they are white" and the African American legacy of the struggle for freedom
Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Insecurity of the Black Body
No full textThe aim of this work is exploring questions of identity construction and the body in a context of insecurity, violence, and trauma, as presented by Ta-Nehisi Coates. In Between the World and Me (2015), winner of the National Book Award (non-fiction), Coates delivers an exploration of his personal history in an eloquent letter to his son, approaching the matter of the insecurity of the black body in the United States. The author states: “America understands itself as God’s handiwork, but the black body is the clearest evidence that America is the work of men”, questioning the moral superiority of the American ideals and its exceptionalism, creating a deep analysis of blackness and americanness, connecting the feelings of growing up in the 1960s and 1970s with the experience of black life in our days. Coates is in deep conversation with James Baldwin, weaving an argument that demonstrates the ever-present linear path of violence inflicted upon the black body in the United States, from slavery to Reconstruction, the Civil Rights era and finally to the present state of police brutality and mass incarceration
Refúgios dos Afro-Americanos cartografados na obra Between the World and Me de autoria de Ta-Nehisi Coates
No full textIn the aftermath of Black Lives Matter, a protest movement that arose following several deaths of young Afro-Americans at the hands of the police, Ta-Nehisi Coates, an Afro-American poet and journalist, published in 2015 the book Between the World and Me. In this work, the author maps out several places of refuge for the Afro-American urban communities, relating them with the presence of racism in the American society. My aim is to critically map out those places of refuge represented in Between the World and Me, always keeping in mind that the author writes from an individual point of view and his experience cannot be extrapolated to the whole of the Afro-American community.No rescaldo do movimento de protesto Black Lives Matter, motivado pela morte de jovens afro-americanos às mãos da polícia, Ta-Nehisi Coates, poeta e jornalista afro-americano, deu a lume em 2015 a obra Between the World and Me. Nela, o autor traça uma cartografia literária de espaços geográficos, respeitantes a comunidades urbanas afro-americanas, que na sua co-relação com o racismo se enquadram na categoria de refúgios. Tendo sempre em consideração que não se pode fazer deduções abusivas a partir da experiência individual de Coates, extrapolando-a a toda a comunidade afro-americana,proponho-me mapear criticamente esses espaços, esses refúgios dos afro-americanos, representados na obra em apreço
Between the World and Black People : lire Ta-Nehisi Coates avec Alain Mabanckou et Marvel Comics
No full textUne colère noire de Ta-Nehisi Coates livre une analyse de la condition des Africains-Américains centrée sur les violences, notamment policières, dont ils sont victimes. L’auteur affirme que cette violence est structurelle et trouve son origine dans la période esclavagiste. Elle est à la base d’un système qui repose sur l’exploitation et l’exclusion des Noirs. L’ouvrage laisse entendre que les choses sont peu susceptibles de changer, dans la mesure où l’Amérique blanche est décidée à conserver ses prérogatives et l’Amérique noire, impuissante. Cet article démontre que cette vision pessimiste des relations entre Noirs et Blancs est tempérée par un auteur comme Alain Mabanckou qui a préfacé la version française du livre, par la nouvelle ligne éditoriale adoptée par Marvel Comics à laquelle par-ticipe Ta-Nehisi Coates, mais aussi par certains aspects d’Une colère noire. En effet, ces productions invitent à repenser les romans nationaux.In Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates analyzes the condition of African Americans. He focuses on the fact that they are victims of violence, particularly at the hands of police officers. The author claims that this violence is structural and finds its roots in the Slave Period. It depicts the American way of life as based on the exploitation and the exclusion of Black people. The book suggests that this situation is unlikely to change since the White American society is determined to preserve its prerogatives and African Americans are powerless. This paper demonstrates that this pessimistic vision of the relationships between Blacks and Whites is tempered by the preface Alain Mabanckou wrote for the French version of the book, by the new editorial line adopted by Marvel Comics with which Ta-Nehisi Coates currently works and finally by some aspects of Between the World and Me itself. Those productions invite the readers to read national narratives from a new perspective
Between the Reservation and Me: Race Identity in the Works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie
No full textI will be analyzing the works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie, primarily as these works relate to how both authors tackle the issue of racial identity, as well its affect on their writing. In order to accommodate the requirements of an English Studies thesis, I will be discussing the themes of race identity in the writing of these two authors across two mediums each: one primarily textual and one primarily visual. I will also be looking at how their discussion of identity changes from the textual to visual medium. In the case of Ta-Nehisi Coates, I will predominantly be looking at his prose, specifically his seminal book Between the World and Me and how the author tackles race identity and race relations. Finally, to move to the more visual medium, I will be analyzing themes of race and identity in Coates' take on the Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther in Coates' Black Panther (2016), Black Panther: World of Wakanda, and Black Panther and the Crew. Sherman Alexie is arguably the most influential American Indian writer in history. His writing is nearly always grounded in issues of race and identity, specifically as an American Indian in contemporary America. I will first be looking at his fiction writing, including his short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. I will be analyzing Alexie's feature length script Smoke Signals, the first all-Indian movie, which is based on his collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. I will be looking at the script as a piece of visual literature and comparing it to his fiction as it relates to identity, as well as how his portrayal and discussion of race and identity change to fit the visual medium
Between the Reservation and Me: Race Identity in the Works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie
No full textI will be analyzing the works of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sherman Alexie , primarily as these works relate to how both authors tackle the issue of racial identity , as well its affect on their writing. In order to accommodate the requirements of an English Studies thesis , I will be discussing the themes of race identity in the writing of these two authors across two mediums each: one primarily textual and one primarily visual. I will also be looking at how their discussion of identity changes from the textual to visual medium. In the case of Ta-Nehisi Coates , I will predominantly be looking at his prose , specifically his seminal book Between the World and Me and how the author tackles race identity and race relations. Finally , to move to the more visual medium , I will be analyzing themes of race and identity in Coates' take on the Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther in Coates' Black Panther (2016) , Black Panther: World of Wakanda , and Black Panther and the Crew. Sherman Alexie is arguably the most influential American Indian writer in history. His writing is nearly always grounded in issues of race and identity , specifically as an American Indian in contemporary America. I will first be looking at his fiction writing , including his short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. I will be analyzing Alexie's feature length script Smoke Signals , the first all-Indian movie , which is based on his collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. I will be looking at the script as a piece of visual literature and comparing it to his fiction as it relates to identity , as well as how his portrayal and discussion of race and identity change to fit the visual medium
Wells Coates and his position in the beginning of the modern movement in England
No full textThe author has studied the origins of the
modern movement in England, which he found
extremely complex. Wells Coates was one of its
leading protagonists: he played a great part in
the various attempts to establish the resistance
movement against 'ancestor-worship in design'
out of which modern architecture has grown. He
devoted his powers and passions to the growth
of the movement in England, at a time when there
was a mass of traditionalism and prejudice to be
cleared away.
Wells Coates was an engineer and scientifically
minded; he was also able to express his profound
belief in certain architectural principles. Through
the 20th Century Group, and other groups, he
helped to bring modern ideas in art as well as
architecture to the British scene. His part in
MARS and CIAM was especially directed at exploring
the common ground between architecture and
engineering; at the same time he was fascinated by the affinity between architecture and the
fine arts and was one of the founders of Unit
One. These ideas occupied his mind to the end
of his life, when he envisaged a new organisation
- 'CAUSA' and 'OUTLINES' - which would assemble
all the branches of the visual arts against the
central problems confronting contemporary architects,
engineers, planners and designers.
The same combination of qualities went into
his architecture, with the addition of an equally
profound habit of enquiry into the social as well
as the technical functioning of his buildings.
Acknowledging Wells Coates is, I think, vital.
This study has been built up mostly from Wells
Coates's own diaries, notes, letters, lectures
and various memoranda; and from correspondence
and meetings with some of his contemporaries and
clients
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