Whitakers Olympic Almanack
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Author | : Stan Greenberg |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2000-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781579581367 |
The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in twentieth-century African American literature. The nine original essays in Black Orpheus examines the Orphic theme in the fiction of such African American writers as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Baldwin, Nathaniel Mackey, Sherley Anne Williams, Ann Petry, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, and Toni Morrison. The authors discussed in this volume depict music as a mystical, shamanistic, and spiritual power that can miraculously transform the realities of the soul and of the world. Here, the musician uses his or her music as a weapon to shield and protect his or her spirituality. Written by scholars of English, music, women's studies, American studies, cultural theory, and black and Africana studies, the essays in this interdisciplinary collection ultimately explore the thematic, linguistic structural presence of music in twentieth-century African American fiction.
Author | : Joseph Whitaker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1252 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Almanacs |
ISBN | : 9780850211528 |
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Total Pages | : 850 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Almanacs, English |
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Author | : Stationery Office, The |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 1320 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780117022799 |
An indispensable reference for over 130 years, Whitaker's Almanack is filled with meticulous research and authoritative information on what's-what and who's-who in the world today. It aims to provide everything the reader might conceivably wish to know in a world driven by information.
Author | : John Grasso |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 907 |
Release | : 2015-05-14 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1442248602 |
The Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins in 776 B.C., although it is suspected that the Games had been held for several centuries by that time. The Games were conducted as religious celebrations in honor of the god Zeus, and it is known that Olympia was a shrine to Zeus from about 1000 B.C. In modern time The Olympic Movement attempts to bring all the nations of the world together in a series of multisport festivals, the Olympic Games, seeking to use sport as a means to promote internationalism and peace. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of The Olympic Movement covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on the history, philosophy, and politics of the Olympics, major organizations, the various sports, the participating countries, and especially the athletes. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about The Olympic Movement.
Author | : J. Whitaker & Sons, Limited |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1216 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780850211238 |
Author | : Joseph Whitaker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1300 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Almanacs, English |
ISBN | : 9780850212556 |
Author | : Joseph Whitaker |
Publisher | : Gale Cengage |
Total Pages | : 1256 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780850211610 |
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Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Almanacs |
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Publisher | : Gale Cengage |
Total Pages | : 1302 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780117021792 |
This almanack provides information on the people in power in all walks of life, a comprehensive directory of 1998's special events, holidays, national and religious festivals, and a chronology of last years' world events as they occurred