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Acclaimed actor and rap artist Will Smith has achieved a level of
Hollywood fame rarely attained by a Black celebrity. Early in his
career, Smith stated that he aspired to be the world's most famous
movie star. By the time he was named the world's top film
attraction in 2008, he had fulfilled his goal. While his rise to a
place of worldwide prominence and cultural relevance has made him
iconic, his accomplishments have not received the full and thorough
acknowledgement and analysis they merit. This is the first
full-length critical look at the significance of Will Smith's
achievements over a more than 30-year career. Many of his films
have broken cultural norms by depicting Black men in groundbreaking
social settings, like the role of the world-saving hero in his most
popular films. In addition to analyzing Smith's filmography, this
work contextualizes other popular and common portrayals of Black
men in media and society. Finally, this book examines Smith's work
in his middle age, ruminating on his ability to adapt to the
realities of a new Hollywood.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This study of Henry James's biographies of Nathaniel Hawthorne and
William Wetmore Story offers an argument that he deserves greater
recognition for his contributions to the development of biography,
based on his implicit theory of biography, found in his critical
commentary and on these two complicated and ultimately artistically
innovative performances in the genre. Although James maintained an
ambivalent relationship to the art of biography, in his reviews,
criticism, letters and fiction, he wrote about biography from a
core of aesthetic conviction that constitutes an informal poetics.
It is necessary thus to scrutinize the ways in which James's
theoretical convictions, particularly his insistence on artistic
unity, fail him when he writes two biographies himself. Both
"Hawthorne" (1879) and "William Wetmore Story and His"
"Friends"(1903) fail to cohere in the way traditional biographies
achieve unity. Neither work has at its center a dynamic and fully
dimensional apprehension of the biographical subject. Instead James
violates one of his own essential biographical tenets. He usurps
his subject and places himself at the center of what should be a
narrative of his subject's life. The results fall short of fully
achieved biography, but they do not fall short of literary
interest. In order to write these books according to his own
genius, James had to reinvent the form. They are rife with
innovations, chief among them his great experimentation with
narrative point of view, here brought to bear on biography. This
concept and others survey the terrain for the important
biographical practitioners and theorists who follow him. For this
reason, a special place must be found for James in pantheon of
experimental biographers.
"A fantastic book. . . .A major contribution Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services is an extraordinary
book by two highly accomplished social work educators and
consultants. Based on years of experience in the classroom and in
the field, Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver blend their "best
practices" into a pedagogically creative and lively text that
students and human service professionals alike will find engaging
and invaluable. Social service agencies and workers are under
siege, especially now in our global economic crisis, but this book
is guaranteed to help in the struggles ahead for a more humane and
just social service practice." Robert Fisher, University of
Connecticut, author ofThe People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community
Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice (Vanderbilt
University Press, 2009.) "A must read for directors, executives,
funders, and board members Given today's economic climate, there
may not be funds for the hiring of consultants. Read Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services and engage as an
organizational team in their activities instead. You, your staff
and the culture of the organization will be transformed. As Ghandi
said, Be the change you want to see.' The paradigm that Burghardt
and Tolliver introduce will have you do just that." Claudette
C'Faison, Cofounder and President of NY Youth at Risk, Inc. Certain
to excite and inspire both students entering the human services
field and seasoned non-profit professionals, Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is
Always Full is the first full-length leadership book to focus on
the unique challenges of the public and non-profit executive,
manager, and educator. Written in a lively story-telling style, the
book develops a leadership model for those who inspire without
bonuses and seek a powerful legacy through people s lives. Authors
Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver convey the stories of two
social service agencies struggling to survive in a world of
shrinking budgets, increasing needs, and lack of resources. While
both agencies are run by hard-working managers, one is in constant
crisis mode (racial tensions that simmer and boil over;
professionals who end up exhausted and overeating after a
crisis-filled day . . . every day), while the other, operating with
no greater resources, lacks tension and turmoil as its managers
respond to similar demands and client needs. Using real-life
vignettes drawn from actual experiences, the stories distill
important lessons and unfold in a powerful manner that will
resonate with any professional asked to work harder . . . with a
smaller budget. Questions woven through each story connect to the
book's more theoretical material on leadership, personal mastery,
and community-building. Accompanied by a Student Study Site: http:
//www.sagepub.com/transleaderstudy/ Steve Burghardt, MSW, PhD, and
Willie Tolliver, MSW, DSW, are professor and associate professor of
Social Work at the City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter
College School of Social Work and partners in the Leadership
Transformation Group, LLC. Authors of numerous works on
organizational change and strategic development, they are
award-winning teachers of human behavior, policy, and community
organization. They have worked with thousands of human service and
educational staff on new models of leadership, personal well-being,
spirituality, collaboration in times of crisis, and how to sustain
conversations on race and oppression for lasting change at work and
in one s life. Please visit their website: www.askltg.com."
"A fantastic book. . . .A major contribution Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services is an extraordinary
book by two highly accomplished social work educators and
consultants. Based on years of experience in the classroom and in
the field, Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver blend their "best
practices" into a pedagogically creative and lively text that
students and human service professionals alike will find engaging
and invaluable. Social service agencies and workers are under
siege, especially now in our global economic crisis, but this book
is guaranteed to help in the struggles ahead for a more humane and
just social service practice." Robert Fisher, University of
Connecticut, author ofThe People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community
Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice (Vanderbilt
University Press, 2009.) "A must read for directors, executives,
funders, and board members Given today's economic climate, there
may not be funds for the hiring of consultants. Read Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services and engage as an
organizational team in their activities instead. You, your staff
and the culture of the organization will be transformed. As Ghandi
said, Be the change you want to see.' The paradigm that Burghardt
and Tolliver introduce will have you do just that." Claudette
C'Faison, Cofounder and President of NY Youth at Risk, Inc. Certain
to excite and inspire both students entering the human services
field and seasoned non-profit professionals, Stories of
Transformative Leadership in the Human Services: Why the Glass Is
Always Full is the first full-length leadership book to focus on
the unique challenges of the public and non-profit executive,
manager, and educator. Written in a lively story-telling style, the
book develops a leadership model for those who inspire without
bonuses and seek a powerful legacy through people s lives. Authors
Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver convey the stories of two
social service agencies struggling to survive in a world of
shrinking budgets, increasing needs, and lack of resources. While
both agencies are run by hard-working managers, one is in constant
crisis mode (racial tensions that simmer and boil over;
professionals who end up exhausted and overeating after a
crisis-filled day . . . every day), while the other, operating with
no greater resources, lacks tension and turmoil as its managers
respond to similar demands and client needs. Using real-life
vignettes drawn from actual experiences, the stories distill
important lessons and unfold in a powerful manner that will
resonate with any professional asked to work harder . . . with a
smaller budget. Questions woven through each story connect to the
book's more theoretical material on leadership, personal mastery,
and community-building. Accompanied by a Student Study Site: http:
//www.sagepub.com/transleaderstudy/ Steve Burghardt, MSW, PhD, and
Willie Tolliver, MSW, DSW, are professor and associate professor of
Social Work at the City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter
College School of Social Work and partners in the Leadership
Transformation Group, LLC. Authors of numerous works on
organizational change and strategic development, they are
award-winning teachers of human behavior, policy, and community
organization. They have worked with thousands of human service and
educational staff on new models of leadership, personal well-being,
spirituality, collaboration in times of crisis, and how to sustain
conversations on race and oppression for lasting change at work and
in one s life. Please visit their website: www.askltg.com."
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