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In "American Silences", Joseph Anthony Ward offers a unique analysis of the use and effects of silence in modern American realistic art. Beginning with the nineteenth-century literature that laid the foundation for silence in art, he moves to a brief analysis of Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg", Ohio and Ernest Hemingway's "In Our Time", showing how they, along with several other crucial works of twentieth-century American realism, incorporate the power of the silent into their expression without sacrificing the subjects and techniques of traditional realism. Examining "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men", James Agee's commentary on the life of tenant farmers, documented with photographs by Walker Evans, Ward traces the book's pattern of 'silence, then silence disturbed by sound, and ultimately silence restored'. Ward further supports his theory with a study of Agee's "A Death in the Family" and Evans' "American Photographs". Ward sees Agee's admiration of photography as a connection between the silence of the scenes he writes about and the silence of Evans' photographs. The use of silence is perhaps even more obvious in the paintings of Edward Hopper. Although throughout the book Ward suggests both the positive and negative qualities of silence in art, Hopper's paintings provide little in the way of postiveness. For Ward, the art of silence is an art of extreme concentration that seeks essences rather than superficiality that nearly transcends realism itself. The theme of silence in American realism is a significant new one, but Ward's interpretation of the prose and his analysis of the photographs and paintings, many of which are reproduced in this book, establish validity for art as the voice of silence.

How do you feel that for centuries, educators have purposely miseducated you about black history and the history of the Caribbean? Just think about it. When was the last time (or first time) you learned anything about the history of the Caribbean? You didn't even learn about the Haitian Revolution in your classes. So the question is what will you do about it? No worries. Because this book will guide you to the information you need. In On the Shoulders of Giants Vol: 4 The Caribbean, Joseph Ward eliminates any remaining narratives about Christopher Columbus and his "discovery" of the Americas. Joseph introduces you to two indigenous Caribbean cultures that existed well before Columbus was born. He also features the biographies of eighteen sung and unsung heroes who represent various Caribbean islands, that used their talents to fight for a liberated future for themselves and their people. On the Shoulders of Giants Vol: 4 The Caribbean features:¿ Caribbean women who fought in the various revolts, and the woman who trained the Haitian leader Jean Jacques Dessalines to fight.¿ Writer, thinkers, authors, and poets, who sparked an intellectual revolution in the Caribbean, contributed to the Harlem Renaissance and founded the 1st Pan-African Conference.¿ An Afro-Latino musician and her musical friends created Salsa music while promoting Afro-Latino culture. ¿ Stories of the first inhabitants of the Caribbean to encounter and fight Christopher Columbus and other colonizers. You are guaranteed to learn something new about history from reading this black history book. You are guaranteed to understand that enslaved Africans and indigenous Americans always fought for their freedom and a better future for their people.