検索キーワード： 制作 "-- Kevin Wright --" 文化・地域

Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Niemand heeft een reden om terug te keren. Toch is het de vraag waar de mensen in deze serie 'thuis' zijn. Maar dat is misschien een kleine prijs om te betalen voor hun rijkere kijk op de wereld.

Elk jaar emigreren ongeveer 40.000 Nederlanders naar het buitenland. In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Niemand heeft een reden om terug te keren. Toch is het de vraag waar de mensen in deze serie 'thuis' zijn.

The under-told legacy of indentured servitude runs through the blood of countless descendants in the diaspora. In this deeply felt collection of essays, Andrea Gunraj explores the impact of her family’s history on her sense of self. Uncover a deeply moving exploration of identity, legacy, and...

A deeply intimate portrait of the lives of four men that examines—in profound and comprehensive ways—what it means to be a man in America. They wield outsized power across all major institutions. They are falling behind across all measures of well-being and success. They include loving...

Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Niemand heeft een reden om terug te keren. Toch is het de vraag waar de mensen in deze serie 'thuis' zijn. Maar dat is misschien een kleine prijs om te betalen voor hun rijkere kijk op de wereld.

A heartfelt, one-of-a-kind memoir chronicling the hilarious, absurd, and thought-provoking experiences of an American pursuing comedy in China, learning first-hand how humor does and doesn’t translate—and whether laughter transcends borders. I marched onstage in a long robe beside my Shifu...

In the sequel to Seamus O'Rourke's popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps, this innocent Leitrim lad finally flees the nest, briefly sampling life in New York, Dublin and London – before inevitably returning to his beloved, duller than dishwater existence at home, a life which now includes alcohol, Doctor Hook and some low-budget romance. But man does not live on romance alone and Seamus needs to get to the bottom of his general uselessness, spurred on as always by his ever-the-realist father, who prophesised his mediocrity from an early age.

Una recopilación de ensayos, escritos a lo largo de medio siglo, que aborda el racismo y el colorismo presentes en Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos. En esta veintena de textos que recorren cinco décadas, Luis Rafael Sánchez aborda de frente «el repudio feroz a la ignominia que representan los odios raciales», desde la esclavitud y la lucha por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos al homicidio de George Floyd, y de Nelson Mandela a Meghan Markle, en ensayos ya clásicos como «El pelo malo», «Las señas del Caribe», «Todo sobre la nariz» o «Soy negro y qué».

In the early 20th century, how did a woman rise from her Irish immigrant roots to claim her place in the man's world of Midwestern America? Meet Kitty. KITTY'S PEOPLE is the intimate portrait of the author's grandmother, Catherine Flanagan. You'll walk in her footsteps from her youth as the daughter of ambitious Irish immigrants, through her years as a young mother and businesswoman plagued by senseless tragedy. Then, you'll cheer for her rise as the woman-in-charge—confident, organized, fierce, and supremely generous.

Together, two friends with vastly different backgrounds share their vision for a reconciled country—one in which small, daily actions can make a monumental difference Derek Aronhie:nens Montour is an Indigenous man who grew up on the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Territory. Elin Sandberg...

On the morning of 8 December 2021, India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wife, Madhulika, said goodbye to their daughter, Tarini, and dogs, and left their Delhi home to board a flight for Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Around 11.48 a.m., they boarded an Mi-17 V5 helicopter that took...

Through Donna Edwards-Hawthorne's personal life story, she intends to remind you that your hope will be the light in all the darkness. Having grown up in Jamaica, Donna narrates her tell-all tale about all the hardships in her childhood life, aiming to inspire you towards an attitude of never giving up. Why not be your biggest supporter and make it through life's darkest days instead of putting yourself down and struggling? After all, it will only be you sticking up for yourself till the end of time—no one else.

"Auf nach Italien - Eine wilde Achterbahnfahrt der Auswanderung" von Stef Smulders ist eine fesselnde und aufschlussreiche Memoire, die den Leser auf eine Reise durch die Erfahrungen des Autors beim Umzug nach Italien mit seinem Partner Nico mitnimmt. Vom Navigieren durch die Komplexitäten der italienischen Bürokratie bis hin zur Anpassung an die lebhafte Kultur des Landes teilt Smulders seine ehrlichen Beobachtungen und amüsanten Anekdoten über das Leben als Expat in Italien.

As a young Latina and Native American lawyer and former wife of California’s attorney general and treasurer, Nadia Davis has long been subjected to public scrutiny. In this powerful homage to finding one’s worth in the face of mental health struggles, addiction, and public shaming, Davis shares her remarkable story. She reveals the depths of the darkness she went through, while gracefully offering transformational healing and an end to the choking grasp of shame.

Growing up on the whitewashed Central Coast in the 1980s and attending an elite school as a scholarship student from the wrong side of the tracks, Lebanese-Cypriot Simone Amelia Jordan felt like an outcast among her peers for years. Her lifeline was hip-hop, then in its golden age. From girlhood, Simone recognised the art form's pro-Black consciousness, and the rappers' resonant words inspired her to embrace her own identity and back herself.

Can a single kiss, a few spoken words, or a redheaded cheerleader alter the course of your life? Confronted with his own mortality, a crumbling economy, and the loss of everything he holds dear, a husband and father of three fears that his troubles are retribution for the sins of his youth—the wrath of consequence. In this thoughtful, funny, and heart-wrenching memoir of bullying, teenage angst, lost innocence, cancer survival, and the triumph of courage over fear, John Daly transforms an ordinary life growing up in 1970s New Jersey into something extraordinary.

Assad and Me blends personal biography and national history. It is a description of the Syrian revolt and the murderous regime it opposed. I am the first Syrian journalist to cover the events of the Syrian revolution inside Syria: this is my report years after the catastrophe in my country. I have presented details about security, the economy, and Iranian penetration into the deep state leading to the Syrian civil war.

Nearly a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he could do "more in dreams than Napoleon," yet haunted by the specter of hereditary madness, Pessoa invented dozens of alter egos, or "heteronyms," under whose names he wrote in Portuguese, English, and French. Unsurprisingly, this "most multifarious of writers" (Guardian) has long eluded a definitive biographer—but in renowned translator and Pessoa scholar Richard Zenith, he has met his match.

L'histoire vraie du Parcours des Baroumbayes de l'Afrique aux États-Unis" de l'auteur Noubaissem Baroumbaye est une histoire évocatrice d'immigration commençant dans son pays natal Tchad, à travers ses études théologiques au Cameroun, et enfin aux circonstances fortuites entourant son émigration d'Afrique vers les États-Unis.

Este libro retrocede noventa años y relata una serie de hazañas a cargo de inmigrantes salvadoreños que han aportado arte, solidaridad, educación, tecnología, creatividad, trabajo duro y sacrificio en la Gran Manzana y sus suburbios. Un punto de partida para que las nuevas y futuras generaciones transnacionales cuestionen de dónde vienen y construyan puentes positivos basados en el diálogo y la comprensión.