Sweat is a short story by the American writer Zora Neale Hurston, first published in 1926. The story revolves around a washerwoman and her unemployed, insecure husband.
Robert E. Hemenway, the Chancellor of University of Kansas and the author of a biography of Zora Neale Hurston, praised Sweat as "a remarkable work, her best fiction of the period".
Summary
Delia is a washerwoman who works long hours in a small Central Florida village. Her husband Sykes does not work, yet he resents that Delia cleans "white folks'" clothes in their home. Sykes scares his wife of fifteen years by using her fear of snakes. The marriage is an abusive one, ever since Sykes began beating Delia two months after marrying. Observers in the town remark how the once-beautiful Delia has lost her shine because of her abusive husband. With that said, Delia has come to the conclusion that she does not need Sykes nor his abuse, particularly considering it is her wages that paid for their home.
Tired of Delia and seeking out freedom with his "portly" mistress Bertha, Sykes hatches a plan to poison Delia by planting a rattlesnake in her washing clothes. In a bit of karmic fate, however, it is Sykes who is poisoned by the rattlesnake, fatally, in the neck. In response, Delia sits meditatively below a chinaberry tree waiting for her husband to expire, and ignoring his pleas for aid.
Sweat is an Australian dramatelevision series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 for one season of 26 episodes and centred on students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted.
"Sweat" is a song recorded by American recording artist Ciara for her self-titled fifth album Ciara (2013), originally titled One Woman Army. Featuring guest vocals from rapper 2 Chainz, "Sweat" is Ciara's debut release under Epic Records after publicly asking to leave previous label Jive Records. The label failed to support Ciara creatively and financially on previous albums, Fantasy Ride (2009) and Basic Instinct (2010), contributing to poor performance of both albums. Ciara's contract with Epic Records reunited the singer with her mentor L.A. Reid, who is credited as originally signing the singer to his LaFace Records label during the beginning of her career in 2004, as well as having a hand in producing her debut album, Goodies (2004).
Initially touted as the lead single from Ciara, "Sweat" received mixed reviews from music critics, with some describing the song as a heavy club song, while others referred to the song as boring. "Sweat" was likened to previous urban singles "Goodies" (2004) and "Like a Boy" (2006). It was serviced to rhythmic radio stations on June 18, 2012; however, its planned digital release for June 19, 2012 was cancelled. Epic Records subsequently noted the song as a promotional single when it charted at number eighty-six on the US BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was replaced by a ballad called "Sorry" as the lead single from Ciara but what when that underperformed too, both songs were scrapped from the album and replaced with an R&B midtempo song called "Body Party", subsequently touted as the album's new lead single.
A mat is a generic term for a piece of fabric material it is used for many things, generally placed on a floor or other flat surface, which serves a range of purposes including:
providing a regular or flat surface, such as a cushioned computer mousepad.
protecting that which is beneath the mat, such as a place mat or the matting used in archival framing and preservation of documents and paintings.
protecting that which is above the mat, such as a wrestling or gymnastics mat, or an anti-vibration mat.
serving to clean items passed over it, such as a doormat, which cleans dirt from the soles of shoes.
In domestic settings:
A doormat, more frequently spelled door-mat, is a flat, usually rectangular object placed immediately outside or inside the entrance to a house or other building, to allow people to easily scrub or wipe the soles of their shoes before entering. Doormats are usually made from tough, long-lasting material such as coir, palmyra (palm) fibres and stalks, nylon, rubber, cloth, or aluminium and other metals. Doormats may also be known as welcome mats, as their location at an entrance constitutes a "welcome" to visitors, and may therefore also bear some word, message or sign of greeting. This in turn has given rise to a subculture of cartoons featuring characters returning home to find (to the reader) a humorous message on the doormat. The lowly purpose for which doormats exist has also led to informal use of the term as a reference to people who behave timidly or passively when exploited by others (see also Caspar Milquetoast).
Mató is mentioned in the Sent Soví, a 14th-century Catalan cookbook, as well as in the El Noi de la Mare local Christmas carol. It was very popular during the Middle Ages, when it was made plain or scented with orange flowers.
The film underwent restoration in 1968 in the Mosfilm studio and a sound track was added with music by Tikhon Khrennikov.
Plot
In this film, the mother of Pavel Vlasov is drawn into the revolutionary conflict when her husband and son find themselves on opposite sides during a worker's strike. After her husband dies during the failed strike, she betrays her son's ideology in order to try, in vain, to save his life. He is arrested, tried in what amounts to a judicial farce, and sentenced to heavy labor in a prison camp. During his incarceration, his mother aligns herself with him and his ideology and joins the revolutionaries. In the climax of the movie, the mother and hundreds of others march to the prison in order to free the prisoners, who are aware of the plan and have planned their escape. Ultimately, the troops of the Tsar suppress the uprising, killing both mother and son in the final scenes.
"Sweat" is the first single off Ciara's highly anticipated 5th studio album titled "One Woman Army" due out later this year.
published: 08 Jun 2012
Ciara "Sweat" feat. 2 Chainz
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published: 05 Jun 2012
Sweat - Ciara FT. Nicki Minaj (MUSIC VIDEO)
HD MUSIC VIDEO OF SWEAT
published: 25 Sep 2012
Ciara - Dance Like We're Making Love
"Dance Like We're Making Love" by Ciara
Download "Jackie" at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackie Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieAmz Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieSpotify Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieGP www.onlyCiara.com www.twitter.com/ciara www.facebook.com/ciaramusic www.instagram.com/ciara www.youtube.com/ciaratv (c) 2015 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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published: 17 Jul 2015
Ciara feat. 2 Chainz - Sweat
Music Video By Ciara Performing Sweat.℗ 2010 LaFace Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ciara - Sweat (No Boys Allowed Solo Version by CHTRMX)
Ciara - Sweat (No Boys Allowed Solo Version by CHTRMX)
This track originally featured 2 Chainz.
Reupload from 2016.
published: 01 Feb 2020
Ciara - Sweat ft. 2 Chainz
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Ciara - Sweat ft. 2 Chainz
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
published: 05 Jun 2012
Ciara - Sweat (Contest) (Live At Key Club 2012) (VIDEO)
published: 30 Sep 2022
Ciara - Work ft. Missy Elliott
Ciara's official music video for 'Work' ft. Missy Elliott. Click to listen to Ciara on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSpot?IQid=CiaraWo
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Body Party: https://youtu.be/B9rSBcoX9ak
Sorry: https://youtu.be/_DLA8Be7P9w
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"Dance Like We're Making Love" by Ciara
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"Dance Like We're Making Love" by Ciara
Download "Jackie" at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackie Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieAmz Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieSpotify Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieGP www.onlyCiara.com www.twitter.com/ciara www.facebook.com/ciaramusic www.instagram.com/ciara www.youtube.com/ciaratv (c) 2015 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
#Ciara #DanceLikeWereMakingLove #HipHop #Pop
"Dance Like We're Making Love" by Ciara
Download "Jackie" at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackie Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieAmz Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieSpotify Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieGP www.onlyCiara.com www.twitter.com/ciara www.facebook.com/ciaramusic www.instagram.com/ciara www.youtube.com/ciaratv (c) 2015 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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Ciara - Sweat ft. 2 Chainz
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara - Sweat
Ciara's official music video for 'Work' ft. Missy Elliott. Click to listen to Ciara on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSpot?IQid=CiaraWo
As featured on Playli...
Ciara's official music video for 'Work' ft. Missy Elliott. Click to listen to Ciara on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSpot?IQid=CiaraWo
As featured on Playlist: The Very Best of Ciara. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraBOiTunes?IQid=CiaraWo
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraWorkPlay?IQid=CiaraWo
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraBOaz?IQid=CiaraWo
More from Ciara
Dance Like We're Making Love: https://youtu.be/Fw_crqWYBCM
Body Party: https://youtu.be/B9rSBcoX9ak
Sorry: https://youtu.be/_DLA8Be7P9w
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Lyrics:
When the song come on in the club
Put it up, put it up, put it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up (Rewind!)
When the song come on in the club
Put it up, put it up, put it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, (let's go!)
The dance train is coming back again
Extravaganza, you should run and tell a friend
Kings and queens are posted at the bar
Buckin' down, it's time to tip it off
Walk that walk (walk)
Show me how you move it
Can you walk that talk (talk)
Put some snap into it
It's your chance now
Girl you better dance now
It's your time to show it all
The spotlight is on you, you better...
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work *****, you better work!
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work *****, you better work!
Ciara's official music video for 'Work' ft. Missy Elliott. Click to listen to Ciara on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSpot?IQid=CiaraWo
As featured on Playlist: The Very Best of Ciara. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraBOiTunes?IQid=CiaraWo
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraWorkPlay?IQid=CiaraWo
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraBOaz?IQid=CiaraWo
More from Ciara
Dance Like We're Making Love: https://youtu.be/Fw_crqWYBCM
Body Party: https://youtu.be/B9rSBcoX9ak
Sorry: https://youtu.be/_DLA8Be7P9w
Follow Ciara
Website: http://onlyciara.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ciaramusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ciara
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ciara
Subscribe to Ciara on YouTube: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSub?IQid=CiaraWo
More great classic RnB videos here: http://smarturl.it/ClassicRNB?IQid=CiaraWo
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Lyrics:
When the song come on in the club
Put it up, put it up, put it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up (Rewind!)
When the song come on in the club
Put it up, put it up, put it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, (let's go!)
The dance train is coming back again
Extravaganza, you should run and tell a friend
Kings and queens are posted at the bar
Buckin' down, it's time to tip it off
Walk that walk (walk)
Show me how you move it
Can you walk that talk (talk)
Put some snap into it
It's your chance now
Girl you better dance now
It's your time to show it all
The spotlight is on you, you better...
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work *****, you better work!
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work *****, you better work!
"Dance Like We're Making Love" by Ciara
Download "Jackie" at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackie Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieAmz Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieSpotify Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraJackieGP www.onlyCiara.com www.twitter.com/ciara www.facebook.com/ciaramusic www.instagram.com/ciara www.youtube.com/ciaratv (c) 2015 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
#Ciara #DanceLikeWereMakingLove #HipHop #Pop
Ciara's official music video for 'Work' ft. Missy Elliott. Click to listen to Ciara on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSpot?IQid=CiaraWo
As featured on Playlist: The Very Best of Ciara. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CiaraBOiTunes?IQid=CiaraWo
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/CiaraWorkPlay?IQid=CiaraWo
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/CiaraBOaz?IQid=CiaraWo
More from Ciara
Dance Like We're Making Love: https://youtu.be/Fw_crqWYBCM
Body Party: https://youtu.be/B9rSBcoX9ak
Sorry: https://youtu.be/_DLA8Be7P9w
Follow Ciara
Website: http://onlyciara.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ciaramusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ciara
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ciara
Subscribe to Ciara on YouTube: http://smarturl.it/CiaraSub?IQid=CiaraWo
More great classic RnB videos here: http://smarturl.it/ClassicRNB?IQid=CiaraWo
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Lyrics:
When the song come on in the club
Put it up, put it up, put it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up (Rewind!)
When the song come on in the club
Put it up, put it up, put it up
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, (let's go!)
The dance train is coming back again
Extravaganza, you should run and tell a friend
Kings and queens are posted at the bar
Buckin' down, it's time to tip it off
Walk that walk (walk)
Show me how you move it
Can you walk that talk (talk)
Put some snap into it
It's your chance now
Girl you better dance now
It's your time to show it all
The spotlight is on you, you better...
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work *****, you better work!
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work work work
Work work *****, you better work!
Sweat is a short story by the American writer Zora Neale Hurston, first published in 1926. The story revolves around a washerwoman and her unemployed, insecure husband.
Robert E. Hemenway, the Chancellor of University of Kansas and the author of a biography of Zora Neale Hurston, praised Sweat as "a remarkable work, her best fiction of the period".
Summary
Delia is a washerwoman who works long hours in a small Central Florida village. Her husband Sykes does not work, yet he resents that Delia cleans "white folks'" clothes in their home. Sykes scares his wife of fifteen years by using her fear of snakes. The marriage is an abusive one, ever since Sykes began beating Delia two months after marrying. Observers in the town remark how the once-beautiful Delia has lost her shine because of her abusive husband. With that said, Delia has come to the conclusion that she does not need Sykes nor his abuse, particularly considering it is her wages that paid for their home.
Tired of Delia and seeking out freedom with his "portly" mistress Bertha, Sykes hatches a plan to poison Delia by planting a rattlesnake in her washing clothes. In a bit of karmic fate, however, it is Sykes who is poisoned by the rattlesnake, fatally, in the neck. In response, Delia sits meditatively below a chinaberry tree waiting for her husband to expire, and ignoring his pleas for aid.