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Ethnic Studies

City University of New York (CUNY)

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Beyond Columbus: An Italian American Wake Up Call, Fred L. Gardaphé Jul 2020

Beyond Columbus: An Italian American Wake Up Call, Fred L. Gardaphé

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This article discusses the relationship between Italian American culture and the celebration of Columbus Day in the United States.


Muddling The Middle: Cynical Representations Of Ethnic Relations In V.S. And Shiva Naipaul, Kevin Frank Apr 2019

Muddling The Middle: Cynical Representations Of Ethnic Relations In V.S. And Shiva Naipaul, Kevin Frank

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In this essay from the collection, Seepersad and Sons: Naipaulian Synergies, Kevin Frank argues that coming from a creolized society, unlike their father, Seepersad, V.S. and Shiva Naipaul's representations of "race" and ethnicity in their works is cynical, favoring one side in the Indo- and Afro-Caribbean racial antagonism, mainly because of their anxiety about "Black Power."