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Images Of Bosnia, Joel Halpern Mar 2002

Images Of Bosnia, Joel Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

The images which appear here are, unless otherwise indicated, are copyright Joel M. Halpern and taken from the catalog of an exhibition entitled The Thin Veneer; the Peoples of Bosnia and their Disappearing Cultural Heritage (Copyright 1997, University of Massachusetts Amherst and used by permission). Copies of the catalog are available for $ 6.00 including postage, from: Betsy Siersma, Director, University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002. Part of this presentation is also available online at http://www.h-net.org/~sae/halpern/photos.html.


Linguistic Phenomena In Israeli Hebrew As Reflected In An Early Israeli Song, Shmuel Bolozky Jan 2002

Linguistic Phenomena In Israeli Hebrew As Reflected In An Early Israeli Song, Shmuel Bolozky

Shmuel Bolozky

No abstract provided.


Dawnsong! The Epic Memory Of Askia Toure, James Smethurst Jan 2002

Dawnsong! The Epic Memory Of Askia Toure, James Smethurst

James E. Smethurst

The Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s profoundly marked culture in the United States. It changed how basic notions of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, politics, and art were (and are) understood. However, one of the most important literary legacies of the Movement is the continuing productivity of key Black Arts writers, such as Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Jayne Cortez, Haki Madhubuti, and Askia Toure. Toure's Dawnsong!, a particularly ambitious example of that productivity, seeks to create a new sort of African American epic, fusing Black Arts mythmaking with a radical post-Black Arts historicism.


"Don't Say Goodbye To The Porkpie Hat": Langston Hughes, The Left, And The Black Arts Movement, James Smethurst Jan 2002

"Don't Say Goodbye To The Porkpie Hat": Langston Hughes, The Left, And The Black Arts Movement, James Smethurst

James E. Smethurst

If one looks to uncover linkages between the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and the earlier radicalisms of the 1930s and 1940s, the work of Langston Hughes as a writer, editor, and cultural catalyst during the 1950s and 1960s is a good place to start. Not only was his writing a crucial forerunner of Black Arts poetry, drama, essays, and short fiction, but Hughes tirelessly promoted the careers of the young (and sometimes not so young) militant black artists then, providing practical, moral, and emotional support and encouragement. At the same time, Hughes constructively criticized both the …


Du Boisian Double Consciousness: The Unsustainable Argument, Ernest Allen Jan 2002

Du Boisian Double Consciousness: The Unsustainable Argument, Ernest Allen

Ernest Allen

No abstract provided.


Comparative Markedness (Long Version), John J. Mccarthy Jan 2002

Comparative Markedness (Long Version), John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

The markedness constraints of classic Optimality Theory assign violation-marks to output candidates without reference to the input or to other candidates. This paper explores an alternative conception of markedness that is comparative: markedness constraints compare the candidate under evaluation with another candidate, the most faithful one. Comparative constraints distinguish two situations: the candidate under evaluation contains an instance of a marked structure that is also present in the fully-faithful candidate; or the candidate under evaluation contains an instance of a marked structure that is not present in the fully faithful candidate. The empirical consequences of comparative markedness are explored, including …


On Targeted Constraints And Cluster Simplification, John J. Mccarthy Jan 2002

On Targeted Constraints And Cluster Simplification, John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

In his article 'Consonant cluster neutralisation and targeted constraints', Wilson (2001) proposes a far-reaching revision of Optimality Theory to accommodate targeted constraints, which compare candidates differing only in certain specific ways. Targeted constraints, it is argued, can explain why cluster-simplification processes affect the first member of a cluster but never the more marked member of a cluster. In this remark, I show that this argument encounters difficulties once it has been embedded in a fuller picture of constraint interaction. Some general properties of the targeted-constraints model are also discussed.


The First Revolt And Its Afterlife, Neil A. Silberman Jan 2002

The First Revolt And Its Afterlife, Neil A. Silberman

Neil A. Silberman

No abstract provided.


Falling Through The Cracks: The Fate Of Painted Palace Facades In Sixteenth-Century Italy, Monika Schmitter Jan 2002

Falling Through The Cracks: The Fate Of Painted Palace Facades In Sixteenth-Century Italy, Monika Schmitter

Monika Schmitter

No abstract provided.


Toni Morrison: Sula, A Yęmisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2002

Toni Morrison: Sula, A Yęmisi Jimoh, Phd

A Yęmisi Jimoh

Article on Sula by Toni Morrison.


Spiritual, Blues, And Jazz People In African American Fiction, A Yęmisi Jimoh, Phd Jan 2002

Spiritual, Blues, And Jazz People In African American Fiction, A Yęmisi Jimoh, Phd

A Yęmisi Jimoh

Literature and music


Meridian Hill Park: The Making Of An American Neoclassical Landscape, Elizabeth Brabec Jan 2002

Meridian Hill Park: The Making Of An American Neoclassical Landscape, Elizabeth Brabec

Elizabeth Brabec

The neoclassical design was the dominant design movement in landscape architecture at the turn of the last century, dictating the form and design of public parks for most of the first half of the twentieth century. Meridian Hill Park, located just north of the White ouse in Washington, DC, is considered the most ambitious neoclassical park ever conceived in the United States. The paper provides an overview of the design development of the park, illustrating how classical design precedents were used to create a contemporary neo-classical park.