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Acla Update (September 1997), Claire Gelinas, Aids Coalition Of Lewiston-Auburn Sep 1997

Acla Update (September 1997), Claire Gelinas, Aids Coalition Of Lewiston-Auburn

ACLA update (1996-1999)

No abstract provided.


Exploring African American Identity In Harlem: Carl Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven, Michelle Lynn Simone Aug 1997

Exploring African American Identity In Harlem: Carl Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven, Michelle Lynn Simone

Theses & Honors Papers

Carl Van Vechten became a predominant figure within Harlem Renaissance literary circles because of his patronage of black artists and his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. The novel depicts scenes of cabarets and Harlem night life, emphasizing themes of racial prejudice and the struggle for identity in the black culture. Van Vechten's fictional portrayal of Harlem received mixed reviews--to say the least. Many black authors and critics aligned themselves with W.E.B. Du Bois and lambasted the bawdy scenes and racially derogatory title. Others, including James Weldon Johnson and Langston Hughes, defended Van Vechten' s astute observations of Harlem and his skillful …


The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1997, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Aug 1997

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1997, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Fall 1997 NEWSLETTER Intimacies of a New England Trip: John Muir's 1898 Excursion by j. Parker Huber (Editor's note: Parker Huber, a regular contributor to these ■pages, here excerpts and discusses a few days of John Muir's life from the pages of Muir's journal of 1898 and from his letters.) ohn Muir's extensive travels included five trips to New England, finch occurred in 1893,1896,1898,1903 and 1911. His longest fxposure to New England came in late summer and autumn of 1898. This visit had three phases: first an overnight on Cape Cod, ; which is considered here, followed by a tour …


Smith On Jenkins, 'Textual Poachers: Television Fans And Participatory Culture', Anne Collins Smith Aug 1997

Smith On Jenkins, 'Textual Poachers: Television Fans And Participatory Culture', Anne Collins Smith

Faculty Publications

Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins. New York: Routledge, 1992. viii + 343 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-415-90571-8; $38.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-415-90572-5.

In Textual Poachers, Henry Jenkins examines the underground world of the media fandom, people who create fiction, artwork, and other forms of expression based on television shows. Drawing on a rich theoretical background with sources ranging from feminist literary criticism to cultural anthropology, Jenkins applies and adapts Michel de Certeau's model of "poaching," in which an audience appropriates a text for itself. Taking a stand against the stereotypical portrayal of fans as obsessive …


Mlgpa News (August 1997), Betsy Smith Aug 1997

Mlgpa News (August 1997), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


American Irish Newsletter - August 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Aug 1997

American Irish Newsletter - August 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.1, No.7 (August 1997), M. Lichtman Aug 1997

Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.1, No.7 (August 1997), M. Lichtman

Common Circle for Human Rights (1997-2000)

No abstract provided.


Review Of Soulfires: Young Black Men On Love And Violence, Amilcar Shabazz Jul 1997

Review Of Soulfires: Young Black Men On Love And Violence, Amilcar Shabazz

Afro-American Studies Faculty Publication Series

A review of a literary and cultural anthology on African American males on love and violence.


Bern Porter International: Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer, 1997), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein Jul 1997

Bern Porter International: Volume 1 Number 1 (Summer, 1997), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

Newsletters

A Literary Newspaper

Featuring the Bern Porter International mission statement with an introduction to the Institute of Advanced Thinking and Porter's literary philosophy.


Mlgpa News (July 1997), Betsy Smith Jul 1997

Mlgpa News (July 1997), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


Maine Speakout Communique, Vol.2, No.1 (Summer 1997), Naomi Falcone, Maine Speakout Project Jul 1997

Maine Speakout Communique, Vol.2, No.1 (Summer 1997), Naomi Falcone, Maine Speakout Project

Maine Speakout communique (1995-1997)

No abstract provided.


Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.1, No.6 (July 1997), M. Lichtman Jul 1997

Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.1, No.6 (July 1997), M. Lichtman

Common Circle for Human Rights (1997-2000)

No abstract provided.


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.18, [No.4] (July/August 1997), Northern Lambda Nord, Dick Harrison Jul 1997

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.18, [No.4] (July/August 1997), Northern Lambda Nord, Dick Harrison

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.


American Irish Newsletter - July 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Jul 1997

American Irish Newsletter - July 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Southern Register. 1997.2 (Summer 1997), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture. Jul 1997

Southern Register. 1997.2 (Summer 1997), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture.

Southern Register

No abstract provided.


Vol. 17, No. 3 (1997), Jennifer Byron Owen, Wendy Goldberg, Michael A. Crivello, Walter G. Watkins Jr. Jul 1997

Vol. 17, No. 3 (1997), Jennifer Byron Owen, Wendy Goldberg, Michael A. Crivello, Walter G. Watkins Jr.

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


Matlovich Society (Summer 1997), Matlovich Society Jul 1997

Matlovich Society (Summer 1997), Matlovich Society

Matlovich Society (1991-1997)

No abstract provided.


Community Pride Reporter, 07/1997 (Summer), Community Pride Reporter Jul 1997

Community Pride Reporter, 07/1997 (Summer), Community Pride Reporter

Community Pride Reporter (1993-1999)

No abstract provided.


The John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1997, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Jun 1997

The John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1997, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

MUIR 1997 What Does Love Have To Do With It: ~Chr7sTIAi^^ &~KlNDRED REDEMPTION by Bonnie Johanna Gisel (Editor's note: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century American Cultural History at Drew University '' TnIleVrSey' ^se[ant^PTlthe coJ^on, in Fall 1997, of her Ph.D. dissertation ZJeannecZrrntitled Jeanne C. Carr: Into the Sun. A Nineteenth-Century American Woman's Experience in Nature and Wilderness) copyright @ 1997, by Bonnie J. Gisel hi ! amination of the letters of Elvira Hutchings written to me C. Carr and to John Muir above all reveal a portrait of friendship shared by Muir and Elvira Hutchings. A further examination provides insight …


Mlgpa News (June 1997), Betsy Smith Jun 1997

Mlgpa News (June 1997), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


American Irish Newsletter - June 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Jun 1997

American Irish Newsletter - June 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Community Pride Reporter, 06/1997, Community Pride Reporter Jun 1997

Community Pride Reporter, 06/1997, Community Pride Reporter

Community Pride Reporter (1993-1999)

No abstract provided.


Acla Update (June 1997), Claire Gelinas, Aids Coalition Of Lewiston-Auburn Jun 1997

Acla Update (June 1997), Claire Gelinas, Aids Coalition Of Lewiston-Auburn

ACLA update (1996-1999)

No abstract provided.


Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.1, No.5 (June 1997), M. Lichtman Jun 1997

Common Circle For Human Rights, Vol.1, No.5 (June 1997), M. Lichtman

Common Circle for Human Rights (1997-2000)

No abstract provided.


In The Affirmative, Vol.4, No.5 (Mid-May/Mid-June1997), Mike Martin, The Aids Project May 1997

In The Affirmative, Vol.4, No.5 (Mid-May/Mid-June1997), Mike Martin, The Aids Project

In the affirmative (1993-1999)

No abstract provided.


University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program, 1997, University Of Southern Maine May 1997

University Of Southern Maine Commencement Program, 1997, University Of Southern Maine

Commencement Programs

University of Southern Maine commencement program, 1997

Saturday, May 10th, 1997 9:00am

Address by H. Draper Hunt, Professor Emeritus History and author.


Mlgpa News (May 1997), Betsy Smith May 1997

Mlgpa News (May 1997), Betsy Smith

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

No abstract provided.


Community Pride Reporter, 05/1997, Community Pride Reporter May 1997

Community Pride Reporter, 05/1997, Community Pride Reporter

Community Pride Reporter (1993-1999)

No abstract provided.


American Irish Newsletter - May 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec May 1997

American Irish Newsletter - May 1997, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.18, No.3 (May/June 1997), Northern Lambda Nord, Dick Harrison May 1997

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.18, No.3 (May/June 1997), Northern Lambda Nord, Dick Harrison

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.