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Religious Iconography In "Twilight": Veneration And Fandom, Jacqueline E. Swaidan

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

The mysterious and dark atmosphere, the overwhelming focus on the main characters, and the constant contrast of dark and light in Twilight (2009) recall traditional Christian religious imagery. But more that that, this paper will argue that Twilight, the first of the romantic fantasy films adapted from the successful book series by Stephenie Meyer, draws explicitly on traditional Catholic religious imagery and ceremony to engender religious devotion in its fans. Images from the first Twilight film suggest that the creators of Twilight used religious imagery to captivate their audience. Christian constructs such as Eden’s eternity, Edward’s Christ-like abstinence, and …

The Lost Opportunity For Ethiopia: The Failure To Move Toward Democratic Governance, Theodor Vestal

International Journal of African Development

During the critical five year period leading up to the velvet revolution and the overthrow of Haile Selassie’s regime, there were missed opportunities to bring about peaceful change in Ethiopia’s governance. This paper analyzes the events of this period that led to the rise of the Derg and the revolutionary changes that followed and speculates on when strategic steps could have been taken to avoid the catastrophic events that ensued in 1974.

Remembrance And Research: Some Reflections On A Pending Centenary -- Conclusion, Keith C. Sewell

Pro Rege

This article is the second half of Dr. Keith C. Sewell’s study “Remembrance and Research: Some Reflections on a Pending Centenary”.

Remembrance And Research: Some Reflections On A Pending Centenary, Keith C. Sewell

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Moving Toward Modern--How The Steel Plant Museum Of Western New York Is Embracing The Paradigm Shift Of Museums In The 21st Century, Steve Bukowski

The Exposition

This article seeks to briefly discuss the emerging museum trends of the 21st century, using the Steel Plant Museum of Western New York as a short case study to explore how a small museum addresses the paradigm shift.

Education And Legislation: Affluent Women's Political Engagement In The Consumers' Leagues Of The Progressive Era, Scott R. St. Louis

Grand Valley Journal of History

This paper examines the extent to which the National Consumers’ League and similar localized leagues provided middle- and upper-class women with new opportunities for involvement in American politics during the early Progressive Era, or roughly the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. These organizations undertook various efforts – including “list” and “label” campaigns – to educate the consuming public about the poor working conditions suffered by retail employees and especially factory workers in the garment industry, with a focus on employed women and child laborers. Later on, the leagues provided their female members …

Review Of Josephine Butler By Jane Jordan, Katherine Soule

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

About the author

Katherine graduated from Armstrong with a History B.A. in December 2012. She wants to be a professor emphasizing in world history, specifically Africa and Asia, and human rights and genocide. She likes chocolate, turtles and long walks on the beach.

Cultural Identity, Deafness And Sign Language: A Postcolonial Approach, Steven Loughran

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks describes the experience of the recently de-colonized members of the Negro (as he refers to those of African descent) population living in Europe, particularly France, in the 1960s. A little over a decade later, Edward Said published Orientalism, thus adding to a growing discipline of scholarship in the fields of art, literature, and cultural studies called “Postcolonialism.” My essay attempts to show that Deaf persons who communicate with each other using sign language can be viewed as a colonized group, and that applying postcolonial theory to the study of their culture is appropriate.

The Use Of Rhetoric In Anti-Suffrage And Anti-Feminist Publications, Artour Aslanian

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

After decades of struggling to gain the right to vote, women were finally granted that right with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920. While it would seem that most, if not all, women would be in favor of gaining the right to vote, the women’s suffrage movement did not represent the wishes of all women within the United States. Scholarship in this area largely focuses on the historical developments of the suffrage movements, with the presence of female opponents of suffrage and anti-suffragist organizations receiving less attention.1 These anti-suffragists were vocal in their opposition to the …

On Danish-American Cultural Identity, Signe Sloth

The Bridge

In 1967 an article was published which kick-started a discussion that is still going on among sociologists today. The subject of the article is American civil religion and the writer is the American sociologist Robert Bellah who claims that every nation and every people has a religious self-understanding. He advocates an American civil religion that is separated from other denominations and established religious institutions, but just like them demands recognition and understanding. Bellah defines this Civil Religion as " ... A genuine apprehension of universal and transcendental religious reality as seen in or . . . as revealed through the …

Vulcan Historical Review 17 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Becoming A Historian, Robert G. Corley

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 9-11

A Dragon In The Den Of The Bear: A History Of The Uab Football Team, Donald C. Campbell

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 12-25

Vulcan Historical Review 17 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Dominated, Denied, And Debauched: The Lives And Roles Of Women In Classical Athens, Marialeen Ellis

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 35-45

The Blood Sacrifice: The Katyn Massacre And Allied Cover-Up, T Gerald Archer

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 26-34

The Great Alteration: The Motivation Behind The Rebellion Following The Imposition Of The 1637 Scottish Book Of Common Prayer, Ashley Vee Foster

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 46-66

The Collapse Of The Soviet Union And Its Repercussions: A Literature Review, Matthew G. Guerdat

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 67-76

The "Legalist-Confucian Amalgam": The Impact Of Philosophy On Early Imperial China, Jennifer E. Stitt

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 77-83

Help! Help! I'M Being Repressed: A Comparative Look At The Rural And Urban Peasant Rebellion Of 1381, Nicole Watkins

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 84-95

A Broad And Sweeping Federal Power: Birmingham Barbecue And Southern Culture In The Crosshairs Of The Commerce Clause, Nicholas C. Hosford

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 96-107

Freedom Riders: 1961 And The Struggle For Racial Justice (Abridged Version), Edward S. Savela

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 108-110

Three Veils, Farah Khan

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 111-112

Vulcan Historical Review 17 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.