Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Ethnic Studies (5)
- American Literature (4)
- American Studies (4)
- English Language and Literature (4)
- Comparative Literature (3)
-
- Literature in English, British Isles (3)
- Literature in English, North America (3)
- Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority (3)
- African History (1)
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (1)
- Children's and Young Adult Literature (1)
- Curriculum and Instruction (1)
- Curriculum and Social Inquiry (1)
- Education (1)
- European History (1)
- History (1)
- Legal (1)
- Social History (1)
- United States History (1)
Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in African American Studies
Josef Benson's Review Of White Male Nostalgia
Josef Benson's Review Of White Male Nostalgia
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
A review by Joseph Benson in Modern Fiction Studies of Tim Engles' book White Male Nostalgia in Contemporary North American Literature.
Incarceration, Identity Formation, And Race In Young Adult Literature: The Case Of Monster Versus Hole In My Life, Tim Engles, Fern Kory
Incarceration, Identity Formation, And Race In Young Adult Literature: The Case Of Monster Versus Hole In My Life, Tim Engles, Fern Kory
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
‘Unkle Sommerset's’ Freedom: Liberty In England For Black Sailors, Charles R. Foy
‘Unkle Sommerset's’ Freedom: Liberty In England For Black Sailors, Charles R. Foy
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
With his 1772 decree in Somerset v. Steuart that slavery was ‘so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it [in England] but positive law’, Lord Mansfield altered the legal landscape regarding black rights in England. While earlier judicial decisions had implied that slaves who came to England were free, prior to the Somerset decision there was no judicial consensus on the issue. The Somerset decision did not decree that slavery was illegal in England. Yet many blacks believed it ‘emancipated’ any slave who reached the shores of England. This understanding, combined with the British military welcoming runaways into …
Review Of Place, Language, And Identity In Afro-Costa Rican Literature, By Dorothy E. Mosby, And The Fugitive Race: Minority Writers Resisting Whiteness, By Stephen P. Knadler, Tim Engles
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews: Place, Language, And Identity In Afro-Costa Rican Literature, By Dorothy E. Mosby, And The Fugitive Race: Minority Writers Resisting Whiteness, By Stephen P. Knadler, Tim Engles
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews: Place, Language, And Identity In Afro-Costa Rican Literature, By Dorothy E. Mosby, And The Fugitive Race: Minority Writers Resisting Whiteness, By Stephen P. Knadler, Tim Engles
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
No abstract provided.