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Rowan Oak, Faulkner’S Golden Bough, James W. Webb 2020 University of Mississippi

Rowan Oak, Faulkner’S Golden Bough, James W. Webb

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Mummies And Ducks, John Pilkington Jr. 2020 University of Mississippi

Mummies And Ducks, John Pilkington Jr.

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Recalling The (Afro)Future: Collective Memory And The Construction Of Subversive Meanings In Janelle Monáe’S Metropolis-Suites, Anders Liljedahl 2020 University of Copenhagen

Recalling The (Afro)Future: Collective Memory And The Construction Of Subversive Meanings In Janelle Monáe’S Metropolis-Suites, Anders Liljedahl

Third Stone

Focusing on the intersection of collective memory, technology, and African American popular music, this paper use aspects of the sonic narratives in Janelle Monáe’s Metropolis-Suites I–V to introduce core concepts of Afrofuturism. The paper challenges the positioning of collective memory as being exterior to the sphere of individual cognitive memory. By inhabiting past, present, and future at once, Afrofuturism is able to critically revisit collective memory not only as a social framework but also as actual individual memory. Afrofuturist discourse questions the status of the human being by examining African Americans as always already robotic, and posits African American …


Vol. 5 (1964): Full Issue, Journal Editors 2020 University of Mississippi

Vol. 5 (1964): Full Issue, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


William Archer, W. T. Stead, And The Theatre. Some Unpublished Letters, Joseph O. Baylen 2020 University of Mississippi

William Archer, W. T. Stead, And The Theatre. Some Unpublished Letters, Joseph O. Baylen

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Stark Young At The Southern Literary Festival, John Pilkington 2020 University of Mississippi

Stark Young At The Southern Literary Festival, John Pilkington

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Vol. 4 (1963): Full Issue, Journal Editors 2020 University of Mississippi

Vol. 4 (1963): Full Issue, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Irwin Russell’S Position In Southern Literature, James W. Webb 2020 University of Mississippi

Irwin Russell’S Position In Southern Literature, James W. Webb

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Cooper’S Prairie As Wasteland, Evans Harrington 2020 University of Mississippi

Cooper’S Prairie As Wasteland, Evans Harrington

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


A Crawford Bibliography, John Pilkington Jr. 2020 University of Mississippi

A Crawford Bibliography, John Pilkington Jr.

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


A Novelist And His Public, John Pilkington Jr. 2020 University of Mississippi

A Novelist And His Public, John Pilkington Jr.

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Irving And His “Favorite Author”, James W. Webb 2020 University of Mississippi

Irving And His “Favorite Author”, James W. Webb

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Vol. 2 (1961): Full Issue, Journal Editors 2020 University of Mississippi

Vol. 2 (1961): Full Issue, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Simms As Biographer, James W. Webb 2020 University of Mississippi

Simms As Biographer, James W. Webb

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


The Genesis Of Mr. Isaacs, John Pilkington 2020 University of Mississippi

The Genesis Of Mr. Isaacs, John Pilkington

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


F. Marion Crawford’S Lecture Tour, 1897-1898, John Pilkington 2020 University of Mississippi

F. Marion Crawford’S Lecture Tour, 1897-1898, John Pilkington

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Journal Editors 2020 University of Mississippi

Table Of Contents, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Dedication To David Horace Bishop, Journal Editors 2020 University of Mississippi

Dedication To David Horace Bishop, Journal Editors

Studies in English

Professor Emeritus of English, Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School.


Cover Pages, Journal Editors 2020 University of Mississippi

Cover Pages, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Marvin The Martian, Godzilla, And Other Purveyors Of Atomic Destruction, Bethany Underhill 2020 CSUSB

Marvin The Martian, Godzilla, And Other Purveyors Of Atomic Destruction, Bethany Underhill

History in the Making

“Marvin the Martian, Godzilla, and other Purveyors of Atomic Destruction” examines the cultural impact of atomic testing as represented in popular culture. Children’s media, specifically served as a rich source of examples of atomic testing as presented to the general public. Research exposed a trend concerning to attitude toward atomic testing, and how this cultural attitude changed over time. This shift in attitude directly connects to the events surrounding a specific atomic test the Bravo Test in the Castle series. The context of the Castle Bravo test reveals the motivations for this change in attitude. The research encompasses an examination …


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