Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Italianità On Tour: From The Mediterranean To Southeast Florida, 1896-1939, Antonietta Di Pietro
Italianità On Tour: From The Mediterranean To Southeast Florida, 1896-1939, Antonietta Di Pietro
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Italianità on Tour is a cultural history of Italian consciousness in Italy and Southeast Florida from 1896 to 1939. This dissertation examines literary works, folktales, folksongs, artworks, buildings and urban planning as imprints and cultural constructions of Italianità on both sides of the Atlantic, with a special emphasis on the transformations experienced on that journey. The real and/or imagined geo-cultural similarities between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean encouraged pioneers in Southeast Florida to conjure in their new setting an idea of Italianità, regardless of the presence of Italians in the area. Therefore, assessing Italianità, constitutes an important feature …
More Than An "Immoderate Superstition": Christian Identity In The First Three Centuries, Edward Mason
More Than An "Immoderate Superstition": Christian Identity In The First Three Centuries, Edward Mason
Theses and Dissertations--History
Only recently have scholars given particular attention to the development of the racial discourse present in early Christian apologetics. This study is aimed at understanding the Latin and Greek literary antecedents to the development of a Christian discourse on race and identity and examining in detail the apex of this discourse in the work of third century apologist Origen of Alexandria. Origen’s work represented the apex of an evolving discourse that, while continuing to use traditional vocabulary, became increasingly universalizing with the growth of the Roman Empire. By understanding how Christians in the first three centuries shaped their attitudes on …