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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Recognizing Environmental Justice In History: Resistance And Agency In The Cross Bronx Expressway And The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, Sarah Berkley
History Honors Papers
The term environmental justice did not become a part of academic discourse until the 1970s; however, the facts of environmental injustice predate the concept. Minority and low-income communities have historically born a disproportionate burden of the environmental harm associated with economic progress while reaping few of the benefits. The history of the building of the Cross Bronx Expressway from 1948 to 1972 and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike of 1968 both involve what today can be labeled an environmental justice struggle in response to environmental injustices. Under the radar of the mainly white environmental movement, African Americans and others made …
Gastronomic Literature, Modern Cuisine And The Development Of French Bourgeois Identity From 1800 To 1850, Jane Thompson
Gastronomic Literature, Modern Cuisine And The Development Of French Bourgeois Identity From 1800 To 1850, Jane Thompson
History Honors Papers
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The Forced Expulsion Of Ethnic Germans From Czechoslovakia After World War Ii: Memory, Identity, And History, Erin Wilson
The Forced Expulsion Of Ethnic Germans From Czechoslovakia After World War Ii: Memory, Identity, And History, Erin Wilson
History Honors Papers
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“Not One Looks Like My Daughter!”: How American Girl Makes History Hegemony, Nicole Laconte
“Not One Looks Like My Daughter!”: How American Girl Makes History Hegemony, Nicole Laconte
History Honors Papers
American Girl markets dolls and books toward girls. Their original product line, which features historical characters, mobilizes history to teach moral lessons. This paper breaks down these morals to search for hegemony, a discourse that marginalizes minority readers. In this quest to uncover hegemony, the paper deals with issues of narrative perspective and socialization. Regarding narrative perspective, the paper asks, “Whom do these books deem normal in America? Whom do these books deem other in America?” Regarding socialization issues, this paper asks, “What value and behaviors do these books condone as part of acceptable American Girlhood? What values and behaviors …