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Crossroads: New York's Black Intellectuals And The Role Of Ideology In The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965, Kristopher B. Burrell
Crossroads: New York's Black Intellectuals And The Role Of Ideology In The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965, Kristopher B. Burrell
Publications and Research
This dissertation studies the importance of New York City, and the black intellectuals who gathered there, to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Studying key activist-intellectuals from across the ideological spectrum allows for a more complete understanding of the importance of ideas propelling the movement. The dissertation also contributes to the growing literature on the civil rights movement outside of the South.
2010 Kessler Lecture With Urvashi Vaid / From The Development Desk, Jasmine Burnett
2010 Kessler Lecture With Urvashi Vaid / From The Development Desk, Jasmine Burnett
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
This year's Kessler Lecture featured the dynamic Urvashi Vaid, who was described by Nan Hunter as "a force of nature and a multi-dimensional activist serving roles as street activist, fundraiser, mentor and an intellectual leader of the LGBT movement." The Kessler Lecture is the premier event for CLAGS highlighting Scholarship, Art, and Activism.
Women On The Ground: Bringing Theory And Activism Together Through Domestic Violence Narratives, Kacey J. Barrow
Women On The Ground: Bringing Theory And Activism Together Through Domestic Violence Narratives, Kacey J. Barrow
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This thesis works toward bringing domestic violence activism and feminist theory together by refuting that these two approaches are necessarily in binary opposition. It is centered on changing the way we make sense of violence against women by addressing why the authors that include personal narrative in their writing should be help up as examples of theory. By analyzing literary domestic violence narratives, the author demonstrates that narrative is itself theory. In addition, this essay creates a third space where the author‘s own domestic violence narratives complement the literary narratives. The author shows how we can analyze victimized characters in …
Activism As Terrorism: The Green Scare, Radical Environmentalism And Governmentality, Colin Salter
Activism As Terrorism: The Green Scare, Radical Environmentalism And Governmentality, Colin Salter
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
In the wake of events of September 11, 2001, State and corporate attempts to suppress and repress dissent have increased, taking a more preemptive turn. Sources of specific types of dissent, as opposed to specific types of dissent, are openly targeted. A number of progressive groups were labeled domestic terrorists in the U.S. A significant implication of the ideological rhetoric of terrorism, patriotism and national (in)security is the self-regulation it has fostered: a form of "regulated freedom." This paper explores the implications of governmentality, focusing on radical and revolutionary dissent which seeks to delegitimize capitalism, the property status of nonhuman …