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2014

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Full-Text Articles in American Studies

The Longing, H. Rice Dec 2014

The Longing, H. Rice

H. William Rice

No abstract provided.


Pledger Lake, H. Rice Dec 2014

Pledger Lake, H. Rice

H. William Rice

No abstract provided.


Women And Death In Film, Television And News: Dead But Not Gone, Joanne Clarke Dillman Nov 2014

Women And Death In Film, Television And News: Dead But Not Gone, Joanne Clarke Dillman

Joanne Clarke Dillman

Dead women litter the visual landscape of the 2000s. Films, television shows, and news reports are saturated with images of dead female bodies, women being murdered, women who have come back from the dead, disappeared women who are presumed to be dead, and women threatened with death. Compared to earlier decades, images of dead women are much more graphic and sensationalized in these contemporary, mainstream cultural products. In this book, Clarke Dillman explains the contextual environment from which these images have arisen, how the images relate to (and sometimes contradict) the narratives they help to constitute, and the cultural work …


Ruby Dee, 1922-2014, Judith Smith Oct 2014

Ruby Dee, 1922-2014, Judith Smith

Judith E. Smith

Ruby Dee was a marvelously expressive actor, and a lifelong risk-taking radical committed to challenging racial and economic inequality. She made history as part of an extraordinary group of Black Arts radicals — including Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, Harry Belafonte, John O. Killens and Julian Mayfield, as well as her husband Ossie Davis — who actively protested white supremacy and thought deeply about the political implications of conventional racial representations, creating new stories and introducing new Black characters to convey deep truths about Black life.

In small parts and choice roles, Dee’s presence lit up stage and screen. In her …


The Critics And The Whale, Brian Yothers Sep 2014

The Critics And The Whale, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

No abstract provided.


Ishmael's Doubts And Intuitions, Brian Yothers Sep 2014

Ishmael's Doubts And Intuitions, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

No abstract provided.


Desire And Disaster In New Orleans: Tourism, Race, And Historical Memory, Lynnell Thomas Aug 2014

Desire And Disaster In New Orleans: Tourism, Race, And Historical Memory, Lynnell Thomas

Lynnell Thomas

Most of the narratives packaged for New Orleans's many tourists cultivate a desire for black culture—jazz, cuisine, dance—while simultaneously targeting black people and their communities as sources and sites of political, social, and natural disaster. In this timely book, the Americanist and New Orleans native Lynnell L. Thomas delves into the relationship between tourism, cultural production, and racial politics. She carefully interprets the racial narratives embedded in tourist websites, travel guides, business periodicals, and newspapers; the thoughts of tour guides and owners; and the stories told on bus and walking tours as they were conducted both before and after Katrina. …


Photogrammar: Organizing Visual Culture Through Geography, Text Mining, And Statistical Analysis, Taylor Arnold, Peter Leonard, Lauren Tilton Jun 2014

Photogrammar: Organizing Visual Culture Through Geography, Text Mining, And Statistical Analysis, Taylor Arnold, Peter Leonard, Lauren Tilton

Peter Leonard

The Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information photographic dataset is a collection of over 170,000 monochrome and colour photographs, commissioned between 1935 and 1945 by the government of the United States of America. Offering a unique snapshot of the nation during the period, it serves as an important visual record for scholars and the public­at­large. The FSA­OWI photographic archive has been digitized by United States Library of Congress, and because the photographs were taken on behalf of the United States Government, access to and use of the collection is essentially free and open. The Photogrammar project takes the …


Rapture, John Gery May 2014

Rapture, John Gery

John R O Gery

No abstract provided.


The Girl I Knew Once, John Gery May 2014

The Girl I Knew Once, John Gery

John R O Gery

No abstract provided.


Bestial Oblivion, John Gery May 2014

Bestial Oblivion, John Gery

John R O Gery

No abstract provided.


The Art And Artifice Of Hand-Lettering, Lauren Gallow, Ellen Caldwell Apr 2014

The Art And Artifice Of Hand-Lettering, Lauren Gallow, Ellen Caldwell

Lauren L. Gallow

Is there a reason we’re so drawn to hand-lettering right now? Why are we craving handmade cards, signs, and posters in this moment? Why do we gravitate towards making hand-lettered flyers and signs and cards as opposed to designing on the computer? Maybe it’s just because we don’t know how to use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator… but we think there’s more to it than that.


U.S. Bds Activism Reaches The Third Rail, C. Heike Schotten Feb 2014

U.S. Bds Activism Reaches The Third Rail, C. Heike Schotten

C. Heike Schotten

Analysis of the American Studies Association's resolution upholding the academic boycott of Israel.


The Young White Faces Of Slavery, Mary Niall Mitchell Jan 2014

The Young White Faces Of Slavery, Mary Niall Mitchell

Mary Niall Mitchell

No abstract provided.


Arabs, Arabesques, And America: The Place Of Poe In Studies Of Literary Orientalism, Brian Yothers Dec 2013

Arabs, Arabesques, And America: The Place Of Poe In Studies Of Literary Orientalism, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

No abstract provided.


Benjamin Franklin's "The Art Of Virtue" As Diy, Michael Ditmore Dec 2013

Benjamin Franklin's "The Art Of Virtue" As Diy, Michael Ditmore

Michael Ditmore

No abstract provided.


Evolution Of American Urban Society, 8th Edition, Howard Chudacoff, Judith Smith, Peter Baldwin Dec 2013

Evolution Of American Urban Society, 8th Edition, Howard Chudacoff, Judith Smith, Peter Baldwin

Judith E. Smith

The Evolution of American Urban History blends historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy, while focusing on the ways in which diverse peoples have inhabited and interacted in cities. It tackles ethnic and racial minority issues, offers multiple perspectives on women, and highlights urbanization's constantly shifting nature.


Review Of Encyclopedia Of Great Popular Song Recordings, Nevin Mayer Dec 2013

Review Of Encyclopedia Of Great Popular Song Recordings, Nevin Mayer

Nevin J Mayer

No abstract provided.