American Popular Culture Commons^™

Flamingo Vol. Iii N 7, William A. Vogel, Delmar Ubersax, Ted Robinson

Flamingo

Clyde. Cover. Picture. 0.

Beanpot. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 5.

C.O. Untitled. Poem. 5.

Anonymous. DEEDS FIELD, NOVEMBER 25, 1922. Picture. 6.

Anonymous. THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF SWASEY CHAPEL HOME-COMING DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1922. Picture. 6.

Anonymous. For Denison. Prose. 6.

Vogel, W.A. The Outcast. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Some Views on Ethics. Prose. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Poem. 8.

C.O. Untitled. Poem. 8.

K.K.H. Canyon Cascade. Poem. 9.

C.O. The Moon. Poem. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 9.

Bill. Dear Editor. Poem. 9.

K.K.H. REVERIE. …

Flamingo Vol. Iii N 6, Delmar Ubersax, Edna B. Taylor, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Grayce Williams, Virginia Reel

Flamingo

Ubersax. Cover. Picture. 0.

Chaparral. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Don Marquis. Love Sonnet of a Caveman. Poem. 4.

Sun Dial. RIPPING, WE'D CALL IT. Prose. 4.

Burr. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Whirlwind. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Octopus. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Voo Doo. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Log. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Chaparral. Untitled. Prose. 4.

E.S. Untitled. Picture. 5.

OLD IRONSIDES. HER THUNDERS SHOOK THE MIGHTY DEEP, AND THERE SHOULD BE HER GRAVE." Picture. 6.

A.I.C. AFTER CHAUCER. Poem. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. ODE TO A CATFISH. Poem. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 5, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Grayce Williams

Flamingo

Anonymous. Cover. Picture. 0.

Chaparral. The Horn of Plenty. Prose. 1.

Boston Transcript. SHAKESPEARE AS A SPORT WRITER. Prose. 4.

Humbug. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Widow. More Important. Prose. 4.

Purple Cow. Untitled. Poem. 4.

Record. Diagram Follows. Prose. 4.

ES. Football's Hall of Blame. Picture and Prose. 5.

Clyde. "WHO IS THAT MAN THEY'RE QUARRELING WITH?" "WHY HE'S KEEPING THE SCORE." "WHAT'S THE MATTER, WON'T HE GIVE IT UP?". Picture. 6.

Mather, W.G. Jr. When He Meets the Woman. Prose. 7.

Keeler, Clyde. We'd been lounging in the parlor. Picture. 7.

Keeler, Clyde. The Picture. Picture. 8.

C.E.K. Creation. Poem. …

Flamingo Vol. Iii N 4, Edward A. Schmitz, Wentworth M. Potter, Kilburn Holt, Delmar Ubersax, Virginia Reel

Flamingo

Schmitz. Cover. Picture. 0.

Octopus. The Creed of a Frosh. Poem. 4.

Widow. Chanson Du Frosh. Poem. 4.

Widow. Untitled. Prose. 4.

W.M.P. The College Creed. Prose. 4.

Anonymous. SHE'S GOT THE CLOTHES, THIS FROSH SO FINE, AND HEAVEN KNOWS SHE'S GOT THE "LINE." SHE'S TEETH OF PEARL THAT OFTEN SHOW. HER HAIR WOULD CURL IF IT COULD GROW. WITH ME SHE'S "IT," GETS BY IMMENSE— BUT I MUST ADMIT SHE'S GOT NO SENSE. Picture. 5.

Schmitz. SHADES OF THE SUMMER RESORTSOME, ER, KIDD. Picture. 6.

Holt, Kilburn. Priest and Levite. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Commentary on a Poem. Prose. 9. …

Flamingo Vol. Iii N 3, Howard D. Mercer

Flamingo

Anonymous. Cover. Picture. 0.

Anonymous. But We Go on Forever. Picture. 4.

J.V.A. Hold the Line, Boy!. Prose. 5.

Anonymous. Escape. Poem. 7.

C.H.C. My Room-Mates. Poem. 7.

G.W.B. LA VIE EST VAINE. Poem. 7.

W.A.V. Dreams. Poem. 7.

G.W.B. Impressions. Poem. 7.

Anonymous. DOWNJECTED AND DECAST—"I PROPOSED TO KATE LAST NIGHT BUT SHE REFUSED TO LISTEN TO ME." ROOMMATE—"TUT, TUT! IT WILL TURN OUT ALL RIGHT. A WOMAN'S 'NO' OFTEN MEANS 'YES'." D. AND D.—"PERHAPS IT DOES, BUT THIS WOMAN DIDN'T SAY 'NO,' SHE SAID 'RATS'." Picture. 8.

Anonymous. How to Get A's. Prose. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 8. …

Flamingo Vol. Iii N 2, John M. Price, Kilburn Holt, William Vogel, Lillis Howard, Russell Rine, Hod Mercer, Virginia Reel

Flamingo

Anonymous. Cover. Picture. 0.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 4.

Price, John M. Dada--Esthetic Nihilism. Prose. 5.

G.C. Tolerance. Poem. 6.

G.W.B. The Castaway. Poem. 6.

G.W.B. Cinquains. Poem. 7.

Holt, K. HORATI CARMINA, Liber I, ix. Prose. 7.

W.A.V. Untitled. Poem. 7.

A.E.R. Moods. Poem. 7.

G.W.B. Some Say The Moon. Poem. 7.

A.E.R. On Quoting "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes". Poem. 7.

Anonymous. Chapel Cherubs. Prose. 8.

E.B. Untitled. Picture. 8.

E.B. Untitled. Picture. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 9.

Anonymous. FLIP—"MIGHT I ASK YOU FOR THIS DANCE?" FLAP—"PLEASE DO, I'VE BEEN DYING TO REFUSE YOU …

Flamingo Vol. Iii N 1, William A. Vogel, Russell Rine, Virginia Reel, Edward A. Schmitz

Flamingo

E.B. Cover. Picture. 0.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 5.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 5.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 5.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 5.

Chaparral. Show This to the Livy. Prose. 5.

Lemon Punch. Show This to the Livy. Prose. 5.

Burr, Leigh. Fair and Warmer. Prose. 5.

Judge. Fair and Warmer. Prose. 5.

Record. Fair and Warmer. Prose. 5.

Anonymous. Cutting, Isn't It?. Picture. 6.

Vogel, W.A. Twentieth Century Romance. Prose. 7.

Q. Meditation. Poem. 8.

M.I.D. Morning, The Seventeenth. Poem. 8.

Anonymous. The Engagement. Poem. 8.

Rine, Russell. On Rolling Pins. Poem. 9.

G.M.C. Evening Star. Poem. 9.

G.M.C. An Orison. Poem. …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 6, Clyde Keeler, Lewis Donald Leet, Ethel Bogardus, William A. Vogel, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Edgar Bridge, Grace Williams

Flamingo

Keeler, Clyde. Cover. Picture. 0.

Wasp. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Sun Dial. "Wisdom". Prose. 1.

Phoenix. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Anonymous. "Ham and Yeggs". Picture. 6.

Leet, L. Don. "The Watch". Prose. 7.

R. "The Musician". Poem. 8.

G.C. "Evolution". Poem. 8.

W.A.V. "Roaming". Poem. 8.

F. "The Miracle". Poem. 8.

R.N.E. "Evening, The Sixteenth". Poem. 8.

Bogardus, Ethel. "Graft". Prose. 9.

J.M.P. "Theseus Up-To-Date or The Modern Minotaur". Prose. 10.

Mather, W.G. "The Denison Masquers Club". Prose. 11.

Vogel, W.A. "'Twas Always Thus". Poem. 12.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 12.

C.I. "Stuck, By Gum". Picture. 12.

Anonymous. "Deliver Me From". Prose. 12. …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 5, Clyde Keeler, Kilburn Holt, George Wayland Bennett

Flamingo

Jester. "Ask Edison". Prose. 1.

North Star. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Brown Jug. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Wasp. "A Pithy Remark". Prose. 3.

Record. "Correct". Prose. 3.

Siren. Untitled. Prose. 3.

Wasp. Untitled. Prose. 3.

Goblin. Untitled. Prose. 3.

Froth. Untitled. Prose. 3.

Brown Jug. Untitled. Prose. 3.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 4.

Mather, William G. "The Pasquin". Prose. 5.

Q. "To Mignonnette". Poem. 6.

Q. "Sailor's Love". Poem. 6.

Anonymous. "Current Reviews". Prose. 7.

Ed. "The Hate Thee". Poem. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 9.

Anonymous. "God Save the King, I Can't". Picture. 9.

Anonymous. "That Dog". Prose. 9. …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 4, William G. Mather, Kilburn Holt, Clyde Keeler, Edward Schmitz, Grace Williams

Flamingo

Chaparral. "Taking It Seriously". Prose. 1.

Whiz Bang. "Our History Lesson". Prose. 1.

Ubersax, Delmar. Untitled. Picture. 4.

Mather, William G. "Frozen Fields". Poem. 5.

A.F.T. "Open Season". Prose. 6.

Anonymous. "Bob". Poem. 6.

Anonymous. Untitled. Poem. 6.

Mather, William G. Untitled. Poem. 6.

R. "Song". Poem. 7.

Q. "Woman's Love". Poem. 7.

Holt, Kilburn. "A Lost Art". Poem. 7.

C.B. "A Sonnet". Poem. 7.

Keeler, Clyde. Untitled. Picture. 9.

Keeler, Clyde. "Mid-Years". Picture. 0.

Anonymous. "Inside Stuff". Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. prose. 9.

Keeler, Clyde. untitled. Picture. 10.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 10.

Anonymous. The First One: A Flapper's Lament". …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 3, William G. Mather, George Wayland Bennett, Adolph Frank Talbot, Clyde Keeler, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Kilburn Holt

Flamingo

Punch Bowl. "A Previous Engagement". Prose. 1.

Burr. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Ubersax, Delmar. Untitled. Picture. 4.

Mather, William G. "Shelf 378C". Prose. 5.

Bennett, G.W. "Esotery". Poem. 6.

W.A.V. Untitled. Poem. 6.

Anonymous. "Approved Subjects of Conversation". Poem. 7.

Anonymous. "Pipe Up". Prose. 7.

Anonymous. "Denison's Hall of Fame: Francis W. Shepardson". Prose. 8

M.E. "Percy". Poem. 9.; A.F.T. "Triolet". Poem. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 9.

W.G.K. "The Message of a Leader-Autobiographical". Prose. 9.

Keeler, Clyde. Untitled. Picture. 10.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 10.

Potter, W.M. "Prose Fiction". Poem. 11.

Keeler, Clyde. Untitled. Picture. 11.

Anonymous. "The Night After Christmas". Prose. …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 2, Clyde Keeler, Charles L. Williams, Paul Verlaine, George Wayland Bennett, Dorothy Mccutcheon, Grace Williams, William G. Mather

Flamingo

Keeler, Clyde. "Dad's Day". Picture. 0.

Puppet. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Crescent. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Williams, Charles L. "As To Reading Biography". Prose. 5.

Verlaine, Paul. "Kyrie Eleison". Poem. 6.

Anonymous. "Mystery". Poem. 6.

R. "To You". Poem. 7.

Q. "The Passion Flower". Poem. 7.

Bennett, G.W. "November". Poem. 7.

R. "Storm". Poem. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled.Prose. 8.

Anonymous. "No Doubt!". Poem. 8.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 8.

McCutcheon, Dorothy. "Ready-Made Reputations". Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 10.

Ubersax, Delmar. Untitled. Prose. 10.

Anonymous. "Statistics From The Football Centers". Prose. 10.

Anonymous. "Our Own Handbook". Prose. 11.

Anonymous. "Real …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 1, R.D. Borington, Edward Schmitz, Kilburn Holt, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Clyde Keeler, Margaret Elizabeth Speicher, Grace Williams

Flamingo

Judge. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Siren. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Purple Cow. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Borington, R.D. "Deacon Frowzy's Son". Prose. 5.

G.W.B. "Cynic". Poem. 8.

Anonymous. "Les Hommes Mysterieux". Poem. 8.

K.K.H. "October". Poem. 8.

G.W.B. "Petition". Poem. 8.

Society Editor. "A Line-A-Day Book For Co-Eds". Prose. 9.

Schmitz, Edward. Untitled.Picture. 9.

W.D.P. Untitled. Prose.9.

Anonymous. "SSS". Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. prose. 10.

Potter, W.M. "Crooning of a Japanese Sandman".

Anonymous. "Geographical Influence". Prose. 10.

George. "Vest Pocket News". Prose. 11.

Anonymous. "Deed's Field-The First Kick-Off". Picture. 12.

Anonymous. "Denison's Hall of Fame: Kirtley F. Mather".

Anonymous. …

Flamingo Vol. I N 4, Heber Leslie Hicks, Chester Wellman, R.D. Bovington, E.E. Montgomery, Clyde Keeler, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Kilburn Holt, Louise Peterson

Flamingo

Orange Owl. "Off Again". Prose. 1.

Jester. "Alas!". Prose. 1.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Purple Cow. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Banter. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Burr. "Pride". Prose. 2.

Lampoon. Untitled. Prose. 2.

The Goblin. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Exchange. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Tiger. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Chaparral. "O, Dear!" Prose. 2.

Hicks, H. Leslie. Untitled. Picture. 3.

Anonymous. "Denison Customs We Don't Want Revived". Prose. 4.

Wellman, Chester. "Buffalo George". Prose. 5.

Bovington, R.D. "Avery The Anxious". Prose. 9.

D.U.K. "Spring In a Poetic Lie Sense". Prose. 10.

Anonymous. "Yeh?". Prose. 10.

Anonymous. "A Review". Prose. 10.

George. "Vest Pocket Views". 11 …

Flamingo Vol. I N 3, Ruth Nottingham, J.E.F. Wood, L.D. Leet, R.G. Lusk, W.M. Potter, Elsie D. Taylor, Clarke Olney, Dorothy K. Funk, Virginia Reel, Ernest C. Brelsford, Kilburn Holt, Ernest T. Owen

Flamingo

Voo-Doo. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Widow. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Tiger. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Purple Cow. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Life. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Yale Record. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Voo-Doo. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Sour Owl. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Puppet. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Sun Dial. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Nottingham, Ruth. "Teddy". Prose. 5.

Grogan. Untitled. Picture. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. "An Easy One". Prose. 7.

Anonymous. "How Terrible!" Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 7.

Anonymous. Untitled. Poem. 7.

F.H.G. Untitled. Picture. 7.

Wood, J.E.F. "When mother Went to College". Prose. 8.

E.D.T. "Chicago Corn …

Flamingo Vol. I N 2, Virginia Reel, Dorothy K. Funk, William Vogel, Phelan Steacock, Dorothy Breeze, Kilburn Holt, Alonzo Quinn, A.M. Mcneil, A.M. Shumaker, C.H. Dickerman

Flamingo

Exchange. "Skin Tight". Prose. 1.

Yale Record. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Orange Peel. Untitled. Prose. 1

Judge. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Jester. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Virginia Reel. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Punch Bowl. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Octopus. Untitled. Prose. 1.

Jester. "For The Backward Reader". Poem. 2.

Scalper. Untitled. Prose. 2.

Sun Dial. "Yea, Shakespeare". Prose. 2.

Sun Dial. "Refined". Prose. 2.

Squib. "Do Tell". Poem. 2.

Reel, Virginia. "A Hot One". Prose. 2.

Reel, Virginia. "Joking A Side". Prose. 2.

Widow. "Craughty". Poem. 2.

Widow. "Even His Hair Was Wavy". Poem. 2.

Funk, Dorothy K. Untitled. Picture. 3.

Anonymous. Untitled. Picture. 4. …

Flamingo Vol. I N 1, Kilburn Holt, C.H. Dickerman, Dorothy K. Funk, Osman C. Hooper, Walter L. Flory, Julia Hall Maccune, Fred S. Larue, Keeler Clyde

Flamingo

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 1.

DKF. Untitled. Picture. 3.

Holt, Kilburn. Untitled. Poem. 4.

Anonymous. "An Ancient Reporter". Prose. 5.

Anonymous. "The Neophyte's Prayer". Poem. 6.

Anonymous. "Gone-But Not Forgotten". Poem. 6.

R.D.B. Untitled. Picture. 6.

Anonymous. Untitled. Prose. 6.

Anonymous. "Thrice Weekly". Prose. 7.

Anonymous. "Yus!". Prose. 7.

Anonymous. "'S Truth!". Prose. 8.

Anonymous. "Tick-Tock: A Calamietta". Prose. 8.

Holt, Kilburn. "Spring". Poem. 9.

Anonymous. Untitled. Poem. 9.

Anonymous. "Which best Applies". Poem. 9.

R.D.B. Untitled. Picture. 9.

Anonymous. "The Circular Hunt of 1823". Prose. 9.

Anonymous. "Sad-But True". Poem. 10.

Bovington. "Sad - But True". Cartoon. 10.

Anonymous. "Going …

The Fat Female Bodies Of Saturday Night Live: Uncovering The Normative Cultural Power Of A Countercultural Comedy Institution, Katharine Cacace

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Despite its reputation as one of the most countercultural and anti-establishment voices in mainstream television comedy, Saturday Night Live helps produce and reproduces cultural norms. Using weight and gender as a lens, this paper investigates Saturday Night Live’s methods of creating, imitating, and evoking the fat female body in order to limit female agency and police unruly female power. It contends that even the inclusion of nonnormative female bodies—fat bodies, queer bodies, and bodies of color—is merely a reiteration of the techniques of neoliberal multiculturalism for the television audience.

The Fabric Of Manhattan: Art And Industry In The Era Of A.T. Stewart, Patricia Wadsley

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Soft spoken, short of stature, his sleepy blue eyes gazing wistfully upon the world around him, the Irish émigré A. T. Stewart hardly looked like a titan of business. But by 1863, he’d built two architecturally significant department stores, he was one of the leading importers, manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers in this country, and he had begun to collect significant works of art, which today have pride of place in art museums around the world.

Like many wealthy nineteenth century New Yorkers, Stewart amassed his wealth through commerce. However, Stewart was not just a merchant. As a leader in apparel …

Do The Clothes Make The (Fat) Woman: The Good And Bad Of The Plus-Sized Clothing Industry, Crystal N. Money

Siegel Institute Ethics Research Scholars

This paper focuses on the relationship between the “women of size” population and the sector of the fashion industry that aims to serve them. This research intends to determine if the fashion industry truly understands the plus-size audience, or if they are simply forgetting an entire audience. It is important to identify how women of size see themselves personally, as a community, and reflected in mass media as that is where most fashion inspiration is derived. The study encompasses three research methods: interviews with self-identified plus-size women; an ethnographic approach to examining the clothes shopping options of a woman of …

Countdown, Howard Schaap

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

Sing A New Song To The City: Ambient Rhetoric And Urban Hymns, Adam J. Copeland

Faculty Publications

Hymns are a key component of how Christians express their faith. But many of these hymns do represent the rhythms and sensibilities of an older and largely agrarian world. Using the concept of “ambient rhetoric,” Adam Copeland suggests that it is time for other hymns that represent the ethos of daily life in an increasingly urbanized world, hymns that will speak to the realities of urban culture.

Rodcon, Flier, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

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RodCon 2017 at the Rod Library

Saturday, April 1

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Rodcon, Program, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Rod Library.

RodCon Documents

Inside This Program:

--RodCon 2017 at the Rod Library, Saturday April 1, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Volume 8 Cover, Joanne Lamb

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

No abstract provided.

Walking And Wandering: Reconstructing Diasporic Subjectivity In T. C. Huo's Land Of Smiles And Lê Thi Diem Thúy’S The Gangster We Are All Looking For, Brian G. Chen

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

Diaspora has often been defined as the condition of dispersal and displacement in which its members express minimal connections with their host country and always look to return to their ancestral homelands. However, from the literary representations in T. C. Huo’s Land of Smiles and Lê Thi Diem Thúy’s The Gangster We Are All Looking For, it is clear that members of the Southeast Asian diaspora determine to set root in their host country and refuse to be treated as temporary guests. This determination is warranted by their desire to redefine the contentious idea of home beyond cultural ancestry …

Rotten Bananas, Hip Hop Heads, And The American Individual: Teaching Eddie Huang’S Memoir Fresh Off The Boat And Its Tropes Of Literacy, Wilson C. Chen

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

This essay focuses on Fresh Off the Boat as an eminently teachable coming-of-age story, provides critical contexts and directions for teaching this ideologically suggestive text, and sets forth the interpretive argument that the structures and themes of the memoir are fundamentally shaped by the literacy narrative at its core. As such, the text enters into conversation with other literacy narratives that have become so foundational in the teaching of multiethnic literature in the U.S. Moreover, Huang’s tropes of literacy draw from enduring, mythified Americanist discourses that are suggestive of a masculine individualism that, while not unique, is recognizable, instructive, and …

Civil Rights Gone Wrong: Racial Nostalgia, Historical Memory, And The Boston Busing Crisis In Contemporary Children’S Literature, Lynnell L. Thomas

American Studies Faculty Publication Series

On May 14, 2014, three white Boston city councilors refused to vote to approve a resolution honoring the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. the Board of Education because, as one remarked, “I didn’t want to get into a debate regarding forced busing in Boston.” Against the recent national proliferation of celebrations of civil rights milestones and legislation, the controversy surrounding the fortieth anniversary of the court decision that mandated busing to desegregate Boston public schools speaks volumes about the historical memory of Boston’s civil rights movement. Two highly acclaimed contemporary works of children’s literature set during or inspired by Boston’s …

“Calypso”—Harry Belafonte (1956), Judith E. Smith

American Studies Faculty Publication Series

Harry Belafonte, the Harlem-born son of poor undocumented Jamaican immigrants, an untrained singer whose heart was set on becoming an actor, made music history with “Harry Belafonte: Calypso.” This record was the very first by a solo performer to sell a million copies, holding the top spot on “Billboard’s” pop album charts for an unprecedented 31 weeks (in addition, 58 weeks in the top ten, 99 weeks among the top 100). The higher-ups at RCA had doubted the commercial potential of a thematically unified recording of “island and Calypso songs,” but the “Calypso” record, released at the end of May …

Shakespeare And Black Masculinity In Antebellum America: Slave Revolts And Construction Of Revolutionary Blackness, Elisabeth Mayer

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis explores how Shakespeare was used by Antebellum American writers to frame slave revolts as either criminal or revolutionary. By specifically addressing The Confessions of Nat Turner by Thomas R. Gray and "The Heroic Slave" by Frederick Douglass, this paper looks at the way invocations of Shakespeare framed depictions of black violence. At a moment when what it means to be American was questioned, American writers like Gray and Douglass turned to Shakespeare and the British roots of the English language in order to structure their respective arguments. In doing so, these texts illuminate how transatlantic identity still permeated …