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Ua12/2/2 2016 Talisman - Identity, Wku Student Affairs Oct 2016

Ua12/2/2 2016 Talisman - Identity, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

2016 Fall Talisman.

  • Street Style
  • Home Sweet Home – Nashville, McKee, Bowling Green
  • Doyel, Rachael. Happy Gas – Theatre & Dance
  • Robb, Hayley. Stick & Poke – Tattoos
  • Martin, Lindsey. Self-Made – Dexter Banks, Tattoos
  • Sullivan, Abbey. Cover-Up – Tattoos
  • Pettway, Shantel. Natural Roots – African American Hair
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Living Laboratory – Benjamin Benton, WKU Farm
  • Perry, Natalie. Frog in a Water Well – Keunsik Junk aka Brody
  • Hormell, David. I Wanted to Touch Lightning
  • Good, Hannah. Coffee Talks
  • Reyes, Taylor. Ice Cold – Alpha Phi Alpha
  • Games, Ann. Working the Desk
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Killer Queen – Lane French, …


The Strains Of Confessional Poetry: The Burdens, Blunders, And Blights Of Self-Disclosure, Lara Rossana Rodriguez Sep 2016

The Strains Of Confessional Poetry: The Burdens, Blunders, And Blights Of Self-Disclosure, Lara Rossana Rodriguez

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

When a provocative style of autobiographical verse had emerged in postwar America, literary critics christened the new genre “confessional poetry.” Confessional poets of the 1960s and ’70s are often characterized by scholars of contemporary poetry as a cohort of writers who, unlike previous generations before them, dared to explore in their work the personal and inherited traumas of mental illness, family suicides, failed marriages, and crushing addictions. As a result, the body of work these writers produced is often experienced as a collection of stylized, literary self-portraits. What can these self-portraits reveal to us about the connection between confessional poetry …


Jam On The Vine By Lashonda Barnett, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz Jul 2016

Jam On The Vine By Lashonda Barnett, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz

Publications and Research

Book review of Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Barnett from the perspective of a lesbian and lesbian of color audience of readers.


A Lineage Of Black Feminist Art, Kiana Miller Jun 2016

A Lineage Of Black Feminist Art, Kiana Miller

Honors Theses

This Black Feminist Art thesis project displays Black lives with full representational impact and it allows a space for agency to be shown. Through an empirical literature review, original poetry and artwork this thesis expresses dimensions of Black feminist/womanist voices. The purpose of this thesis is putting real images of Black lives out into the world in order to have a positive impact, giving young girls an artistic role model that looks like them, and the ability to read a book with images and stories of lives that may resemble theirs, lastly sharing a social commentary as well as a …


My Neighborhood Is Changing: Positive Youth Development In The Historic Near East Side, Fevean N. Keflom May 2016

My Neighborhood Is Changing: Positive Youth Development In The Historic Near East Side, Fevean N. Keflom

Capstone Collection

In this paper, I consider the impact of positive youth development in the lives of Black youth, in the Historic Near East Side of Columbus, OH. More specifically, I examine initiatives centered in cultural arts, holistic support, and African centered education in order to identify positive trends impacting urban Black youth. My research is guided by the question: How are Black youth impacted by urban development in a historic African-American neighborhood?

The Near East Side(NES) is a distinguished neighborhood, and in the past laid the foundation for some of the most prominent and successful African American owned businesses in Columbus, …


Two Poems: Black Love (For Anyone) And Ms., Frederick Douglass Alcorn Ed.D May 2016

Two Poems: Black Love (For Anyone) And Ms., Frederick Douglass Alcorn Ed.D

Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice

No abstract provided.


An Old Woman Bumped Her On Canal, Nordette N. Adams May 2016

An Old Woman Bumped Her On Canal, Nordette N. Adams

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This work is a collection of poems revolving around black or African-American identity and the intersection of feminist consciousness with racial struggle. An examination of the unknown or forgotten black woman runs through this work as well as connection to a mother figure. The poems also reflect the influence of place, particularly New Orleans, its history, its culture, and its present evolution post-Hurricane Katrina. The collection's preface includes development of a unique poetics that considers identity theories and models of the subject in light of poetic voice. The poems use caesura heavily, rhyme, and sonic echo. Poets who have influenced …


From Cuba To Ferguson: A Reflection On Memory As Bridge Across Communities Of Struggle, Joe Kaplan Mar 2016

From Cuba To Ferguson: A Reflection On Memory As Bridge Across Communities Of Struggle, Joe Kaplan

Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice

I wrote this piece spontaneously as I reflected on the anniversary of Ferguson while working on my summer research project on former Black Panther and current political exile, Assata Shakur. I wanted to stress the role that memory plays in the creation of communities, whether nationally imagined, or based around a shared sense of justice. Shakur's asylum status in Cuba should serve as a reminder to all advocates of social justice in the U.S. that transnational communities of struggle can serve a vital function in redressing domestic racial injustice. I go on to make the recommendation that contemporary activists harness …


My American Dream, Victor Terry Jan 2016

My American Dream, Victor Terry

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Note From The Director, Julia Jordan-Zachery Jan 2016

Note From The Director, Julia Jordan-Zachery

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Coming Together Is The Beginning, Cathleen Mallorie Williams Jan 2016

Coming Together Is The Beginning, Cathleen Mallorie Williams

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Souvenir Program Booklet For The Women And Spirituality Symposium, Regennia N. Williams Phd, Patricia A. F. O'Luanaigh Ma Jan 2016

Souvenir Program Booklet For The Women And Spirituality Symposium, Regennia N. Williams Phd, Patricia A. F. O'Luanaigh Ma

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

No abstract provided.


Mbiti And Achebe On The Forward Movement Through The Past, Chima Anyadike Jan 2016

Mbiti And Achebe On The Forward Movement Through The Past, Chima Anyadike

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

No abstract provided.


Understanding The Black Male's Quest For Identity As Illustrated Through Native Son, Martez Files Jan 2016

Understanding The Black Male's Quest For Identity As Illustrated Through Native Son, Martez Files

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


The Heritage Journal Winter 2016 Jan 2016

The Heritage Journal Winter 2016

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Letter From The Editor, Victor Terry Jan 2016

Letter From The Editor, Victor Terry

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Black Women & Girls Symposium Jan 2016

Black Women & Girls Symposium

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


On The Whiteness Of Biracial Folk, Jordan Mann Jan 2016

On The Whiteness Of Biracial Folk, Jordan Mann

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


The Collaborative For The Research On Black Women And Girls Jan 2016

The Collaborative For The Research On Black Women And Girls

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Class Of 2016 Jan 2016

Class Of 2016

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Black Studies Program Awards 2016 Jan 2016

Black Studies Program Awards 2016

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


Acknowledgements And Call For Papers Jan 2016

Acknowledgements And Call For Papers

The Heritage Journal

No abstract provided.


The Color Of Memory: Reimagining The Antebellum South In Works By James Mcbride Through The Use Of Free Indirect Discourse, Janel L. Holmes Jan 2016

The Color Of Memory: Reimagining The Antebellum South In Works By James Mcbride Through The Use Of Free Indirect Discourse, Janel L. Holmes

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the use of interior narrative techniques such as free indirect discourse and internal monologue in two of James McBride’s neo-slave narratives, Song Yet Sung (2008) and The Good Lord Bird (2013). Very limited critical attention has been given to these neo-slave narratives that illustrate McBrides attention to characterization and focalized narration. In these narratives McBride builds upon the revelations he explores in his bestselling memoir, The Color of Water (1996, 2006), where he learns to disassociate race and character. What he discovers about not only his mother, but also himself, inspires his re-imagination of the people who …