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Resilience as a Form of Contestation in Langston Hughes' Early Poetry

Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2019
The history of the African American community has been inexorably bound to the concepts of oppression, downgrading, racism, hatred and trauma. Although the association between racism and concomitant negative psychological outcome has been widely ...
Alba Fernández Alonso, María Amor Barros del Río   +1 more
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CONSTRUCTING BLACK MASCULINITY IN OLIVER PARKER’S OTHELLO (1995) [PDF]

Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT, 2017
This paper examines Oliver Parker’s Othello (1995), an excellent American filmic production of Shakespeare’s play. The article also offers a reading to Oliver Parker’s film production of Othello (1995) where the story offers yet an opportunity to explore
Tarik Bouguerba
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‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

Miriam in Shreveport: Black History and Jewish Hermeneutics in Marian D. Moore’s Louisiana Midrash

Humanities
Jewish thinkers and artists have used Midrash as a framework for exploring the entanglement of cultural inheritance and social justice projects. Marian D. Moore’s (1956–) poetry collection Louisiana Midrash (2019) exemplifies this dynamic.
Brian Hillman
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A Very Social History: South American Cricketing Tourists in Britain in 1932

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on both the rich Anglophone cricket historiography and the new Latin American sports scholarship, this article maps out the entangled global networks that shaped the tour of Britain made in 1932 by a team of South American cricketers.
Matthew Brown
wiley   +1 more source

The BLUR (Blues Lyrics Collected at the University of Regensburg) Corpus: Blues Lyricism and the African American Literary Tradition

Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, 2012
The BLUR corpus, a computerized collection of more than 8,000 transcripts of pre-World War II blues recordings, is a powerful research tool which facilitates investigations into various aspects of the blues.
Ulrich Miethaner
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

From Data to Knowledge to Wisdom: Lessons Learned From the Vancouver Rat Project

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
A synthesis of 15 years of research conducted by the Vancouver Rat Project revealed that: (1) Pathogen ecology within rat colonies is the result of complex interactions among rats, pathogens, and vectors. (2) Local and global population structures influence rat and pathogen ecology.
Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kaylee A. Byers
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The dialectics of homeland and identity: Reconstructing Africa in the poetry of Langston Hughes and Mohamed Al-Fayturi

Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018
The article investigates the dialectics between homeland and identity in the poetry of the Sudanese poet, Mohamed Al-Fayturi and his literary master, Langston Hughes in order to underline their attitudes toward crucial issues integral to the African and ...
Saddik M Gohar
doaj  

Fostering a network for creating and implementing open education resources in ecology

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Formal undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have provided students with authentic research experiences in ecology for decades, but accessibility to these resources is inherently limited, as evidenced during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Moreover, UREs often do not reflect the diversity of locations of current ecological publications. Open online
Ann E. Russell, Lindsay A. McCulloch, Vijayan Jithin, Charles G. Willis, Carlos C. Goller, George A. Middendorf, John E. Quinn, Edward H. Waisanen, Carissa N. Ganong, Akbar Reza, Colin M. Orians   +10 more
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