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Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing begins with the story of two eighteenth-century Akan sis-ters—Effia and Esi—as they stand symbolically above and below a grate in a castle in Cape Coast. The women are half-sisters who never meet and are physically joined only in that moment, unknown to one another, before being separated by an ocean.
Kate Ozment
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Apresentação - Dossiê ...
Maria Betânia Almeida Pereira +4 more
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James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling’s broken windows theory has been claimed to change policing in the United States by shifting focus from serious crimes to misdemeanors.
Heini Litmanen
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Exploring the Discourses of Racism and Colonialism Novella Heart of Darkness [PDF]
Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of the most important literary writings in English literature. Due to its main theme of colonial issues in the African country Congo, the work has given rise to various debates and opinions to date.
Mohammad Amin Mozaheb
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Le tropicalisme social, des géographies engagées et le « hub » brésilien
This paper explores the contributions of authors who worked in the first Brazilian universities—the Universidade de São Paulo, founded in 1934, and the Universidade do Distrito Federal, founded in 1935—and became internationally influential, by focusing ...
Federico Ferretti
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Social Tropicalism, Engaged Geographies and the Brazilian “Hub”
This paper explores the contributions of authors who worked in the first Brazilian universities—the Universidade de São Paulo, founded in 1934, and the Universidade do Distrito Federal, founded in 1935—and became internationally influential, by focusing ...
Federico Ferretti
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Presenting Beauvoir as a feminist neglecting her defense and accusations of pedophilia
Recent scientific literature analyzes the increasing citizens’ claim against human references that committed in history racist or sexist aggressions. Although newspapers have clarified that Simone de Beauvoir publicly defended the decriminalization of ...
Rosa Valls-Carol +3 more
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This article explores the political-institutional contexts, the performance of black movements and their action repertoires in their relationship with politics and with the State.
Lorena Madruga Monteiro +1 more
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Multiracial Identities in the United States: Towards the Brazilian or South African Paths?
Multiracial identities in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States all formed within White supremacist, White racist, and anti-Black social orders.
G. Reginald Daniel
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Women’s Poetry that Heals across Borders: A Trans-American Reading of the Body, Sexuality, and Love
Drawing on the idea of literature as healing (Wilentz), this article examines the anti-dualistic restoring defense of the body, sexuality, and love in Angelou (African American), Cisneros (Chicana), and Peri Rossi (Uruguayan Spanish).
Núñez-Puente, Carolina
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