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What William F. Buckley, Jr. Did Not Understand about James Baldwin: On Baldwin’s Politics of Freedom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this essay, we explore James Baldwin’s understanding of freedom through an examination of his famous debate with the conservative polemicist William F. Buckley, Jr. at the Cambridge Union in 1965.
Hawkins, Maggie
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The Flood Last Time: ‘Muck’ and the uses of history in Kara Walker’s ‘Rumination’ on Katrina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Kara Walker describes her book After the Deluge (2007) as “rumination” on Hurricane Katrina structured in the form of a “visual essay.” The book combines Walker's own artwork and the works of other artists into “a narrative of fluid symbols” in which the
Clyde, Deak, Hayden, MICHAEL P. BIBLER
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Thomas Baldwin, James Fowler and Ana de Medeiros, eds. Questions of Influence in Modern French Literature. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. xxvii + 223 pp.

open access: yesStudies in 20th & 21st Century Literature, 2016
Review of Thomas Baldwin, James Fowler and Ana de Medeiros, eds. Questions of Influence in Modern French Literature . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. xxvii + 223 pp.
Audra L Merfeld-Langston
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From The Furious Passage (1966) to Living in Fire (2019); A Review of Biographies about James Baldwin

open access: yesJames Baldwin Review, 2023
This review essay compares the research methodologies and narrative strategies of Baldwin biographies as well as their main claims. Analyzing these books in their chronological order, it seeks to chart a history of book-length knowledge production about ...
William Henry Pruitt III
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"I was a kind of bastard of the West" : James Baldwin's search for national identity in exile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This essay presents the figure of the African American writer James Baldwin who carried out a prolific literary career in which he focused his attention on trying to find out who he was.
Ballesteros Sabater, Lucas   +1 more
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When Policy Is the Hazard: Institutional Legitimacy and Climate Risk Attribution Among Farmers in Water Stressed California

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how farmers perceive and respond to climate policy risk in the context of drought and argues that understanding such responses is as important as understanding farmer reactions to the biophysical impacts of climate change.
M. Anne Visser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systems Approach to Evaluating Ionizing Radiation: Six Focus Areas to Improve Quality, Efficiency, and Patient Safety

open access: yesJournal for Healthcare Quality, EarlyView., 2013
Abstract Ionizing radiation is an essential component of the care process. However, providers and patients may not be fully aware of the risks involved, the level of ionizing radiation delivered with various procedures, or the potential for harm through incidental overexposure or cumulative dose.
Jonathan B. Perlin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in James Baldwin Criticism 2013–15

open access: yesJames Baldwin Review, 2018
James Baldwin might be imagined as reaching his greatest level of popularity within this current decade. With the growth of social media activist movements like Black Lives Matter, which captures and catalyzes off a Baldwinian rage, and the publishing of
Ernest L. Gibson III
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Jubilee for Jimmy; A Review

open access: yesJames Baldwin Review, 2023
This review of Jubilee for Jimmy explores the various ways Baldwin’s genius impacts our musical, dance, and literary culture. It was an extravagant performance that had both thematic and chronological resonance, approximating Baldwin’s influence.
Herb Boyd
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