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War and Migration in the White African Tropics: Lauren St John’s Rainbow’s End

open access: yeseTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2016
This paper explores voyage and migration in tropical Africa through Lauren St John’s Rainbow’s End, a memoir contributing to debates of white African identity that now include more contemporary renditions of identity in female self-reflective accounts ...
Richard Gehrmann   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Like an object pushed from place to place” – resilience in the time of war and exile in "Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds" (2021) by Mondiant Dogon

open access: yesAutobiografia
The article discusses the form and functions of Mondiant Dogon’s memoir "Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee’s Search for Home". After a short introduction on the position of the author/narrator/protagonist of the memoir as well as the trauma and
Katarzyna Macedulska
doaj   +1 more source

Waving at Soldiers

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Life Writing, 2015
For most writers the first experience of narrative comes from within the family. Facts, opinions, distortions and – very occasionally – truth, are shaped into family stories.
Heather Richardson
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Marina Warner’s Inventory of A Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir. From Memoir to Filiation Narrative

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Life Writing
Marina Warner’s Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir (2021) is her second work belonging to the genre of life writing, more particularly the memoir.
Souhir Zekri Masson
doaj   +1 more source

AI voice journaling for future language teachers: A path to well‐being through reflective practices

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aimed to explore the perceived impact of using an AI‐powered voice journaling app in overcoming the challenges and stressors encountered by senior students enrolled in teaching practicum at an English Language Teaching Bachelor's programme.
Bora Demir, Duygu Özdemir
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Moral Values in the Memoir Entitled Educated by Tara Westover

open access: yesLingual, 2023
This article is focused on how to analyse any moral values portrayed in the memoir "Educated," with particular emphasis on the protagonist, Tara Westover.
Desak Putu Eka Pratiwi   +2 more
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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement

open access: yesJournal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
wiley   +1 more source

The Fictional elements of Written-memories in the Sacred Defence with Emphasis on the Daughter of Sheena [PDF]

open access: yesMatn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2018
In the history of Persian literature, memoir has received scant attention compared to fiction. But this genre was revitalized when the Iraqi-imposed-war against Iran broke out and the Iranian warriors started to record their memories.
Elham Zare   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From commons to commoning as resistance efforts to blue injustice: A sociohistorical and ethnographical approach

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the last 20 years, collaborative efforts have emerged with the intention of going beyond the pure capitalist economy, seeking to generate transformative community‐based changes that guarantee blue equity, fair distribution and well‐being.
Sílvia Gómez, Alfons Garrido
wiley   +1 more source

“You Know What’s Cool about James Baldwin, Man?”; An Interview with Cecil Brown

open access: yesJames Baldwin Review, 2023
Cecil Brown is nearing eighty years old and starting new projects all the time. He is currently writing a historical novel about the life of the enslaved poet George Moses Horton and a memoir about his friendship with James Baldwin.
Matt Sandler
doaj   +1 more source

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