Cultural History
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From NEW! Introduction: Nature under Glass?From: Earthkeeping |
The Introduction reflects on nature from a child’s perspective and the lessons to be learned. | Gary Saunders | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
From NEW! MapsFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book. | Myrna Kostash | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |
From The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits:On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe … | David Berry | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
From NEW! Theories in MotionMapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. | Daniel McNeil | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
From Uncle Tom’s CabinFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which was an explosive success in antebellum America. It also examines Uncle Tom himself, who in the novel was a devout and pious … | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! Around the WorldThe Wrapper |
Michael Stein reflects on his “dumplings around the world” feast to honour his late friend Julie-Rae, friendship, religion, and the food as Shivas. | Michal Stein | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Black and BritishA Lived Contradiction From: Thinking While Black |
This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … | Daniel McNeil | 32 | 2022 | $3.20 Add |
From Great Moments with Mr. HamiltonFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author critiques Disney and Hamilton, asserting that the sugarcoated treatment of American history that the musical presents is perfectly in sync with the Disney ethos. This chapter explores … | Lonely Christopher | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
From NEW! Notes on Dates and Place NamesFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text. | Myrna Kostash | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
From Spineless AdmirationOn Anti-Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
The author details how nostalgia is regarded with suspicion from academic to widespread cultural use. Advocates of dismissing the past, and their perpective of the world as just and meritocratic … | David Berry | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
From NEW! The Life RuralPart One From: Earthkeeping |
Part One contains the sections: A Place in Time, Meditating in the Country, Robinsong, and I Miss My Barbers. Topics discussed include the Acadian culture and farming, the Acadian Expulsion, the … | Gary Saunders | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
From Uncle Tom and EvaFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson examines the illustrations that gave Uncle Tom’s Cabin much of its lasting appeal. | Cheryl Thompson | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! A Movie-Struck Kid From DetroitGoing Deeper into Movies From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author examined the revolutionary ideas and culture of 1960’s Detroit through Armond White’s reviews of various media (film, theatre, music, and literature) … | Daniel McNeil | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
From NEW! AbbreviationsFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Abbreviation relevant to the text. | Myrna Kostash | 1 | 2022 | $0.10 Add |
From NEW! EcologyPart Two From: Earthkeeping |
Part Two contains the sections: Peeper Spring, Cornsequences, Chipmunk Penance, Nova Scotia’s 2003 Floods, A Calendar of Roadside Flowers, Tough Little Trees of the Fringe, Leaf Thief I and Leaf … | Gary Saunders | 37 | 2022 | $3.70 Add |
From I’m Just So Tired of All These Star WarsOn Art and Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
Modern nostalgia in novel and flim is discussed, using examples of Ready Player One, Back to the Future, American Graffitti, Indiana Jones, and the introduction of prequels with Star Wars. … | David Berry | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |