Cultural History

Showing 17–32 of 121 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From
Coda
NEW!

Coda

On the Land

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

The conclusion reflects on the author’s life since buying her parents farm, writing her books, connecting two both her identities as Ukrainian and as Canadian, settler colonialism, and … 17 $1.70 Add
From
Coda
NEW!

Coda

Guess Who’s Coming to the Awards Dinner

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author reflects on Armond White’s and Paul Gilroy’s careers as film and culture critics and intellectuals within the rebel generation. The author specifically … 20 $2.00 Add
From
Conclusion
NEW!

Conclusion

Culinary Carry-On

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

In the conclusion John Lorinc  reflects on the family tree and map of dumplings, improvisation and change, tradition and culture. 7 $0.70 Add
From
Conclusion

Conclusion

The Immortal Uncle Tom

From: Uncle

In the concluding chapter, Thompson summarizes her arguments, and suggests that Uncle Tom is quite possibly the most resilient figure in American history. 5 $0.50 Add
From
Conclusion

Conclusion

The Memory of Ourselves

From: On Nostalgia

Nostalgia is an acutely modern condition. As our future seems more in doubt, our past seems to offer more clarity and comfort. Beyond that, nostalgia helps us reconcile the dissonence of our … 3 $0.30 Add
From
Dance and Song Before Story

Dance and Song Before Story

Was Flower Drum Song a Phantasy?

From: Bigotry on Broadway

Ishmael Reed interviews Shawn Wong regarding anti-Asian racism in Flower Drum Song, other theatre productions, and the industry at large. 18 $1.80 Add
From
Dumplingware: The Allure of Porcelain
NEW!

Dumplingware: The Allure of Porcelain

The Sauce

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Marie Campbell discusses the history of chinaware, the silk road, porcelain and its ties to status, food history, and material culture. 5 $0.50 Add
Earthkeeping
NEW!

Earthkeeping

love notes to tough times

The author of Alder Music, Gary Saunders returns with an evocative, lyrical, and immersive collection of personal essays on our relationship with nature and with each other. In nine sections, … 316 View
From
Ecology
NEW!

Ecology

Part 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 … 37 $3.70 Add
From
Enlarging the American Cinema
NEW!

Enlarging the American Cinema

Armond White vs. the Straight Middle-Class White World (and the Black Bourgeoisie)

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author examines Armond White’s wildly overlooked film criticism of the 1980’s and 1990’s to shed light on his contributions to resistance aesthetics and film … 44 $4.40 Add
From
Eternal Memory вічная пам’ять Vichnaia Pamiat’
NEW!

Eternal Memory вічная пам’ять Vichnaia Pamiat’

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Eleven focuses on the lasting memory of her forbearers reflecting on their lives and deaths in both their birth places and their adopted homes of Canada. 9 $0.90 Add
From
Everyone Tells My <i>West Side Story</i> but Me

Everyone Tells My West Side Story but Me

From: Bigotry on Broadway

The author explores the history, storyline, and issues of West Side Story, looking at issues of typecasting and racism. The author argues that Puerto Ricans are not the ones telling their West … 9 $0.90 Add
From
Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk) 1871 – 1938
NEW!

Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk) 1871 – 1938

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter One focuses on Fedor/Fred Kostash(chuk), the author’s paternal grandfather or “Dido.” Topics discussed include Peter Svarich, “Uncle Peter”  and his memoirs, Ukrainian … 43 $4.30 Add
From
Foreword

Foreword

Is Broadway about Dollars and Cents?

From: Bigotry on Broadway

The author explores bigotry on Broadway, highlighting various concerning statistics. 24 $2.40 Add
From
Foreword
NEW!

Foreword

From: Earthkeeping

Forward from Tom Dawe, St. John’s Poet Laureate from 2010-13. 1 $0.10 Add
From
Foreword
NEW!

Foreword

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

The forward reflects on the author’s connection to the past and connection to their family through old photographs, discussing emigration, immigration, the old country of Galicia, … 7 $0.70 Add