Cultural History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Introduction Play It Once Again From: On Nostalgia View Coach House Books	The introduction discusses paradise as a place where nothing ever happens, as in the song "Heaven" by the Talking Heads. It also discusses the tension in nostalgia between the loss, the …	David Berry	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From Introduction From: Bigotry on Broadway View Baraka Books		Ishmael Reed	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	In the Introduction Karon Liu describes his goal to map the dumplings of Toronto, highlighting culinary diversity in the multiethnic make up of the city, migration, tradition, Covid-19 and …	Karon Liu	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From Introduction: Nature under Glass? From: Earthkeeping View Goose Lane Editions	The Introduction reflects on nature from a child’s perspective and the lessons to be learned.	Gary Saunders	3	2022	$0.30 Add
From Introduction: Some Parts Went Missing From: But We Built Roads for Them View Baraka Books	In this introduction, Filippi examines Italian colonialism and why the period from 1882 to 1960 remains largely absent from Italy’s collective memory.	Francesco Filippi	7	2024	$0.70 Add
From Invertebrata From: Earthkeeping View Goose Lane Editions	Part Four contains the sections: Spider Love, Of Mayflies & Millennia,Potato Bug Waltz, The Hornet Dilemma, Bumblebee Hotel, Ticked!. Topics discussed include spiders, the lifespan of …	Gary Saunders	26	2022	$2.60 Add
From Irving Berlin Bigotry and Brilliance From: Bigotry on Broadway View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the complicated legacy of Irving Berlin, highlighting some bigoted and problematic views.	Jack Foley	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From Land Is Life: The Prolonged Dispossession of Turkmens From: For Land and Culture View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Vahabzadeh traces the prolonged dispossession of Turkmen peoples in northwestern Iran, from their Central Asian origins through Pahlavi-era land appropriation to the 1979 Turkmen …	Peyman Vahabzadeh	28	2024	$2.80 Add
From Land & Sea & Sky From: Earthkeeping View Goose Lane Editions	Part Seven contains the sections: Two Rural Dreams, Bonavista Traverse, Sailing Bloody Reach, Sable Island: Ultimate Shunpiking, Sky Stone, and Plastic Ocean Blues. Topics discussed include …	Gary Saunders	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From Making Mister Anti-Black Misandry in Alice Walker’s Portrayal of Black Men in The Color Purple From: Bigotry on Broadway View Baraka Books	This chapter critiques The Colour Purple and the Mister trope, arguing that the previous debates surrounding the depiction of Black men in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple have overlooked …	Tommy J. Curry	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Man in a Photograph From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Chapter Nine focuses on Stepan Fedorovych Kostashchuk, a distant relative in Ukraine. Discussing his participation with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), their role as Nazi collaboraters, …	Myrna Kostash	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Maps From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book.	Myrna Kostash	2	2022	$0.20 Add
From Master Narratives and the Patterns of History From: The Triumph of Narrative View House of Anansi Press	In this chapter, Fulford examines how master narratives shape the way societies understand and communicate their history.	Robert Fulford	33	1999	$3.30 Add
From NEW! Middle-Aged, Gifted and Black Structures of Feeling in the Black Atlantic From: Thinking While Black View Between The Lines	In this chapter the author connects Armond White’s film criticism in the New York Press and Paul Gilroy’s academic career at Goldsmiths College in London between the years of 1997 to …	Daniel McNeil	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Minstrel Show Tom From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter examines the phenomenon of minstrelsy, and how Uncle Tom came to be depicted in minstrel shows.	Cheryl Thompson	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Métis-Style Drop Dumpling Duck Soup The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Miles Morrisseau reflects on his Métis culture and ties to cuisine, hunting game, place and belonging to Métis diaspora, the loss of status rights and gender discrimination, land and …	Miles Morrisseau	11	2022	$1.10 Add