Cultural History

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Invertebrata
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Invertebrata

Part Four

From: Earthkeeping

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 … 26 $2.60 Add
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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

Bigotry and Brilliance

From: Bigotry on Broadway

This chapter explores the complicated legacy of Irving Berlin, highlighting some bigoted and problematic views. 15 $1.50 Add
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Land & Sea & Sky
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Land & Sea & Sky

Part Seven

From: Earthkeeping

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 … 34 $3.40 Add
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Making Mister

Making Mister

Anti-Black Misandry in Alice Walker’s Portrayal of Black Men in The Color Purple

From: Bigotry on Broadway

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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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Man in a Photograph
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Man in a Photograph

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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, … 18 $1.80 Add
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Maps
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Maps

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book. 2 $0.20 Add
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Middle-Aged, Gifted and Black
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Middle-Aged, Gifted and Black

Structures of Feeling in the Black Atlantic

From: Thinking While Black

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 … 23 $2.30 Add
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Minstrel Show Tom

Minstrel Show Tom

From: Uncle

This chapter examines the phenomenon of minstrelsy, and how Uncle Tom came to be depicted in minstrel shows. 11 $1.10 Add
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Métis-Style Drop Dumpling Duck Soup
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Métis-Style Drop Dumpling Duck Soup

The Filling

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Neither Cockeyed nor an Optimist about <i>South Pacific</i>

Neither Cockeyed nor an Optimist about South Pacific

From: Bigotry on Broadway

The author explores the racist, imperialist, and sexist undertones of South Pacific. 9 $0.90 Add
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New Year’s Luck
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New Year’s Luck

The Sauce

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Tatum Taylor Chaubal shares his own New Years tradition of making Texas style cornmeal dumplings, bringing the tradition north after leaving Texas, the mixing of African and European foodways, … 3 $0.30 Add
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Nikolai Maksymiuk 1886 – 1918
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Nikolai Maksymiuk 1886 – 1918

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter five examines Nikolai Maksymiuk, the author’s maternal grandfather. Discussing his premature death at age 33 in 1918, his home village of Dzhuriv in Galicia, hard living, time … 19 $1.90 Add
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Notes on Dates and Place Names
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Notes on Dates and Place Names

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text. 4 $0.40 Add
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O.J. Simpson, a Passing Uncle

O.J. Simpson, a Passing Uncle

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson explores the O.J. Simpson trial, which she calls "a symbolic clash between a ‘real’ Black man on trial for his life and an ‘Uncle Tom’ Black … 15 $1.50 Add
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<i>Oklahoma!</i>: As American as Apple Pie and Broken Treaties

Oklahoma!: As American as Apple Pie and Broken Treaties

From: Bigotry on Broadway

The author examines the racism and bigotry in Oklahoma!. 11 $1.10 Add
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On Modaks: Offerings of Little Bliss
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On Modaks: Offerings of Little Bliss

The Filling

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Mekhala Chaubal shares her love of madak, a cardamom infused steamed rice dumplings made as an offering to the indian god ganapati or ganesha, the tradition in Indian and in Toronto, making … 6 $0.60 Add