Cultural History
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From  NEW! Land & Sea & SkyPart 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 … | Gary Saunders | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Nikolai Maksymiuk 1886 – 1918From: 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 … | Myrna Kostash | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Sambo and Uncle RemusFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the creation and career of two other stock characters: Sambo and Uncle Remus, both of whom share important charactaristics with Uncle Tom. | Cheryl Thompson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  The Unbearable Whiteness of Oklahoma!From: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author explores the ways in which Okahoma! is about whiteness. | Soraya Nadia McDonald | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! A Spicy Labour of LoveThe Filling |
Perry King shares his own connection to Guyanese food and flavours, the use of dumplings in chicken and vegetable soups, the influences of Caribbean flavours, and his fear of spice and hot things … | Perry King | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From Everyone Tells My West Side Story but MeFrom: 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 … | Nancy Mercado | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Palahna Kosovan 1892 – 1979From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Six is about Palahna Kosovan, the author’s maternal grandmother or “Baba.” Describing Baba’s strength, self reliance through gardening and livestock, membership in the … | Myrna Kostash | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! RememberingPart Eight From: Earthkeeping |
Part Eight contains the sections: Neil Van Nostrand, Ecologist, Hezekiah and the Pine, A Rose for Mary Matilda, Remembering Lucy and Helen, Lloyd S. Hawboldt, and Bug Man. These stories are about … | Gary Saunders | 31 | 2022 | $3.10 Add |
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From Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle BenFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines railway sleeping cars, the Black men who served as porters to tourists on the rails, and how these men were forced to conform to the Uncle Tom stereotype. | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From South Pacific, Miss Saigon, Soft Power and MeFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
This author recounts her experiences and perceptions of Anti-Asian bigotry in theatre/Broadway. | Aimee Phan | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! AfterwordFrom: Earthkeeping |
The Afterword: Mars, Anyone?. | Gary Saunders | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Dumpling in Me Honours the Dumpling in YouThe Filling |
Sylvia Putz discusses her love of Asian styles of dumplings, the experience of making dumplings with her book club, her friend Lucy and her Korean dumplings, bonding over food, and being like a … | Sylvia Putz | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From Topsy-Turvy Dolls and Shirley TempleFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson examines another character from Uncle Tom’s Cabin who became a stock figure, Topsy. | Cheryl Thompson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Who Was Uncle Nick?From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Seven focuses on Uncle Nick, the author’s maternal great uncle Mykola Kosovan. Discussing his time in Lethbridge, his communist leanings, poverty and radicalization back in … | Myrna Kostash | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Andrew Maksymiuk 1891 – 1977From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Eight focuses on Andrew Maksymiuk, the author’s mothers uncle and stepfather. Discussing his early life in Dzhuriv, working with his brother Nick in the Silesian coal mines, … | Myrna Kostash | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! On Modaks: Offerings of Little BlissThe Filling |
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 … | Mekhala Chaubal | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
