Cultural History
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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  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 |
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From  NEW! Technically, It’s a RavioliThe Wrapper |
Kristen Arnett examines the concept of ravioli. | Kristen Arnett | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |
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From That’s What She SaidOn the Future of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
In this chapter the author points out that we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone and we don’t even know when it will go. The question "Why is it that nostalgia … | David Berry | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The 1980s, Bill Cosby, and Smokescreen TomsFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines the role of Black conservatives in the web of free-market capitalism, focusing especially on the ideology of The Cosby Show. | Cheryl Thompson | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Anti-TomFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the socio-economic context in which Black communities began to police the boundaries of racial loyalty. It was at this time that "Uncle Tom" became the label used … | Cheryl Thompson | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From The Book of Mormon Is Racist—Why Isn’t Anyone Talking about It?From: Bigotry on Broadway |
This chapter outlines the many racist aspects of The Book of Mormon, as perceived by the author. | Claire J. Harris | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! The Case for KreplachThe Filling |
Bev Katz Rosenbaum highlights the under-represented kreplach, a jewish delicacy, the popularity of matzo ball soup, her ties to her Ashkenazic heritage, and ties to traditional foods. | Bev Katz Rosenbaum | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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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 |
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From NEW! The (Cornish) Pasty WarsThe Sauce |
John Lorinc examines the Cornish pastys, the Cornish Pasty Association (CPA), Cornish national identity, and the social history and lore of food. | John Lorinc | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 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 NEW! The Hong Kong Bakery’s Magic DoorThe Filling |
Naomi Duguid reflects on her love for the food of Hong Kong, her tai chi instructor Madame Tsang, the Hong Kong Bakery, and jiaozi. | Naomi Duguid | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Knedelík, Warts and AllThe Filling |
Eric Geringas reflects on his relationship to Knedlík, a Czech style of dumplings, his time in Czechoslovakia teaching English, Czech beer, poverty cuisine, and the culture of Prague. | Eric Geringas | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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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 |
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From NEW! The One True DumplingThe Sauce |
Navneet Alang reflects on the authenticity of cuisine from various and massive diasporas, ownership over food, cultural appropriation and the dismissal of so-called ‘foreign’ food, … | Navneet Alang | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Perogy Bees of the PrairiesThe Sauce |
Julie Van Rosendaal reflects on her relationship with perogies and its ties to her prairie upbringing, Baba’s Homestyle Perogies in Saskatoon, Eastern European migration in Western Canada, … | Julie Van Rosendaal | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
