20th Century African American Literature
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fields of concentration include African-American criticism and theory, African-American poetry and fiction, Black feminist theory, Black lesbian writers, and African Religion and Philosophy in Black Women's Fiction. Her monograph in... more
The broad range of postcolonial literature deals with the issues of racism, anti-colonial rhetoric and rights acceptance, and it presents itself as resistance to common beliefs of universal euro-centrism. The present dissertation... more
ion began to flourish in the works of the Parisian avantgarde because of the concern for originality and hands-on approach. Many of the artists who took up sculpting were not academically trained in sculpture as Brancusi was. Amedeo... more
In this research, the development of racism based on the different formations of socio-cultural and historical aspects was the standpoint that was shown by the interpretation of poetical depiction of meaning and messages. The gap between... more
Black Notes on Asia: Composite Figurations of Asia in the African American Transcultural Imagination, 1923-2013 sheds new light on the hitherto neglected engagements of African American writers and thinkers with various literary,... more
This paper discusses the syncretism of both Catholicism and Voodoo in New Orleans and explains how the adaptable Catholicism of New Orleans provides ample support for the growth rather than repression of Voodoo. Among the shared elements... more
A hundred years after its publication, the second and final edition of BLAST continues to be viewed as the poor relation, or at least the quiet relation, to its brashly confident predecessor. The editor himself no doubt suspected that... more
This paper discusses the syncretism of both Catholicism and Voodoo in New Orleans and explains how the adaptable Catholicism of New Orleans provides ample support for the growth rather than repression of Voodoo. Among the shared elements... more
We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children, and, if necessary, bone by bone.-Alice... more
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Mysticism rejects the idea that human beings are capable of fully understanding and articulating the Divine. Mysticism invites the human to rely on their personal and spiritual encounters with the Divine. In the perspective of the Mystic,... more
In Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man, the nameless African American protagonist , who has sought refuge from white supremacist society in a basement, narrates his life story and the insights he has had in self-imposed exile. Throughout... more
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Journal of Social sciences.Vol5, no2, June 2013, Govt.College.University,Faisalabad
Journal of Social sciences.Vol5, no2, June 2013, Govt.College.University,Faisalabad
Los detectives salvajes (1998) de Roberto Bolaño se caracteriza por el empleo de la ironía como clave de lectura de un juego constante de desdoblamientos y dobles sentidos que permiten al autor poner en perspectiva su juventud en el... more
Constantin Brancusi: Flight of the Divine Machinist Romania born sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi (Hobita, Romania, 19 February 1876 – Paris, France, 16 March 1957) has made most of his artworks in France and therefore he became one of the... more
Using Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology, and the Japanese Classical concepts of aesthetic categories, we meditate on Brancusi's First Cry, a Bronze Head from the Art Gallery of Ontario . The phenomenological description unfolds itself and... more
Long overdue are scholarly close readings that shed light on the irreverent homage to the Ralph Ellison pervading Percival Everett’s Erasure, a novel less about Everett than about Ellison’s democratic aesthetics. Narrator/protagonist,... more
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This essay explores the complex relationship between white authority and the Black Arts Movement. Conceived as a radical break from white traditions, the Black Arts Movement was intended to build a creative space, independent of white... more
Ethics of Alterity, Confrontation and Responsibility in 19th- to 21st-Century British Arts. Edited by Christine Reynier and Jean-Michel Ganteau. Montpellier: PULM, 2015. 169–84.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Italian intellectuals participated in Italy’s reconstruction with an ideological commitment inspired by the African-American struggle for equal rights in the United States. Drawing on the work of... more
At the start of the 20th century, the practice of Voodoo set the stage for the establishment of Black Spiritualism in New Orleans, a religion initiated by Leafy Anderson. An African American woman, she traveled there from her hometown of... more
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