Category: Articles

  • The Melungeon Identity Movement and the Construction of Appalachian Whiteness Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Volume 11, Issue 1 (June 2001) pages 131-146 DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2001.11.1.131 Anita Puckett, Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University How this binary system is discursively constituted depends upon the ways in which elements of a repertoire interconnect…

  • Redeeming the “Character of the Creoles”: Whiteness, Gender and Creolization in Pre-Revolutionary Saint Domingue Journal of Historical Sociology Volume 23, Issue 1 (March 2010) pages 40–72 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2009.01359.x Yvonne Fabella, Lecturer of History University of Pennsylvania This article examines the political significance of white creolization in pre-revolutionary French Saint Domingue. Eighteenth-century Europeans tended to view…

  • Artist Ellen Gallagher humbled by new honor The Providence Journal 2010-02-21 Bill Van Siclen, Journal Arts Writer The first time her work appeared in a Whitney Biennial, the every-other-year exhibit that aims to take the pulse of contemporary art, Ellen Gallagher was just one of many up-and-coming artists vying for attention. That was back in…

  • Scratching the surface: Artist Laylah Ali explores the social dynamics that lie beyond appearances Boston Globe 2008-08-29 Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent WILLIAMSTOWN – Laylah Ali doesn’t let many people into her studio. “It’s a private space,” the artist says, welcoming a visitor. “It’s like being in my brain. I’m inviting you into my private brain…

  • Bruno Mars in Ascension New York Times 2010-10-05 Jon Caramanica When history books address the pop seismology of the early 21st century, a chapter will have to be set aside for a discussion of the Sheraton Waikiki in the late 1980s. That’s where Bruno Mars, then just a few years old, performed as part of…

  • Curriculum corner The Daily of The University of Washington 2010-10-01 Laurel Christensen Despite talk of budget cuts, swelling classes and disappearing instructors, the UW is offering more than 50 new courses this quarter. These are a few unique courses now available to students… …Intergenerational Roots: A Mixed Heritage Family Oral History Project Offered through the…

  • Mixed-race models ignored by British fashion industry The Independent 2010-10-03 Emily Dugan They are under-represented on the catwalk – so they are holding their own glamorous contest From triumph in the White House to Olympic and Formula One garlands, via just about every stage and screen, mixed-race people have made massive leaps forward in the…

  • Diversity That Matters: A Commitment to Social Justice CCCC: Supporting and promoting the teaching and study of college composition and communication 2009-06-04 Annette Harris Powell, Assistant Professor of English Bellarmine University I teach at a university with a mission grounded in the Catholic Intellectual tradition of faith and reason and focused on the examined life…

  • Colorblind parents could handicap their biracial kids The Grio 2010-09-16 Jennifer H. Cunningham When he was still a toddler, Rebecca Romo’s son, Emilio asked her why his skin was darker than hers. The now 8-year-old Emilio, who is of Mexican and African-American heritage, also went through a stage where he hated his hair, telling his…

  • The Language of Ham and the Language of Cain: “Dialect” and Linguistic Hybridity in the Work of Adam Small The Journal of Commonwealth Literature Volume 45, Number 3 (September 2010) pages 389-408 DOI: 10.1177/0021989410377550 Nicole Devarenne, Lecturer in English University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom The “coloured” South African writer Adam Small has made an…