Category: United States

  • Eugenic Feminisms in Late Nineteenth-Century America Genders: Presenting Innovative Work In the Arts, Ahumanities and Social Theories Number 31 (2000) 98 paragraphs Stephanie Athey, Associate Professor of English Lasell College, Newton, Massachusetts Reading Race in Victoria Woodhull, Frances Willard, Anna Julia Cooper and Ida B. Wells  This essay examines the American intersections of eugenic discourse…

  • A Transnational Temperance Discourse? William Wells Brown, Creole Civilization, and Temperate Manners The Journal of Transnational American Studies Volume 3, Issue 1 (2011) Article 16 27 pages Carole Lynn Stewart, Assistant Professor of English University of Maryland, Baltimore County In the nineteenth century, temperance movements provided the occasion for a transnational discourse. These conversations possessed…

  • While racial passing seems outdated by today’s standards, and the very thought of a black person needing to pass for white actually smacks of racism, this essay repositions the importance of passing as a genre by looking at four key Hollywood films from the early-‘30s through the late-‘50s: two versions of “Imitation of Life” (John…

  • INDIGO – Laura Kina & Shelly Jyoti Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts 2043 North Miami Avenue Miami, Florida 33127 2011-05-14 through 2011-06-30 Opening Reception 2011-05-14, 14:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Shelly Jyoti, Visual Artist, Fashion Designer, Poet, Researcher and Independent Curator In…

  • Critical Mixed Race Conference 2012: Call for Papers Critical Mixed Race Conference 2012 “What is Critical Mixed Race Studies?” 2012-11-01 throuth 2012-11-04 DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Click here for this announcement in PDF format. Conference Description: What is Critical Mixed Race Studies? will be hosted at DePaul University in Chicago, November 1-4, 2012. The CMRS…

  • Group provides space for ‘racial Hybrids’ The University News A Student Voice of Saint Louis University Since 1921 2011-04-14 Sean Worley Black Student Alliance, Filipino Student Association, Indian Student Association and the list of groups oriented around race goes on. Although these student groups have a noticeable presence on campus, for some students, they just…

  • Man with a Cross: Hawkeye Was a “Half-Breed” Cooper Panel American Literature Association Conference San Diego, California May 1998 James Fenimore Cooper Society Barbara Mann, Lecturer of English University of Toledo Originally published in James Fenimore Cooper Society Miscellaneous Papers No. 10, August 1998 Natty Bumppo—Hawkeye of James Fenimore Cooper’s five Leather-Stocking Tales—is indelibly inscribed…

  • From the “half-breed” to the “tragic mulatto”: The race integration film in the fifties and the struggle for social equality New York University May 2007 435 pages Publication Number: AAT 3269779 ISBN: 9780549099536 Ryan Daniel DeRosa, Assistant Professor of Film Studies Ohio University A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree…

  • Between Race and Nation: The Plains Metis and the Canada-United States Border University of Wisconsin, Madison May 2009 419 pages Publication Number: AAT 3384469 ISBN: 9781109476347 Michel Hogue, Assistant Professor of History Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the…

  • Negroes: Miscegenation Time Magazine 1923-07-23 Protests of Negro organizations from many parts of the country, descending about the ears of a Senator, caused him to change his mind. Senator [Arthur] Capper of Kansas is leader of the farm bloc and of the “marriage bloc”—if such a thing there is. In the last Congress he brought…