Month: May 2011

  • 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…

  • Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire Oxford University Press May 2011 320 pages Hardback ISBN13: 9780199604159; ISBN10: 0199604150 Damon Ieremia Salesa, Associate Professor of History, American Culture, and Asian/Pacific Islander Studies University of Michigan The Victorians were fascinated with intersections between different races. Whether in sexual or domestic partnerships, in interracial children,…

  • Daphne Grace in Conversation with Keith A. Russell Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal Volume 8, Issue 1 – Bahamian Literature (2011-04-22) Article 14 Daphne Grace Keith A. Russell, Adjunct Professor The College of The Bahamas, Northern Campus Daphne Grace in Conversation with Keith A. Russell, Freeport, Grand Bahama (27 August 2008) DG: You have written…

  • While racial passing seems outdated by today’s standards, and the very thought of a black person needing to pass for white actually smacks of racism, this essay repositions the importance of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…

  • Stories of Biracial America The New York Times 2011-05-06 Polly Rosenwaike Barack Obama makes two appearances in Danzy Senna’s first story collection, “You Are Free”: in a photograph on an administrator’s desk at an exclusive preschool, and on the bumper sticker of a BMW. Seeing that BMW, the narrator of the story “Replacement Theory” observes,…

  • You Are Free: Stories Riverhead (and Imprint of Penguin Press) 2011-05-03 240 pages ISBN 9781594485077 Danzy Senna Each of these eight remarkable stories by Danzy Senna tightrope-walks tantalizingly, sometimes frighteningly, between defined states: life with and without mates and children, the familiar if constraining reference points provided by race, class, and gender. Tensions arise between…