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Ise film art an introduction7/4/2023 How are stereotypes built up on century-old cinematic traditions and how do they function today? What self-images have minority filmmakers presented as an alternative to mainstream views? In addition to looking at the critiques, we look at more positive aspects of ethnic and racial images and examine the ways that these images speak to the history of the nation as a whole. From Edison's early films, through "Birth of a Nation," and to the present, commercial cinema has denigrated Americans of color and stereotyped its ethnic groups. We will study Hollywood's evolving portrayal of African-Americans, Asian-Americans and ethnic groups like Latinos and Italian-Americans. Movies have played a central role in how we understand race, racial categories, and ethnic cultural identities.
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Cleopatra and frankenstein pages7/4/2023 Thankfully, as often happens when it comes to my reading life, a book found me exactly when I needed it. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve started a new novel, only to read a chapter or two before giving up, and leaving said book to collect dust on one of the many stacks of books piled up around my apartment.Īnd, now that my boyfriend has moved in with me, long and lazy evenings curled up on my sofa with a book have been replaced with night, after night, after night glued to Breaking Bad (I know I’m fifteen years late but, here we are). Drowning in on-going visa dramas and the uncertainty of living in a country where I’m not a permanent resident has – it’s safe to say – had something of a dire effect on my inclination for books. Thus far, 2022 has not been a great year for reading.
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This is a dystopian series of novels that brings to life the nation of Panem in all of its corrupt glory. If you have never heard of the amazing Hunger Games series then you are in for a treat. It is also worth noting that there are actually 2 different ways to read The Hunger Games series, because of this, we will go into detail on the difference between the 2 different versions so you can understand what splits them apart, and which one will be better for you! About The Hunger Games However, since there is a new story to add to the original trilogy, a lot of people are wondering what the best way to read these stories is.īecause of this, we have constructed this reading guide to give you the best order we think there is to read the series. With the release of this story, fans of the series are more tempted than ever to re-read the series, and newcomers have a better excuse to start it. However, the series has since changed with the release of the prequel story A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Since then the original trilogy was adapted into a very popular series of movies throughout the early to mid-2010s.
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Amongst Women by John McGahern7/4/2023 Well-intentioned, quite artful work-with less of a strong, solid core than is satisfying. McGahern writes intimately of their lives, but there's a muzziness to many of his sentences that makes the women indistinct as well. The title here, however, is somewhat misleading (and the book bears no resemblance except in title to Cesare Pavese's great Italian novel), for the story is clearer about its main character, Moran, through the eyes of the sons than of the daughters. The son of a Garda sergeant who had served as an IRA volunteer in the Irish War of Independence, he was devastated by his mother’s death when he was nine. The daughters especially suffer this insistence on the family as withdrawal mechanism-and when the boys test it, they soon are banished altogether. Born in 1934, John McGahern was the eldest of seven children, raised on a farm in the West of Ireland. Rose holds her own in the family, remarkably-for what family is to Moran is a fastness, a fort, a place in which to hide. Moran, a farmer, has a large family-three daughters and two sons-and as the book begins ia taking a second wife, Rose. That's the case here too-with a family portrait of old man Moran, a hero in the Irish Independence war who has steadfastly refused his pension in disgust at how the country turned out. But the actual book he delivers tends to be somewhat disappointing, somewhat limp and not fully realized. McGahern (High Ground, 1987 The Pornographer, 1979, etc.) writes a very pregnant novel, usually with one splendidly truthful germ as well as the capability to sensitively echo its close surroundings.
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Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones7/4/2023 Cat, on the other hand, seems overlooked and always does what his sister says. Through some contrivance of Gwendolen’s, they move to Chrestomanci Castle, where Gwendolen grows increasingly frustrated since folks there do not acknowledge her amazingness and fawn over her. Sharp because his parents had died in a boating accident. He lives on Coven Street among many witches with his beautiful, talented sister, Gwendolen, under the care of Mrs. Yep, such stories were catnip for me as a kid, and it seems that’s still the case because I loved Charmed Life.Ĭharmed Life is about Cat, who’s apparently a normal boy. This is the kind of story I’d have loved as a kid: Those fantasy stories where the characters sit around eating marmalade (whatever that is) and drinking cocoa and having picnics on lawns and there’s a beautiful garden somewhere that they can visit and portals to other worlds as well. I have a feeling that I may have read these books as a kid, but I really cannot remember having done so.
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The delicate drawings are presented in a wash of tones of yellow and red giving a distinctive look to the book. The illustrative style is slightly unusual. However, this cleverly ensures that the child listening to the story will be able to readily identify with Blieka. The author never mentions whether this little rabbit is a boy or a girl, although for some reason I thought of Blieka as she. Blieka, a small yellow rabbit, behaves in a child-like way, taking the beloved ball absolutely everywhere. This simple but charming story is a lovely one to demonstrate to young children the importance of sharing things, even things that are very precious to you. Blieka needs help but what can Blieka do now? Will Blieka’s friends be prepared to come to the rescue? This ball belongs to Blieka and no-one else! Time passes and the lovely red ball is not quite so lovely anymore. It is a lovely red ball and Blieka is sure that it is most definitely not for sharing. Presents are always special but Blieka’s new present is extra special. Publisher: Child's Play (International) Ltd. Summary: A charming debut picture book in which a small rabbit learns about sharing precious possessions.
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Blue moon book by alyson noel7/4/2023 The characters seem as thin as the book before, as a strong female character Ever again falls short, she stumbles into every situation without a clue, although she can hear people's thoughts as well as see their lives with a touch she still manages to not have much insight into the way other people think and feel. The story follows the same outline as the last book.Ī rogue immortal threatens the happy lives of Ever and Damen and soon the whole school is turned against Ever and she is running out of time to save Damen's life. This is the second book in the Immortals Series, we start off where we left off with Ever and Damen happy together, which means that they aren't going to be happy for very long. It's all she's ever wanted – but so is Damen. But in searching for a cure for him, Ever accidentally discovers a way to twist time so she can save her family from the accident that killed them. Panicked at the thought of losing him, Ever finds a path to the in-between world known as Summerland, where she learns the secrets of Damen's tortured past. Just as she's getting stronger, though, Damen seems to be weakening. Things have changed for Ever since she met her beloved Damen – not least because she's got a whole new set of powers, courtesy of her new Immortal status.
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The mistake elle kennedy7/4/2023 This time around, she'll be the one in the driver's seat.and she plans on driving him wild. He wants her back? He'll have to work for it. If Logan expects her to roll over and beg like all his other puck bunnies, he can think again. She's not a charity case, and she's not the quiet butterfly she was when they first hooked up. A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction he needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her away, Logan plans to spend his final year proving to her that he's worth a second chance.Īfter a less than stellar freshman year, Grace is back at Briar University, older, wiser, and so over the arrogant hockey player she nearly handed her V-card to. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing charm, he hides growing despair about the dead-end road he'll be forced to walk after graduation. Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants.
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She is also the leading expert on Elizabeth Stuart. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on early modern English literature and history, including women's history.īy using, for instance, 3D scanners to read unopened seventeenth-century letters, she sheds new light on the role of women, diplomacy and espionage in the early modern era. This is what Nadine Akkerman describes in her book Invisible Agents, the first analysis of the role of female spies in the seventeenth century. Women of various professions – from laundresses to ladies-in-waiting – were successful spies in seventeenth-century England. Her publications on women's history, diplomacy and espionage in the early modern period are read by a wide audience and she uses innovative methods for her research.
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Just as much anti- and ante-imperialism, Azoulay is clear to distinguish her call from selective nostalgia or amnesia. 1 Such a turn to history might seem strange to those attentive to the recent nostalgia politics around the globe or those who fear that unlearning imperialism means an annulment of its inventory of traumas. With the urgency of a manifesto and the volume of a brick, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay’s recent book Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism foregrounds and rejects structural, sustained imperialisms as the basis for a shared world and asks readers to begin the ongoing project of actively challenging imperialism’s alleged inevitability. Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism. Reviewed by Luke Urbain, University of Wisconsin-MadisonĪriella Aïsha Azoulay. |