Black Women Legacies
Black Women Legacies

Author: Alexandria Russell

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2024-12-10

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0252047575

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From Black clubwomen to members of preservation organizations, African American women have made commemoration a central part of Black life and culture. Alexandria Russell illuminates the process of memorialization while placing African American women at the center of memorials they brought into being and others constructed in their honor. Their often undocumented and unheralded work reveals the importance of the memorializers and public memory crafters in establishing a culture of recognition. Forced to strategize with limited resources, the women operated with a resourcefulness and savvy that had to meet challenges raised by racism, gender and class discrimination, and specific regional difficulties. Yet their efforts from the 1890s to the 2020s shaped and honed practices that became indispensable to the everyday life and culture of Black Americans. Intersectional and original, Black Women Legacies explores the memorialization of African American women and its distinctive impact on physical and cultural landscapes throughout the United States.

Progress Notes
Progress Notes

Author: Abraham M. Nussbaum

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2024-06-25

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1421448947

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"By telling the story of six medical students, this work shows the readers how we have trained physicians, how it feels to become a physician, and how we can train future physicians so they know patients and themselves better"--

In Search of Respect and Equality
In Search of Respect and Equality

Author: Joan-Yvette Campbell

Publisher: Joan-Yvette Campbell

Published: 2012-10-14

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1479250074

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"In Search of Respect and Equality" includes the captivating experiences of slave and free women from North America and European colonies. Although the lives of the slave and free women were dissimilar, and they also resided in different countries, they appeared to possess commonalities. For instance, they shared mutual values and expectations to be free, educated, self-sufficient, and live a life of respect and equality. The women resided in countries such as the United States, Canada, Jamaica, Brazil, Cuba, Barbados, Antigua, St. Croix, Trinidad and Tobago, the African continent, and other nations. The book also uncovers controversial issues such as Mary Seacole's setbacks as a result of Florence Nightingale's continued unwanted interferences. "In Search of Respect and Equality" should be an inspiration to readers all over the world.

Self Portrait in Green
Self Portrait in Green

Author: Marie NDiaye

Publisher: Influx Press

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 1910312908

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'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.

Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Social Dimensions of Climate Change

Author: Robin Mearns

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009-12-02

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0821381423

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While major strides have been made in the scientific understanding of climate change, much less understood is how these dynamics in the physical enviornment interact with socioeconomic systems. This book brings together the latest knowledge on the consequences of climate change for society and how best to address them.

The Mosquito Bite Author
The Mosquito Bite Author

Author: Baris Biçakçi

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 147732111X

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Originally published in 2011, The Mosquito Bite Author is the seventh novel by the acclaimed Turkish author Barış Bıçakçı. It follows the daily life of an aspiring novelist, Cemil, in the months after he submits his manuscript to a publisher in Istanbul. Living in an unremarkable apartment complex in the outskirts of Ankara, Cemil spends his days going on walks, cooking for his wife, repairing leaks in his neighbor’s bathroom, and having elaborate imaginary conversations in his head with his potential editor about the meaning of life and art. Uncertain of whether his manuscript will be accepted, Cemil wavers between thoughtful meditations on the origin of the universe and the trajectory of political literature in Turkey, panic over his own worth as a writer, and incredulity toward the objects that make up his quiet world in the Ankara suburbs.