Category: Features
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Our Vernacular Ancestor: A Reconsideration of Chaucer’s Language Within the History of Dialect Poetry
Benjamin Freckelton unravels Geoffrey Chaucer’s role in the often overlooked genre of dialect poetry.
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“We Won a Battle But Lost the War”: The 1968 Ford Dagenham Strike
Lauren Hood zooms in on 1968’s Ford Dagenham women who struck for equal pay and job classification, influencing legislation but facing ongoing frustrations about their skilled labour recognition.
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Whipping up a Frenzy: President Truman and Cold War Hysteria
Eve Beere looks at the aftermath of FDR’s presidency and Truman’s adoption of an aggressive anti-Soviet approach to mark a shift from collaboration to confrontation.
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The Domestic Female Renaissance: Enacting Power Behind Closed Doors
Abby Hughes details how second wave feminism inspired a reexamination of the experience of women in the Renaissance.
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The Creation of Woman and Language that Shaped Her
Arianna North Castell explores how language has shaped the expectations and status of women in society
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Doomsday: A Lifestyle for Some, a Joke to Others
Elizabeth Hall breaks down what layers of conspiracy, religion, and emotions go into the recurring Doomsday phenomenon.
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Punk over the Wall: Space and Identity in 1980s East Germany
Punk in East Germany during the late 1970s and 1980s emerged as a response to societal contradictions, fostering a distinct identity separate from Western ideals. Finely Farrell investigates how East German youths navigated oppression, sought expressive spaces, and shaped their unique subculture.
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The Importance of Archives: Partido Comunista de España (PCE) Archive Madrid
Isabelle Shaw discusses the importance of the Partido Comunista de España Archive in Madrid for understanding how the Spanish Communist Party operated.
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