Tag: Twentieth Century
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The Little Rock Tenth
The Little Rock Nine represent a pivotal moment in the US Civil Rights movement. Ambrose Brown explores themes of redemption and justice in this fiction piece.
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement: an ‘expansionist booking-in-advance’ of the Middle East
The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was written by Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot. Jasmine Khelil examines how it came about and why.
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On Being an Angel: The Body, Subjectivity, and Seduction in the Images of Francesca Woodman
In her startingly and regrettably short career Woodman produced a body of photographic work preoccupied by human forms and their representation, gender, spaces, and the self. Georgia Smith examines that career and the themes it invoked.
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Cowboy Communism: Dean Reed’s Tour of the Eastern Bloc
While Elvis was receiving vast applause in the US, Dean Reed was garnering similar levels of fame and stardom from the Eastern Bloc. Sam Marks explores his how this American musician found fame brought country music to Soviet states.
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A Jazz Singer’s Story
Written by Dalma Roman. A jazz singer struggles to have her voice and message heard in 1920s New York.
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On John Berger’s Ways of Seeing
John Berger’s seminal text, “Ways of Seeing”, remains a critical work in the study of art, five decades after its publication. Georgia Smith provides an insightful discussion of his discourse on the “male gaze” and the spectator-subject relationship.
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A Dark Comedy: The History of Blackface in Minstrel Shows
‘The Black and White Minstrel Show’ was a popular BBC series that featured performers in blackface singing American minstrel songs. Sam Marks explores the racist origins and history of minstrel shows and explains how and why these traditions ended up in the UK.
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Changing Altitudes: The Impact of the Tobacco Industry on the Prohibition of In-Flight Smoking in the US
Prior to 1988, smoking was permitted on all commercial aircrafts. Kat Jivkova discusses the health studies which led to its ban and the pro-tobacco campaigners who sought to delay it.
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