20th Century American

Authorship, Truth, and Wisdom: A Study of Proverbs and Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle

by Joel Harrison

Inside the Sacred Machine: The Paradox of the Sacred in Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions

by Joel Harrison

This paper was accepted as my master's thesis in 2009 at the University of Northern Colorado.

Gatsby's Mentors: Queer Relations Between Love and Money in The Great Gatsby

by Maggie Gordon Froehlich

Published in Journal of Men's Studies 19.3 (2011): 209-226

This essay examines relationships between men and the role patriarchal capitalism plays in the construction of... more This essay examines relationships between men and the role patriarchal capitalism plays in the construction of sexuality in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby(1925), a novel written during a critical period in the history of sexuality, as well as of gay and lesbian history. The ambivalence about male bonds—in particular the simultaneously loving and abusive dynamics of mentoring—depicted in this canonical work of American literature reveals the author's unease about his relationship with Catholic priest and teacher Sigourney Fay and provides insight into the author's well-known lifelong anxiety about his gender and sexuality.

The Role of Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Class in Shaping Greek American Identity, 1890-1927

by Yannis G.S. Papadopoulos

Published in Identity and Participation in Culturally Diverse Societies - A Multidisciplinary Perspective, edited by Assaad Azzi, Xenia Chryssochoou, Bert Klandermans & Bernd Simon, London, Blackwell/Wiley, 2010

Greek-American identity, as it was conceptualized during the first quarter of the twentieth century, was not simply a... more Greek-American identity, as it was conceptualized during the first quarter of the twentieth century, was not simply a reiteration of Greek nationalist discourse but rather the result of a long process inevitably bound to socio-political and cultural currents on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the social status of Greeks in the United States. While the Greek state had attempted to cultivate a pan-Hellenic identity among immigrants, not necessarily different from the ideological orientation of the Greek state, it was only after World War I that a Greek American ideology, and consequently a particular identity, was successfully framed. This identity, however, was a construction along the lines of American nationalism that was mainly supposed to serve as a bulwark against the xenophobic and racist climate prevalent in the United States during this period.

Going With the Flow: Minimalism as Cultural Practice in Post-War America

by Robert Fink

A final draft version of my chapter for the Ashgate Research Companion to Minimalist and Post-Minimalist Music.

Minimalism as a cultural practice, analyzed in terms of Raymond Williams's concept of broadcast "flow" in... more Minimalism as a cultural practice, analyzed in terms of Raymond Williams's concept of broadcast "flow" in television. Detailed consideration of temporal isomorphisms between 1970s television (as analyzed by contemporary critics and video artists) and the practice of musical minimalism. Also considers the rise of "post-modern" television practices (remote controls, zapping, MTV) in relation to post-minimalist musical styles. Works discussed include Philip Glass, /Koyaaniqatsi?; John Adams, /Chamber Symphony/.

Subject to laughter: Comedy and ethnicity in contemporary American fiction

by Jonna Mackin

Snapshots of Legends

by Kevin Belting

No Man is an island, but a Woman is: The Isolation of Women in Early 20th Century America,

by Mary M Stein

A study of women's rights in early 20th century America from legal, societal, and cultural perspectives based on how... more A study of women's rights in early 20th century America from legal, societal, and cultural perspectives based on how these issues are presented in two of the creative works of Susan Glaspell.

Creative Multivalence: Social Engagement Beyond Naturalism in Gwendolyn Brooks’s Maud Martha.

by Megan K. Ahern

Forthcoming from African American Review.

New Jerusalem Postponed

by A. David Lewis

International Journal of Comic Art 12.1 (Spring 2010)

Scopes Trial

by Ruth Martin

Philip C. DiMare (ed.), Religion and Politics in America (New York: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming 2013).

American Civil Liberties Union

by Ruth Martin

Philip C. DiMare (ed.), Religion and Politics in America (New York: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming 2013).

(Dis)Locating Evil in the Detective Novel and Film Noir: Faulkner’s Sanctuary and Lynch’s Blue Velvet

by Maggie Gordon Froehlich

Published in Clues: A Journal of Detection 22.1 (Spring/Summer 2001): 51-75.

Jordan Baker, Gender Dissent, and Homosexual Passing in The Great Gatsby

by Maggie Gordon Froehlich

Published in The Space Between 6.1 (2010): 81-103

“Sexuality and the Feminine Space in James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.”

by David Callahan

Op.Cit. [Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies] 5. 2002: 9-21.

Review of Josep M. Armengol, "Richard Ford and the Fiction of Masculinities" (New York: Peter Lang, 2010)

by Peter Ferry

Published in Atlantis Journal 33.1 June 2011, pp.191-196.

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my…” city: urban space and language-games in Paul Auster's New York Trilogy and Moon Palace (in Russian)

by Arseniy Khitrov / Арсений Хитров

In The Culture and the Form: To the 60th Birthday of Alexander Dobrokhotov, Boldyrev I., ed., Moscow: Publishing House "The Higher School of Economics", 2010, 254-272.

"Границы моей речи указывают на границы моего..." города: городские пространства и языковые игры в "Нью-Йоркской трилогии" и "Храме Луны" Пола Остера. В кн.: Культура и форма: к 60-летию А. Л. Доброхотова: сборник научных трудов. / Под ред. И. Болдырева. Москва, ИД ВШЭ, 2010, 254-272.

The Evolution of U.S. Government-Funded External Broadcasting: From the dawn of broadcasting to 1948

by Steven Herman

Mountain State Univ., Feb., 2011

Governments can be quick to regulate emerging technology, but slower at utilizing it for their own benefit. Such was... more Governments can be quick to regulate emerging technology, but slower at utilizing it for their own benefit. Such was the case with radio broadcasting in the early 20th century in the United States.

The earliest federal government stations intended to reach a domestic public audience were destined to be limited to those providing time signals and weather reports.

By the early 1920's, there had been discussions in the United State government for the government to beam shortwave transmissions to general audiences in Latin America. But direct government operations would not actually occur until World War II.

Folk Women and Indirection In Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin (Book)

by Jacqueline Fulmer

To see the Contents List and to read Chapter One, please click on the following link:
http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=6213&edition_id=9159

Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer argues that these... more Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, via folkloric expression, when exploring unpopular topics. This strategy holds the attention of readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter.

Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, showing how obstacles to free expression, though varying from those Lavin and Hurston faced, are still encountered by Morrison and Ní Dhuibhne. The basis for comparing these authors lies in the strategies of indirection they use, as influenced by folklore. The folkloric characters these authors depict-wild denizens of the Otherworld and wise women of various traditions-help their creators insert controversy into fiction in ways that charm rather than alienate readers.

Forms of rhetorical indirection that appear in the context of folklore, such as signifying practices, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque or bizarre, come out of the mouths and actions of these writers' magical and magisterial characters. Old traditions can offer new ways of discussing issues such as sexual expression, religious beliefs, or issues of reproduction. As differences between times and cultures affect what "can" and "cannot" be said, folkloric indirection may open up a vista to discourses of which we as readers may not even be aware. Finally, the folk women of Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin open up new points of entry to the discussion of fiction, rhetoric, censorship, and folklore.

Folk Women and Indirection In Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin (Book)

by Jacqueline Fulmer

To see the Contents List and to read Chapter One, please click on the following link:
http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=6213&edition_id=9159

Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer argues that these... more Focusing on the lineage of pivotal African American and Irish women writers, Jacqueline Fulmer argues that these authors often employ strategies of indirection, via folkloric expression, when exploring unpopular topics. This strategy holds the attention of readers who would otherwise reject the subject matter.

Fulmer traces the line of descent from Mary Lavin to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and from Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, showing how obstacles to free expression, though varying from those Lavin and Hurston faced, are still encountered by Morrison and Ní Dhuibhne. The basis for comparing these authors lies in the strategies of indirection they use, as influenced by folklore. The folkloric characters these authors depict-wild denizens of the Otherworld and wise women of various traditions-help their creators insert controversy into fiction in ways that charm rather than alienate readers.

Forms of rhetorical indirection that appear in the context of folklore, such as signifying practices, masking, sly civility, and the grotesque or bizarre, come out of the mouths and actions of these writers' magical and magisterial characters. Old traditions can offer new ways of discussing issues such as sexual expression, religious beliefs, or issues of reproduction. As differences between times and cultures affect what "can" and "cannot" be said, folkloric indirection may open up a vista to discourses of which we as readers may not even be aware. Finally, the folk women of Morrison, Ní Dhuibhne, Hurston, and Lavin open up new points of entry to the discussion of fiction, rhetoric, censorship, and folklore.