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Category Archives: women
Q&A with Leta E. Miller, Co-Author of Chen Yi
in asian american studies, authors, music, Q&A, women
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Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards are the authors of Chen Yi in our Women Composers series. Co-author, Leta E. Miller answers questions about her motivations for writing and their influences, and discoveries while writing the book. Q: Why … Continue reading
Q&A with Koritha Mitchell, Author of From Slave Cabins to the White House
in African American Studies, gender studies, literary studies, women
Tagged African American history, cultural studies, women and gender studies
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Author, Koritha Mitchell, of From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture answers questions about her influences, discoveries, and dispelling myths about African American culture. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? What … Continue reading
Marian Wilson Kimber Awarded Sight and Sound Subvention Award
in american history, art, awards, dance, gender studies, music, open access, poetry, women
Tagged American music, author awards, award winners, awards, dance, drama, Elocutionists, gender studies, music, open access, opera, poetry, women, women in music
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Marian Wilson Kimber’s book The Elocutionists reclaimed a forgotten performance genre. From the mid-1800s to the 1940s, elocutionists recited poetry or drama with music to entertain audiences, in particular women’s groups. Women, in fact, dominated the art, and their purveyance … Continue reading
Q&A with Simidele Dosekun, author of Fashioning Postfeminism
in authors, feminist studies, gender studies, Q&A, women, women's history
Tagged African women, fashion, feminist sudies
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Simidele Dosekun, author of Fashioning Postfeminism: Spectacular Femininity and Transnational Culture, answers questions about feminist influences, discoveries in Lagos, and what she wants readers to learn. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I moved back home to … Continue reading
Q&A with Kim E. Nielsen, author of Marriage, Money, and Madness
in author commentary, authors, disability studies, feminist studies, Q&A, women, women's history
Tagged Anna Ott, disability
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Kim E. Nielsen, author of Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott answers questions about writing her book, the interesting life of Anna Ott, and her small hometown influences. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? … Continue reading
Q&A with Dawn Durante, compiler of 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
in author commentary, feminist studies, Uncategorized, women, women's history, Women's Suffrage
Tagged history, Q&A, women, women's rights, women's studies
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Dawn Durante is a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press. In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked her some questions about her new anthology, 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage: A University of Illinois Press Anthology. 100 Years … Continue reading
Q&A with Kimberly D. McKee and Denise A. Delgado, co-editors of Degrees of Difference
in author commentary, authors, education, gender, gender studies, higher education, Q&A, women
Tagged education, Graduate School, Women of Color
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Kimberly D. McKee and Denise A. Delgado recently answered some questions about their new book, Degrees of Difference: Reflections of Women of Color on Graduate School. Contributors include: Aeriel A. Ashlee, Denise A. Delgado, Nwadiogo I. Ejiogu, Delia Fernández, Regina … Continue reading
Q&A with Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel, author of Reimagining Liberation
in author commentary, authors, black studies, Q&A, women, women's history
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Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel is an assistant professor of French at the University of Michigan. She recently answered some questions about her book, Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? … Continue reading
1619 Project Reading List: Black Women’s Activism
in 1619 Project, African American Studies, black studies, feminist studies, women, women's history
Tagged 1619 Project
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This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with the goal of re-framing our understanding of the … Continue reading