Tagged cultural-studies

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New Book Aims to Help Girls and Women Proclaim Their Own Identities While Challenging Negative Infuences Popular Culture and Social Media

 The Torch: Motherwit, Guideposts and Stories to Purposeful is a book of difficult conversations. As we grow, there are hard conversations we must have about who we are and who we aspire to become. This realization compelled me to give young women some real stories, from real women, with real life situations as blueprints for overcoming challenges that helped them become "purposeful women". The contents of the book addresses issues of self esteem, relationship abuse, sexuality, plus more. Read More
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Sankofa Archives and Galleries: Scholarly Historical Research Site Launched

 The Sankofa Archives and its Galleries (www.sankofaarchives.com) launched 2/3/2015. A ten-year labor of love by Marjorie Charlot, a librarian at a northeastern university, Sankofa Archives was created to facilitate research on the history of people of African descent throughout the world. Read More
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Few Days Left for LGBT Cultural Coming Out Short Film Cold Call to Make Fundraising Goal

 Campaign opening communication for LGBT members to safely share coming out and give support Read More
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Rock Music in American Culture: The Sounds of Revolution [Robert G. Pielke]

 The revised edition of Robert G. Pielke's philosophical analysis of Rock music is being readied for publication. McFarland & Co. Inc. later this year: ISBN 978-0-7864-4865-4 Read More