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Grill: Minstrel shows of antebellum America were a space for white, working-class men to secretly express frustrations about their social and economic instability under a guise of openly racist, blackface performance. These men did so by adapting a body of slave culture—speech, fashion, song styles, lyrical themes, etc.—and amplifying it, exaggerating it, to the point of controversy as a way of making money. This is precisely how the musical genre of heavy metal has operated since its inception with Black Sabbath’s debut album in 1970. The only difference is that white, working-class men now openly express those same economic and social frustrations under a guise of secretly racist performance. The influence of slave culture is present in heavy metal as it was in minstrelsy, except now the performers have removed their blackface, effectively applying “whiteface” to the genre. The final result of this phenomenon is that black musicians playing heavy metal music can only achieve success by “whiting up”, through either the assistance of established white musicians or by compromising their sound/ appearance to fit a more stereotype-fulfilling impression. Scholarship on race in heavy metal is as woefully scarce as its subjects are in the musical field of its study. Larsen: This work compares and contrasts how two composers portrayed political events in their major works. Carlisle Floyd portrayed the McCarthy hearings in his opera "Susannah" and Kurt Weil satirically criticized the Capitalist system of post World War I Germany in his famous work "The Threepenny Opera". This presentation will involve a performance of numbers from these works, including a lab choir and a soloist. Theater Schedule
Abstracts Bikus: Paris, commonly seen as a hotspot for revolution, has experienced several eras of oppression. Whether it is the unyielding monarchy of the mid-18th century or the Nazi regime during the height of the Second World War, the city often finds itself in need of a change of authority. Two revolutionary French writers composed works that inspired citizens to not only revolt against a government, but against the traditional way of thinking as well. By studying the primary works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the historical context in which they wrote, I discover and compare the key elements of two of France’s most famed intellectual revolutions. Humanities Presentations: Communication Schedule
Abstracts_Lao'>Abstracts Lao: I will be presenting speaking all in Japanese with a slideshow of Ikebukuro, a city in Japan. Manion: I will present using powerpoint a presentation about the city of Sapporo, capital of the Hokaido Prefecture. My project will be in Japanese, and I will give information about the city's history and things that can be done in Sapporo. montes: I will be talking about Nagasaki,Japan and its culture. Types of food, events, and special celebrations. I will provide statistics and lots of fun and interesting facts. Muldoon: A presentation about the Asakusa shrine and the surrounding sounds, souveniers and sites. Nicklas: I will have a brief oral presentation on Harajuku, Japan. It will focus on where it is specifically located and some of the key aspects of the culture surrounding the Harajuku area. Some of these aspects include the fashion culture sparking from the area as well as its economic significance as it provides affordable shopping for youths. Harren: Oral presentation on the life and many works of the prominent Japanese author Keigo Higashino Jones: I will present, in Japanese, a report about the Japanese high school baseball tournament, named Koshien. Vang: My presentation will be based on ancient Japanese Folk tales in present day modern Japan using some specific popular stories to relate to my oral presentation. yang: This oral presentation is about the experience of a conveyor belt sushi called Hamazushi. During my stay in Japan for study abroad 2012 I went to this sushi shop often. I want to share the experience in Japanese. English Schedule
Abstracts Gasperlin: Examines how values, religion/religious beliefs, relationships, sense of self/identity, and language contribute to the human experience and how these elements are expressed in children's literature and used to introduce a young audience to the human experience as a whole. The literature studied includes Grimm/Andersen fairy tales, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein's poetry. Lamb: A mere month after William Faulkner published Absalom, Absalom!, Malcolm Cowley – one of Faulkner’s contemporaries – described Faulkner as “Poe in Mississippi”, forever linking the two authors in both his mind and the minds of many in literary circles. This presentation examines the link between the two authors, particularly the links between Poe’s “The Raven” and Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! in the hope that an acute understanding of the former leads to a deeper understanding of the latter. Harris: The intimate interplay between issues of race and class in Absalom, Absalom! has long been identified. However, critiques employing Marxist critical tools that explore the role class antagonism plays in the racism depicted in Faulkner’s South are relatively scarce. In my analysis, I identify the specific ways in which both poor and aristocratic white characters participate in the fetishism of commodities. I argue that the social value declared by commodities translates into a declared value of self-worth. The experiences of Faulkner’s poor white characters reveals a deeply-seeded fear of worthlessness and associations with bound labor. I posit that as a mechanism against these fears, Thomas Sutpen, Rosa Coldfield, and Wash Jones erect “sentimental masks” made of feelings of inherent white superiority. However, in the course of narrative events, these masks are punctured by insults which reveal their falsity. The trauma that ensues exposes how issues of class take a precedent to race, and in this positioning, Faulkner draws a causative relationship from class antagonisms to racial sentiment. Doyle: An investigation of the way in which politicians employ language, especially during times of war, to sway the opinions of the electorate, obscure negative outcomes, and unconsciously invalidate the opinions of international entities. Desert: Haiti is a country of many paradoxes. As the first black republic, Haiti holds a place of distinction in world history. Today, Haiti is recognized as the poorest nation in the world as well as for its great cultural wealth. The revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture and the Duvaliers, whose long reign of terror was brutally enforced by the Tonton Macoutes, are equally emblematic of the island nation that today is still reeling from the combined effects of the devastating earthquake of 2010, widespread poverty, and weak government infrastructure. Amidst all of the paradoxes that represent Haiti the question of Haitian identity is complex. In my thesis, I present the views of two Haitian women writers, Edwige Danticat and Jan Domique whose semi-autobiographical novels (Breath, Eyes, Memory and Memoire d’une amnesique, respectively) feature Haitian women seeking to define their own identities and place in Haitian culture both in country and as émigrés. These Haitian women writers critique Haitian history presented solely as the history of powerful men some of whom are also our national heroes. My thesis explores how each of these writers contrasts traditional masculine narratives, with the stories of Haitian women, particularly poor, peasant, and migrant women, thus giving a voice to Haitian women and breaking a long patriarchal tradition of silence. Gender & Women's Studies Schedule
Abstracts Sinner, Andreasen, Mevissen, Minten, Reiner, Vandelac, Weinhandl, Wojtalewicz, Walgamott: The presentations during this session will cover the Marie & Robert Jackson Fellowship; Kaleidoscope Place, Minneapolis, MN; Children's Museum, Brookings, SD; Jeremiah Program, St. Paul, MN; CLUES (Communidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio), MN; White House Project, St. Paul, MN; Catholic Charities/LaCruz, St. Cloud, MN; "Summer of Solutions" campaign of the NGO Grand Aspirations, Minneapolis, MN; and the Al Franken Campaign, St. Cloud, MN. Beaty: This project will act as a Capstone to my internship at the Institute for Women's Leadership, in which I will reflect on how my views of gender as an identity have changed, and how those changes have helped me understand how gender interacts with other identities such as religion, race, class, etc. Chen: This study examines how culture influences U.S. and Chinese college students’ mate preferences, and attitudes and beliefs on the following elements of romantic relationships: love as the only basis for marriage, premarital sex, and the influence of family and friends on mate choice. This study included 291 American participants and 292 Chinese participants and found that: overall, American and Chinese participants vary in their mate preferences; most American participants, especially female participants, would be more likely to “marry for love,” whereas Chinese participants, especially female participants, would be more likely to consider health and financial conditions in a mate; Chinese participants emphasize chastity more than American participants; American participants tend to consult with parents and friends, whereas Chinese participants tend to obey parents’ views about getting married. Directory: Documents -> ELCE Documents -> Concept stage Documents -> The great global switch-off Documents -> Nonprofit grant application Documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide Documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan Documents -> Chaos equipment included ELCE -> Ardolf Science Center 104, csb Download 1.11 Mb. Share with your friends:
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