The Colonialist's Gaze
...included visual details of the transportation networks of primary and secondary roads, local trails, and railroads, as well as the agricultural environs. The archival research (upon which this illustrated lecture...
Leavenworth newspaper
...employed by the old ku-klux gangs of Georgia. He was severely chastised for a small offence by a crowd of white men. As soon as the facts came out a...
Baptists and Witches: Multiple Jurisdictions in a Muskogee Creek Story
...Sunday meetings the owners of the camps serve dinner and supper to all the visitors. This food is brought and prepared by the women of the camps. They take care...
The Color of Democracy: A Japanese Public Health Official’s Reconnaissance Trip to the US South
...also informed by colonial experiences in tropical medicine and disease control abroad, namely the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Panama Canal. In many ways, the southern states followed...
"Gaps in People's Lacks": James Franco's As I Lay Dying
...this is the moment of Dewey Dell's final abjection, and it sets up the shocking ending where we realize that Anse has used his family's labor and capital as a...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...capital to enhance economic opportunities and improved life chances for all Memphians. North America's Distribution Center Today, the city's most recognizable symbol of the global economy is Federal Express, headquartered...
Something True about Louisiana: HBO's True Detective and the Petrochemical America Aesthetic
...and canefield. The overarching visual techniques are compositing and double exposure, combining photographs mostly from Misrach's Cancer Alley exhibition (Petrochemical America) with the outlines of bodies and faces: the face...
Keep Your Eye upon the Scale
...Lewis recorded choral performances in Welsh miners' clubs, singing at pubs, and informal song swaps between Appalachian and Welsh singers. Lewis's time in Wales also facilitated in-person cultural exchange, represented...
New Shades o'Death Creek
Excerpt Set in West Virginia, this excerpt from Giardina's novel of time-space travel, Fallam's Secret (2003), evokes the physical and emotional landscapes of mountaintop removal in the southern Appalachians. On...
Miner's sons salvaging coal during May 1939 strike, Kempton, West Virginia
John Vachon, Miner's sons salvaging coal during May 1939 strike, Kempton, West Virginia. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives Collection, LC-USF34-032709-D....