Monthly Archives: November 2019

Storytelling and Nadasen’s Household Workers Unite

Nadasen, Premilla. Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement. Boston: Beacon, 2015. Oral tradition and storytelling plays a pivotal role in Premilla Nadasen’s book, Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement. As we have seen (or will see) in Tyler’s blog, …

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Imperial Brotherhood Questions

Imperial Brotherhood John Legg and Henry Clay Adkins     Let’s start by chatting with the title. In many cases titles can reflect the book’s larger argument. What are your thoughts on Imperial Brotherhood?     Dean’s book hones in on the relationship between masculinity and warfare. What sort of characteristics made political leaders look …

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