Journal of Consumer Research‚ Inc. What Makes Things Cool? How Autonomy Influences Perceived Coolness Author(s): Caleb Warren and Margaret C. Campbell Source: Journal of Consumer Research‚ Vol. 41‚ No. 2 (August 2014)‚ pp. 543-563 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/676680 . Accessed: 12/09/2014 11:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Book Review of The Harlem Renaissance by Antonio Ragland 4/25/2010 In the book entitled "Harlem Renaissance" by Nathan Irvin Huggins a story is told about the time period before World War I and the following years in which a "Black Metropolis" was created unlike the world had ever seen. It was the largest and by far the most important black community in the world. It brought together black intellectuals from all over the world to this new "Black Mecca" with dreams of prosperity and change. Their
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keep the reader’s interest. Many readers are only interested in certain types of literature or certain authors. This study is based on an analysis of one poem‚ and two short stories‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ “A Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ and “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet. Both the short stories and poem show some similarities and differences in their settings‚ characters‚ and conflicts. I will examine how the authors have made an impression on me as
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The Harlem Renaissance was a complex‚ diverse movement driven by African Americans who introduced their unique heritage into American culture through a flourishing of art‚ literature‚ theater‚ and music (Hutchinson‚ Encyclopedia Britannica). It was an epochal era in which for the first time in history‚ African American artists attained critical acclaim (Jackson‚ Yale New Haven Institute). Furthermore‚ the hotbed of ideas was connected to the emerging civil rights movement which followed from this
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twentieth century. The Harlem Renaissance; a revolutionary outburst of creative activity among African-Americans occurred in all fields of art between 1920-1930. It was a cultural and psychological turning point‚ an era in which black people were perceived as having finally liberated themselves from a past filled with self-doubt. It was originally called “The New Negro Movement”. It was centered in the Harlem district of New York City‚ but expanded across the western world. Harlem attracted a successful
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Appearances‚ whether we enjoy the concept or not‚ will always be the basis by which humans judge things first. This is not a bad thing however‚ and can prove quite a useful habit of ours at times… The same way people often have a habit of growing to reflect their names‚ we create art and building’s to reflect the beliefs of the artists behind them. Whether those beliefs are commissioned or self-motivated‚ the work produced will always display a view point into one form of life so that people can
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The poem "Harlem" was written in 1951 by Langston Hughes and offers a theme in that of a warning: Those who cannot realize their dreams due to systematic oppression‚ will inevitably resort to violence. "Harlem" is a short‚ eleven line poem‚ consisting of three stanzas which are littered with literary and poetic devices such as imagery‚ italics‚ diction/syntax‚ figurative language‚ and rhetorical questions to name several. However‚ despite all the clever techniques Hughes deploys‚ his use of symbolism
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Jatoria Nicholson Dr. West ENG 4903.01 6 December 2012 Colorism within the Harlem Renaissance Within any group of people there is always going to be some form of judgment and African American people of the early twentieth century Harlem are no different. Throughout this course students have been immersed into the culture of 1920s Harlem and through this immersion many significant issues have surfaced from the artist of the time period. A major issue that has been repetitive throughout all forms
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Comparative Commentary In this commentary I will compare the Poem Octopus’ by Pat Lowther (text A) to the article in the Toronto Globe an Mail written by Anne Mcllroy (text B). The theme of both texts is the same‚ namely how we can learn from animals. In text A the writer focuses on the Octopus‚ whereas text B gives a number of short descriptions of different animals. In both texts the animals is compared to a machine. For example in text A "like a machine dreamed by Leonardo"‚ an example which
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He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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