A Queer Revolution: Reconceptualizing the Debate Over Linguistic Reclamation Robin Brontsema University of Colorado at Boulder The debate over linguistic reclamation‚ the appropriation of a pejorative epithet by its target(s)‚ is generally conceived of as a simple binary of support and opposition. I offer an alternative conceptualization that shows both the complex contrasts and commonalities within the debate. Specifically‚ I identify three perspectives: (1) that the term is inseparable from
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Within the recent adventure to the AIC‚ there was one piece that wholly struck out with great interest which demanded to be analyzed. That piece was the Polychrome Jar with Rainbow Macaw and Floral Motifs (Ascension Number: 2006.749)‚ which was done by an Acoma Pueblo artist with no given name‚ in New Mexico during the 1880s. The piece on its own merit features a wide variety of floral designs as well as some birds in either in flight or sitting. Around the piece itself‚ there are some smaller and
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The Cuban revolution headed by Fidel Castro succeeded in overthrowing Batista and establishing a Communist dictatorship in Cuba. Throughout this struggle for change Fidel Castro played a crucial role not only in contributing to the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 but extending the revolution beyond the seizure of power into a genuine social revolution which transformed Cuban society. During the period after Batista’s military coup‚ popular reaction was guarded and no major demonstrations
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lands it come from. It further supports information which gives a bird’s-eye-view of the cultural resource developing from early times up to the present; and devotes itself primarily on the cultural implications it has given across cultures and linguistic boundaries through time. The tales which are orally transmitted and composed over the course of several centuries‚ are mainly of Asian and Arabic origin‚ they have become an inextricable part of the Western cultural heritage as well. The stories
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While reading The Poisonwood Bible‚ I was fascinated by Kingsolver’s extensive use of Lingala‚ the language used in the region of the Congo where the Price family lives. Lingala is a language in which each word has several meanings‚ and Kingsolver has the characters in the story use language to reflect themselves. Kingsolver also masterfully wields words to connote subtle ideas throughout the novel. Throughout the novel are sprinkled many phrases in Lingala‚ phrases that are eventually learned or
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history of the Latino Americans‚ about the Cubans‚ the Puerto Ricans‚ and the Mexican. They think of United States as a paradise because they had jobs for everyone so they tried to get across. Thousands of them tried to immigrate to the United States. They risked everything not knowing whether they could achieve anything. The video tells us how the Latinos in the United States do. From 1836 to 1914‚ over 30 million people immigrated to the United States. Puerto Ricans and Cubans brought tobacco‚ coffee
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Linguistic Perspectives and Existential Anxiety in Arun Kolatkar’s Poems This paper focuses on the linguistic perspective and existential anxiety in Arun Kolatkar’s poems. Arun Kolatkar is not a familiar name for many of us‚ in fact until he was included in the undergraduate syllabus of English Honours by West Bengal State University two years ago he was not known to us. Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (1932 –2004) was a poet from Maharashtra‚ wrote in both Marathi and English. Radically experimental
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James Paul Gee’s introduction to Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics and his article‚ What is Literacy?‚ approach literacy studies from psychological and sociological viewpoints. He states that the focus of literacy is social practices (“it’s not just how you say it‚ but what you are and do when you say it). Early in the writing‚ Gee defines Discourse as a combination of acts: saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ etc. He views Discourse as a social construct not dissimilar from Culture. In fact
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13 days;How did President Kennedy Bring The Cuban Missile Crisis To A Peaceful Conclusion? On October 1962‚ the world waited 13 days on the brink of nuclear war and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban missile crisis. In October‚ an American U2 plane flew over Cuba and secretly photographed nuclear missiles made by the soviet union. President Kennedy was shocked and started right away to secretly meet with his advisors to discuss this big problem. He didn’t want the soviet union or cuba
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Immigration of Cubans to the United States after Fidel Castro Took Power Excelsior College Abstract Fidel Castrol once boasted‚ “I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy‚ it is gross‚ it is alienating…because it causes war‚ hypocrisy and competition.” It has been this hypocritical search for capitalism that has been one of the major causes for the immigration of so many Cubans to America. On January 1‚ 1959 the Cuban Revolution had begun as a successful armed revolt led by Fidel Castro’s
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