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The politics of cultural appropriation in the contemporary USA by Menzel, Sarah

“…The specifically racial nature of American history, ideas of otherness and the parallels between social and cultural politics are key discussion points which point to a larger narrative of racial essentialism and politicisation.…”
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The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 by O'Connor, Peter

“…This article is focused on one of the behemoths of American history, Thomas Jefferson. Unlike most studies, however, it removes the Virginian statesman from his familiar American context in order to illustrate his significance as a British icon. …”
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New York, New York: The Empire State of Mind by Al Makmun, Muhammad Taufiq, Ardianna Nuraeni

“…In addition, Socio-cultural approach is applied in this study by considering American history that is useful to have a deeper discussion to examine how the city of New York is defined and spread by the media through the songs. …”
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The submission, cultural trauma of America and its Muslim community after 9/11 by Jabarouti, Roya, Mani, Manimangai

“…It narrates a prolonged controversial process in which the vestiges of cultural trauma are embedded in American history. This study therefore uses the theory of cultural trauma and employs a close reading of the selected text on the states of multicultural and multi-religious American characters, Muslim-Americans in particular, with regards to the social-cultural aftermath of 9/11. …”
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After the New Left: U.S. cultural radicalism and the Central America solidarity movement, 1979-1992 by Witham, Nicholas David

“…Analysis of the uses to which U.S. cultural radicalism was put in the immediate period "after the New Left" therefore provides an excellent opportunity not only to engage with the complex legacies of 1960s radicalism in recent American history, but also to rethink the question of the relationship between radical culture and activist politics.…”
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The representation of the indigenous peoples of Mexico in Diego Rivera's National Palace mural, (1929-1935) by Picot, Natasha Mathilde

“…This thesis is a multidisciplinary project, drawing on the discourses of Visual Cultural Studies, Latin American history and Critical Theory. Insights from each of these disciplines interact to investigate the representation of the indigenous peoples of Mexico in the mural triptych entitled History of the Mexican People painted by Diego Rivera in the National Palace, Mexico City between 1929 and 1935. …”
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Halfway houses: liminality and the haunted house motif in popular American Gothic fiction by Janicker, Rebecca

“…Lovecraft, Richard Matheson and Stephen King, use the haunted house motif to engage with political and ideological perspectives important to an understanding of American history and culture. Analysing their fiction, I argue that in “The Dreams in the Witch House” (1933) Lovecraft uses haunting to address concerns about industrialisation, urbanisation and modernisation in the early part of the twentieth century, endorsing both progressive and conservative ideologies. …”
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Magical realism in selected works of Marquez and Morrison by Shabrang, Hoda

“…Indeed, the history of the Buendia family is founded on violence, fratricide, rape and hegemony, all of which are but a reflection of Colombian and much of Latin American history – episodes such as the Civil War and the banana company massacre are based on real events that occurred in Colombia. …”
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Can the American Two-Party System Survive the 21st Century? by Borges, William G.

“…With these minor intrusions noted, two dominant parties have held, throughout American history (or at least since President George Washington, a fierce opponent of political parties, left office) a monopoly on party-competitiveness. …”
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