九堡旧梦

在江西瑞金的九堡，铜钵山下，坝溪河畔，绵延十数里，数个古老的村落如散珠碎玉般洒落在翡翠般葱郁的南赣大地，宋石明瓦清砖构筑了这些村落的基本色调。     

为《红楼梦》中的蹊跷冬至寻根

《红楼梦》第十回《张太医论病细穷源》之末,张太医开了药方,贾蓉看了说:高明的很。还要请教先生,这病     

After the Fall: Awakening from the Dream in The Rider and Red Sparrow

Two recent movies, The Rider and Red Sparrow, are in contrast to a large number of movies celebrating the triumph of afflicted persons over obstacles that seem insurmountable. Through commitment, hard work, and determination, these characters are able to do the impossible. However, these two movies instead focus on the dire consequences of an inability to overcome obstacles. This change may reflect an increasing pessimism about current challenges and individuals’ ability to meet them.     

Participatory Deep Learning in a Diverse Class on Minority Literatures

This paper is a reflexive exploration of my teaching and evaluation techniques in a diverse class on minority literature. I explain my classroom evaluation and teaching techniques in offering an African literature course as a junior African professor trained outside the United States and teaching in a predominantly white institution. Using Paulo Freire, bell hooks, and Greg Light, Roy Cox, and Susanna Calkins, I assess my effectiveness as a student-centered teacher, pointing out my shortcomings and suggesting ways in which I will overcome these obstacles in future courses.     

太昊陵庙会求子习俗解析

在淮阳太昊陵,每年的农历二月初二到三月初三,都要举办"朝祖进香"的庙会,人称"人祖庙会",当地人俗称"二月会"。"二月会"据传起     

An American Nightmare: Remembered Wrongs in 12 Years a Slave

Sub-cultural groups that depend on a historical account to validate their thoughts and practices may need to revise and repair those accounts as changing circumstances present new issues affecting them. The year 2013 gave us three movies that dealt with racism, mobility, and political action: Lee Daniels’ The Butler, 12 Years a Slave, and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. All based on autobiographical accounts of the real life experiences of the authors, they present a theme of contrast between brutal oppression and benign inclusion. The pattern differs from the popular version of the American Dream, and the movies are grim, provocative documents during a period of apparent African American progress and achievement.     

The Gramppian Hills: An Empirical Test for Rent-Seeking Behaviour in the Arts

To remind cultural policy practitioners that rent-seeking theory exists (in recently published cultural economics reference books the theory is hardly mentioned), and to encourage theoreticians further to develop their models of personal and institutional behaviour predicting and explaining it, this article suggests a simple graphical test for rent-seeking behaviour in the non-profit art world. The author hopes to reinvigorate debate about arts rent seeking and about its good and ill effects, about possible diagnostic techniques and about possible control measures.