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… and trade in exoticism invoke the ethnographic studies of Robert Flaherty, whose entirely staged Nanook of the … reaction to the moving image, particularly when it comes to representations of “reality.” A willingness to … warn, inform, and establish best practices,” as Wilkman points out, but “audiences share responsibility for …

… Where the Hills Come Down Like A Lion’s Paw on Summer She’d rewritten her … erase so much and leave so little. . . . (Though it could comfort, too—as if a blessing rose from the white dust—when … was late October’s burnt-orange before the rains. Coming back, we half-saw something glide like a shadow over …

… Easter Procession Well, Clark had it coming to him,” she heard her father say. Mary cracked her … him. ‘You’ll make a mockery out of religion.’ But Chebar comes back with a note saying he ain’t interested in what … a little doubtfully down at the coffee cup. “Clark had it coming to him, I guess,” she said, “but this—” “Mr. Clark …

… was written before Time on the Cross or Eugene Genovese’s compendious Roll, Jordan, Roll, for that matter, were … follows the conclusions reached by the many monographic studies of Latin-American slavery that were initiated by the … to the fore at the time that they did. For as Rice properly points out, slavery or coerced labor was as old as history; …

… treasure trove of words, each with a precise meaning. It is also a source of confusion and frustration, since so many of … and refuse to stand still. Consider our word fowl , which comes from the Old English fugol , meaning any old bird. Our … the difference between Old English and modern English, Medieval Latin and Italian. Within those differences lie …