Tag Archives: critical theory

Reading Harry Potter Critically

By yvonnegrapher | Published: July 18, 2009
Here’s my review of Harry Potter that I promised Channing for RaceWire’s round-up of the new movie… Across cultures, fairy tales and myths are used to teach children the normative values of a society. Stories follow a similar template: the main character is a child that listeners can identify with. There are fantastical creatures, some good, [...]
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Ronald Takaki, Rest in Peace

By yvonnegrapher | Published: May 27, 2009
via hapihour.org According to numerous individuals, Prof. Ron Takaki passed away this week. Share your thoughts on Ron’s legacy on Facebook. We’ve lost a giant in the Asian American community. Join with me in wishing his family and friends our condolences. Considered the father of multicultural studies, Ron was a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University [...]
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The Great Rehearsal

By yvonnegrapher | Published: September 7, 2008
The Great Rehearsal: A symposium and week of events on the World Revolution of ‘68 and its legacies September 17-25 www.greatrehearsal.org 1968 was a world revolution.  From Mexico City to Tokyo, Paris to Prague, Columbia University to Berkeley, it was a revolutionary event that at once failed and transformed the world. The process it put into place continues today.  1968, [...]
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Human Geography: A New Journal

By yvonnegrapher | Published: February 21, 2008
Human Geography: A New Journal Published by the Institute for Human Geography Inc, a non-profit charitable foundation incorporated in the State of Massachusetts, US. Mass ID number 000971232 Address: P.O. Box 307, Bolton, Massachusetts, 01740-0307 US Email Address: insthugeog at gmail.com Call for submissions and donations We are starting a new journal in Human Geography broadly [...]
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