The big picture: race, politics, and history in V. S. Naipaul's Caribbean nonfiction

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V. S. Naipaul's 'The Middle Passage,' 'The Loss of El Dorado,' and 'A Way in the World' demonstrate how the author's interests in the Caribbean and their expression have changed over three decades. The first is investigative travel reporting, the second is historical narrative, and the last is a multinarrative combining personal memoir and Trinidadian history.

Criticism and interpretation, Caribbean Islands, Nonfiction, Naipaul, V.S.

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More than meets the eye: Archibald Motley and debates on race in art

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Archibald J. Motley, Jr.'s paintings demonstrated his belief that race was not readily determined by skin tone. His portrayals of African Americans in Chicago, IL, were sometimes dominated by physical and social stereotypes, showing the complex relationship he had with Caucasian and African American communities.

Works, Race, African American artists, Motley, Archibald J., Jr.

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America's offspring: infanticide and the iconography of race and gender in commemorative statuary of the Vietnam War

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Most memorials to the Vietnam War represent the past in non-traditional ways. Soldiers are portrayed as racially diverse, infants and children are seen as victims, and women's roles in this conflict are given public recognition.

Social aspects, Crimes against, Infants, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, War memorials, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Vietnam Women's Memorial Project

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