Bringing it all back home or another side of Bob Dylan: Midwestern isolationist
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Bob Dylan's songs reveal the strong influence of the progressive isolationism prevalent in the Midwest where he was born in 1941. Like the progressive isolationists, Dylan objected to US military intervention abroad because such actions invariably served the interests of financiers, corporations and bureaucrats. Moreover, the New Left movement of the 1960s also resembled the Midwestern progressive isolationists in emphasizing the need to increase the direct participation of citizens in government.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 1992
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"Born on the wrong side of the porch": violating traditions in 'Bastard Out of Carolina'
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Porches in Dorothy Allison's 'Bastard Out of Carolina' act as spaces that define cultural traditions and norms. Bone, the book's main character, was "born on the wrong side of the porch," meaning outside courtship practices sanctioned by that time and place. The relatively safety of Bone's grandmother's front porch protects her from her stepfather's abuse, but is too limiting for Bone to practice her emerging lesbianism. That experience becomes possible on her Aunt Raylene's porch.
Publication Name: Southern Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0899-594X
Year: 1998
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Speaking of spectacle: another look of Walther's "Lindenlied"
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Scholars have debated for years on the implications of the womanEs narrative role in Minnesang. The Walter's monologue, "Under der linden," offered many visual cues that radically underscored the performer's presence regardless of gender.
Publication Name: The German Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-8831
Year: 2004
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