Maximizing the noodles: class, memory and capital in Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America'

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Sergio Leone's 1984 motion picture 'Once Upon A Time in America' stars Robert De Niro and James Woods. The movie features 'God Bless America' at the start and finish and it is suggested that the film aims to offer a typical picture rather than the portrayal of what is essential a number of criminals. The resurrection of Max is analysed, along with the role of rape and sexual themes.

Motion pictures, Movies, Once Upon a Time in America (Motion picture)

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From memory to memorial: representative men in the sculpture of Daniel Chester French

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The author surveys the sculptures of Daniel Chester French to learn the effects of City Beautiful Movement on aesthetic urban planning and the resurrection of American past. The sculptures of the Minute man, John Harvard and Abraham Lincoln attempts to amalgamate the nationalistic approach of contemporaries and their heirs through cultural memory.

United States, Sculpture, American, American sculpture, French, Daniel Chester

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Hunting with the Camera: nature photography, manliness and modern memory, 1890-1930

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The importance of nature photography and travel descriptions in early naturalist literary works is discussed.

Naturalists, Nature photography

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