Deborah Whaley’s 2011 article, “Spike Lee’s Phantasmagoric Fantasy and the Black Female Sexual Imaginary in She Hate Me,” explores the sexual politics in the 2004 film, asserting that while Lee purports to challenge normative assumptions of black female sexuality, he actually reinforces and reifies conservative sexual and family values. On the surface, this film […]
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“The experiences of gay, military men and the impact on one’s sense of masculinity,” Marcus Christopher Alt
Marcus Christopher Alt’s 2015 dissertation examines the place and experience of gay identity within the US military. Using interviews with thirteen servicemen – some actively serving, others retired – Alt explores concepts of masculinity within the military and through the experiences of the interviewees. There were no set criteria pertaining to “outness” of sexual […]
“Queers, Art and Education,” Ed Check
Ed Check’s 1992 article, “Queers, Art and Education” combines academic inquiry and personal reflection in examining how one’s sexual orientation impacts one’s teaching and and scholarly work. Subtle wonderment, years ago, on my part, as to how my sexual orientation would impact my life and art has given way to an overt activism which affects all […]
Edna Griffin Papers
The Iowa Women’s Archives contains thousands of documents related to the lives of African American Women in Iowa. Among those documents are the Edna Griffin Papers – a collection of photographs, interviews, newspaper clippings related to the life of this remarkable Iowan and civil rights activist. The collection also includes her FBI file from 1948 to 1951, which you can help transcribe at DIY History.
Iowans Return to Freedom Summer, Patti Miller
Patti Miller’s engrossing 2015 documentary Iowans Return to Freedom Summer, looks at a group of Iowan students who participated in 1964’s Freedom Summer. Ms. Miller was a student at Drake University at the time and was joined in her efforts by notable University of Iowa student Stephen Smith and professor emeritus Shelton Stromquist.
Adam Matthew Digital Collections
The UI Libraries has purchased an array of Adam Matthew digital scholarly collections for use by its patrons. The collections’ materials (letters, newspapers, government files, journals, oral histories, and more) help give voice to the historical record of race relations in region and global contexts.
“End the Autocracy of Color,” Keisha N. Blain
In her ongoing exploration of black internationalism, Professor Keisha N. Blain profiles African American journalist John Q. Adams for the University of Exeter’s Centre for Imperial and Global History blog.
