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Les Femmes Blanches et Les Femmes Noires dans les Cinémas Américains et Africains | White Women and Black Women in American and African Films
No full textAt the time of the creation of the American movie industry, the world was very different from the one we know today. Black citizens, though freed from slavery, were subject to legal discrimination, and women were treated as second-class citizens. At the same time, filmmakers were discovering the influence of cinema on society. The oppressive societal norms began to make their way onto the silver screen. The white, male filmmakers portrayed African-Americans as inhumane, savage beasts. African-American women received the most degradation; firstly for their race, and secondly for their gender. On the contrary, the African film industry portrayed African-Americans, men and women, as capable and complex human beings. This research takes a close look at the origins of American cinema and its representation of specific female characters of Rosie and Jane from the films The African Queen and Tarzan the Ape Man, respectively. Additionally, this research analyzes female roles of Diouana and Rama from the Francophone-African films La Noire De… and Xala, respectively. Despite the great racism and sexism that black women were subjected to in American films, their dignity and intelligence were recognized in African films
The Anchor, Volume 128.15: February 4, 2015
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular
Opus: Spring 2015
Get PDFAn issue of Opus from spring 2015.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/opus_2010s/1007/thumbnail.jp
The Anchor, Volume 128.17: February 25, 2015
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular
Foundational Assumptions in Threshold Concepts and Information Literacy
Get PDFThis is a critique of the threshold concepts at the heart of the new ACRL Framework.
Models are only tools, and like all tools, will inevitably perform well in certain contexts and poorly in others. Threshold concepts are exactly and only a model/tool, and far from useless.
In a late-January post on the ACRL blog, Lori Townsend and her colleagues responded to some of the negative press threshold concepts had been receiving; in it, we were reminded how productive threshold concepts-based approaches have been in a variety of learning contexts.
My objections can be roughly corralled into two broad criticisms: 1. As it has materialized in information literacy education, the threshold concepts model appears to be spurious, and 2. The theoretical model itself is intellectually procrustean. An exploration of both of these constitutes the structure of the present study
New Modes of Initiating Cation Radical Cycloaddition Dimerization and Polymerization Reactions
Get PDFWe are reinvestigating the work of Bauld and coworkers with respect to cation radical cycloaddition polymerization and dimerization. Bauld’s most easily oxidized monomers provide suitable substrates for testing our group’s novel photochromic photooxidants’ abilities to gate sensitivity to photoinduced charge transfer initiation of cation radical reactions of materials interest. For instance, N- 3-bis-(trans-1-propenyl)carbazole should be able to be photooxidized by the longwavelength isomer of our quinazolinespirohexadienone photochrome. Revised synthesis of Bauld’s monomers and a comparative study of their initiation by chemical oxidants, direct electrochemical oxidation, conventional photooxidants and our novel photochromic photooxidants will be reported
Preventing Obesity: The Impact of Parental Involvement on Children’s Nutritional Health
Get PDFChild obesity rates have dramatically risen over the past years, tripling from 5% in the 1970s to 15% in the early 2000s (Anderson, Butcher and Schanzenbach). The concern about this so-called epidemic has not escaped academic study. Economists have been especially interested in identifying the causes of obesity. Once the causes of obesity are identified, policy makers and families can make plans to improve child health. Some economic studies find parental involvement to be a strong influence on children’s obesity because the parent is able to mediate factors in the home environment that relate to food-related activities. This research utilizes variables that reflect parental involvement from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey—Kindergarten to determine the relationship between parental involvement and children’s nutritional health, including junk food consumption and obesity. Using a fixed effects model, this study finds that some parent activities in the household have an impact on child junk food purchase and consumption, but there is limited impact found on child BMI
A Church Divided: The RCA and CRC Schism
Get PDFThe schism between two Dutch churches, the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and the Reformed Church in America (RCA), shaped the demographic and cultural landscape of Holland, Michigan. While most research on the schism appears in books and articles, our project presents this history in a simple, accessible way using an interactive timeline on digitalholland.hope.edu. We draw on interviews, archival research, and existing literature on the topic to critically compare Dutch identity, liturgy, schooling, and worldview in these respective churches. The theological differences underlying the schism are clear, but we have investigated the demographic and cultural identity issues that may have had an even greater role in the schism. Many of the immigrants to America coming from the more theologically liberal state church in the Netherlands joined the CRC, which held significantly more purist views. One of the founding impetuses behind the CRC was the preservation of Dutch culture. The RCA was traditionally based in a worldview that embraced ecumenism and American culture whereas the CRC prioritized doctrinal purity. The CRC claimed separatism because they believed they were the one true church. Thus, we tentatively conclude that one of the main motives behind the founding of the CRC was their desire to preserve Dutch culture
Youth and Development: At-Risk Youth in the Holland Community
Get PDFChildhood and adolescence stand out as the most pivotal times of development and growth. During these years, we begin to develop as individuals and our beliefs begin to take shape. For many children, these years are racked with suffering and turmoil and unfortunately many children end up walking down paths that lead to life-altering consequences. This research project addresses atrisk youth in the greater Holland area and the various services such as housing, reintegration, and mentoring that are provided by local organizations. Looking at six major categories that are often associated with at-risk youth—abuse and neglect, delinquency, homelessness, substance and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, and truancy—we researched the organizations, via individual interviews with organization leaders, associated with each category and then matched a specific organization to each of these. We examined the reasons that the founders created these organizations and why they chose to focus on a particular problem in the community. We aimed to find out whether these organizations adequately served the issues facing at-risk youth, and if not, find where these gaps exist. This project culminates in a digital collection of narratives from the people involved in each organization. The narratives displayed on this website present our research in a readily available format for community members to access. This project serves as a base platform for further research concerning the state of at-risk youth in Holland
Faith and Humanitarian Aid in Wartime China, 1937-1941
No full textThe outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II (1939-1945) created one of the largest refugee populations of the twentieth century. This research demonstrates how the Reformed Church in America was more effective in administering aid to the Chinese population than other relief organizations and the Chinese government in particular. With China already weakened due to the fractures between the Communist Party in China and the Chinese Nationalist Party, the ruling CNP could not effectively distribute aid to their citizens. On the islands of Kulangsu and Amoy, the missionaries provided an infrastructure on the ground that assisted with medical aid, food, housing, schooling and spiritual guidance, as well as acting as a historical witness to war crimes committed by the Japanese. The missionaries’ practical demonstration of the word of God would eventually determine the modern, twenty-first century view of evangelists in China. The Chinese perspective on the missionaries changed throughout the twentieth century. However, the twenty-first century narrative in China is that without the missionaries and their work, thousands of Chinese refugees would have perished. That is the enduring reality of the story