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Interview with Raymond L. Cravens (FA 756)
No full textOral history interview with Raymond L. Cravens, after whom the WKU Cravens Library building is named, conducted by Lisa Karen Miller on 2 July 2013. This interview was part of the WKU Libraries Oral History Project. The audio interview can be accessed by clicking the Link to Full Text button. A photograph and a downloadable version can be accessed by clicking on Additional Files
Raymond Williams and the limits of cultural materialism
No full textCultural materialism has become an influential discipline in recent
years, particularly so in 'Renaissance' studies, but also more generally in
'English', as well as departments defined as practising 'cultural' or
'communications' studies. The phrase is usually linked with the name of
Raymond Williams, but a cursory examination of Williams's own work
quickly establishes that it is a phrase he rarely uses, and only schematically
attempts to define. The thesis therefore takes the form of an investigation into
the way cultural materialism has come to be understood, by examining in
detail the trajectory of Raymond Williams's theoretical development, and how
his own engagement with various theoretical positions has helped to set
'limits' on the meaning of cultural materialism.
Chapters 1 and 2 deal with some of Williams's earliest work,
particularly Reading and Criticism, as a way of investigating how reasonable
it is to tag him as a 'Left-Leavisite', arguing that Leavis's undoubted
influence is resisted (though not entirely rejected) from a very early stage. The
first chapter considers in detail Leavis's work at Cambridge, the influence of
Eliot, and the significance of the 'Organic Community'. Chapter 2, which is
based around a comparative analysis of Williams's and Leavis's readings of
Dickens, argues that Williams rejects the 'organic community' in favour of his
'knowable community'. Chapters 4 and 5 deal with specific 'theoretical'
issues: the first, based around a reading of Terry Eagleton's critique of
Williams's use of the Marxist metaphor of 'base and superstructure', shows
some of the problems which arise from Williams's cultural model, as well as
suggesting refinements; the second deals with the influence of Volosinov's
theories on Williams. Chapter 6 comes out of Williams's readings of the
'Country-House' poems in The Country and the City, showing how his
practice of literary criticism relies on an acceptance of 'ideology' apparently
denied in his more 'theoretical' writings. This analysis is extended as a result
of investigations into the 'De L'Isle' manuscripts relating to the Penshurst
estate. Chapter 7 argues that it is possible to see the work of Fredric Jameson
as developing Williams's cultural materialism into Jameson's debates on
postmodernism.
In the Introduction and Conclusion, I have taken the opportunity to
look briefly at the activity of cultural materialism as it has developed since
Raymond Williams's death in 1988. The Introduction emphasizes what I see
to be important methodological differences between 'cultural materialism'
and 'new historicism'; the Conclusion deals with the continuing debate over
the value of a cultural materialist approach by considering the 'appropriation'
of Shakespeare
Raymond Fuller discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI
No full textRaymond Fuller discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1943 to 1975. Fuller recalls hiring in as a repairman, the war years, wage structures, and different factory bosses. He also describes testing amphibious military vehicles on Houghton Lake, playing pranks on co-workers, bowling at the REO Clubhouse, and the status and treatment of women in the factory. The last days of REO were very sad, he says and the end had a devastating affect on local families. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project
Description of author Lisa Price\u27s hiking trip through the Hundred Mile Wilderne
No full textDescription of author Lisa Price\u27s hiking trip through the Hundred Mile Wilderness, the final section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Price, who has hiked the Appalachian Trail for four years, one section at a time, meets up with fellow hikers Noel and Caroline at Shaw\u27s Boarding House in Monson, and the three reach the summit of Mount Katahdin together
Conversatorio con Lisa Garforth=Conversation with Lisa Garforth
No full textJulia Ramírez-Blanco conversa con Lisa Garforth, autora del libro Green Utopias y especialista en utopías medioambientales. Con ella, hablamos acerca de las posibles maneras de definir las ecotopías, y cómo estas se manifiestan tanto en la literatura como en distintas formas de práctica social.Julia Ramírez-Blanco interviews Lisa Garforth, author of the book Green Utopias and specialist in environmental utopias. With her, we talk about the possible ways of defining ecotopias, and how they manifest themselves both in literature and in different forms of social practice.http://re-visiones.net/audio/Entrevista-Lisa-Garfoth.mp
An interview with Alfredo Falcone and Lisa Salvatore: RECOURSE and trifluridine/tipiracil in metastatic colorectal cancer
No full textProfessor Alfredo Falcone and Dr Lisa Salvatore speak to Roshaine Gunawardana, Managing Commissioning Editor: Professor Alfredo Falcone is the Director of the Department of Oncology and the Specialization School at the University Hospital of Pisa, Italy. He trained in Pisa and Genoa, Italy, and has held major positions in Italian oncology since 2000. He currently has more than 300 publications, including papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals, book chapters, and more than 600 abstracts of presentations to international and national conferences. The majority of his papers regard clinical and translational research, with a particular focus on metastatic colorectal cancer. Dr Lisa Salvatore is a medical oncologist in the Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pisa. She has been an author on about 40 publications in major peer-reviewed publications and has made numerous presentations in national and international conferences. Her main interest is focused on clinical and translational research in metastatic colorectal cancer
Final report and recommendations of the Health Information Exchange Use Case Design Group : report prepared for : the Connecticut Health IT Advisory Council / prepared by Michael Matthews (chief strategy officer), Carol Robinson (chief executive officer)
No full text1 online resource (19 pages)"Contributors: Stacy Beck, Pat Checko, DrPH, Kathy DeMatteo, Gerard Muro, MD, Mark Raymond, Jake Star, Lisa Stump, MS, RPh."; "October 31, 2017."; Includes bibliographical reference
RHM Author Interview: Dr. Lisa Melonçon, RHM Editor, Interviews Dr. Abby Dubisar and Sara Davis on Their Persuasion Brief, "Communicating Elective Sterilization: A Feminist Perspective"
No full textRHM Author Interview: Dr. Lisa Meloncon, RHM Editor, interviews Dr. Abby Dubisar and Sara Davis on Their Persuasion Brief, “Communicating Elective Sterilization: A Feminist Perspective.
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Q & A with Lisa Duggan
No full textLisa Duggan is a Professor in American Studies at New York University. She was chair of this year's plenary session, which was entitled “Lesbian, Counter, and Queer: New Directions in the Study of Femininity.” She is author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity, which won the John Boswell Prize of the American Historical Association in 2001. Her new book, The End of Marriage: The War over the Future of State Sponsored Love, will be published by University of California Press
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