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Conquest and the Unjust Invasion of the Rights of Another in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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One of the through lines in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet deals with the ways that individuals rule and with discussions of conquest and power. As I wrote about last post, we see this early on, specifically when we first see Changamire and he quotes from John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government. Speaking to his class, Changamire, quoting Locke, asks them if … Read More Conquest and the Unjust Invasion of the Rights of Another in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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“What is my remedy against the robber, who so broke into my house?”: The Ruler and the Robber in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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The more I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, the more I think about what exactly Coates is doing within this narrative. On one hand, as Julian Chambliss and others have remarked, he’s carrying on Don McGregor’s work from the 1970s where McGregor used Wakanda as a backdrop to examine issues of leadership and governance. As well, Coates is expanding upon … Read More “What is my remedy against the robber, who so broke into my house?”: The Ruler and the Robber in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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The Enlightenment, Religious Hypocrisy, and Republican Motherhood in Sedgwick’s “A New England Tale”

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Note: During my first year as a PhD student, I took a class on novels in the Early Republic. The class looked at authors such as William Hill Brown, Charles Brockden Brown, Susanna Rowson, Hannah Webster Foster, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and others. For the course, we had to write brief responses (2-3 pages) to the novels and discussions. While packing to move recently, I … Read More The Enlightenment, Religious Hypocrisy, and Republican Motherhood in Sedgwick’s “A New England Tale”

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