Category: world war ii

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, grass, keum suk gendry-kim, korea, world war ii

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “Grass” and The Power of Comics

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Last fall, I picked up Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s Waiting, a graphic novel, loosely based on Gendry-Kim’s mother, as sisters, separated from one another during the Korean War, reunite during one of the family reunions between North and South Korea. Gendry-Kim’s writing and illustrations powerfully depict the emotions of the sisters, and her use of the graphic medium, through black and white illustrations, conveys the pain and suffering of … Read More Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “Grass” and The Power of Comics

+ anna seghers, holocaust, nazi, the seventh cross, world war ii

The Transmission of Hate in Anna Segher’s “The Seventh Cross”

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While the normality of life amidst the tyranny of fascism caught my attention in Anna Seghers’ novels, I also noticed how Seghers, in The Seventh Cross, details the ways that youth become indoctrinated into fascism and oppressive political ideologies. There are multiple scenes in The Seventh Cross that involve the Hitler Youth or young men joining the SA and SS, specifically George Heisler’s younger brother Heini.  Early during his … Read More The Transmission of Hate in Anna Segher’s “The Seventh Cross”

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Everyday Existence in Anna Seghers’ Novels

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In preparation for my Black Expatriate Writers in France class last spring, I read Nicolas Hewitt’s Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille and came across a reference to Anna Seghers’ novel Transit. Hewitt’s book deals with Marseille’s history during the nineteenth century to the present, not spending much time on specific literary works; however, he does provide a few pages Seghers’ novel in relation to refugees escaping the Nazis … Read More Everyday Existence in Anna Seghers’ Novels

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+ history, Literature, Pedagogy, syllabus, world war ii

The Reverberations of World War II Syllabus

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Since childhood, I’d been fed the constant patriotic narrative of World War II, imbibing the events in which the United States had direct involvement from Pearl Harbor to D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more. I never really veered from those stories until I started looking deeper into World War II a few years ago, specifically the connections between Jim Crow and the … Read More The Reverberations of World War II Syllabus

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+ Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, doug wilson, drama, i am my own wife, identity, lgbtq+, russia, world war ii

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and the Importance of History

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In March 2023, Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act, or the Tennessee drag ban, into law. The ban modifies section 2 of Tennessee Annotated Code § 7–51–1401 which governs the location and business hours of “adult-oriented establishments” and section 2 defines “Adult cabaret.” The drag ban defines an “Adult cabaret performance” as any performance not located in an “adult cabaret” that involves, among … Read More Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and the Importance of History

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