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Hace 11 horas · The huge critical and commercial success of Half of a Yellow Sun has produced a feature film and an already substantial critical corpus across the fields of African and postcolonial literature, as well as contemporary fiction studies. That said, critical discussion of Adichie’s novel is far from exhausted and I am inclined to agree with Aghogho Akpome’s observation that ‘the bulk of ...
Hace 11 horas · Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and activist. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, one Cannes Film Festival Award, and three British Academy Film Awards.
Hace 11 horas · As Parker et al. ( 2019) found, 68% of Millennials (30–49) and 81% GenZers believe that acceptance of LGBTQ rights is not only good for society, but that we are not yet accepting enough of nonbinary gender identities nor of non-heterosexuality. Furthermore, the government should do more in general to solve injustice and social problems (70%).
Hace 11 horas · This chapter examines the work of stand-up comedian Sumukhi Suresh, particularly, the comic personas created by her for the sketch comedy series on YouTube Behti Naak (trans. Runny Nose) and her web show Pushpavalli (trans. Creeper of flowers). The chapter demonstrates how the character of an awkward teenager Behti and the 20-something Pushpavalli are cast as outsiders due to their inability ...
Hace 11 horas · In their Panic Encyclopedia from 1989, the authors Kroker, Kroker, and Cook interpret the phenomenon of the excess as a sign of ecstasy, saturation, and exhaustion. They list: “overfished, overrated, overcommunicated, overloaded with brands, over-aestheticized, over-medicated, surveilled, over-virtualized, over-medialized.” (Kroker et al., 1999: 13) Today, it is particularly the ...
