Capitalist abstraction and the body politics of place in Toni Cade Bambara's 'Those Bones Are Not My Child.'(Critical Essay)

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The novel 'Those Bones Are Not My Child' by Toni Cade Bambara is discussed. Topics include disappearing bodies in relation to capitalist abstraction, resistance to capitalist abstraction, recovery and representation of Atlanta's "throwaway bodies," and a global sense of place.

author: Bone, Martyn
Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Capitalism, Critical Essay, Atlanta, Georgia, American literature, African American literature, Missing children, Those Bones Are Not My Child (Book), Bambara, Toni Cade

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Bearing witness to blackball: Buck O'Neil, the negro leagues, and the politics of the past

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This article discusses the social, historical, and cultural aspects of negro league baseball appreciation. Topics include segregation, celebration, community, nostalgia, and ethnicity.

author: Nathan, Daniel A.
Social aspects, History, Behavior, African Americans, Professional baseball, Baseball (Professional), Segregation, Negro leagues, African American baseball players, O'Neill, Buck

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One nation under God: making historical sense of evangelical Protestantism in contemporary American politics

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The ways in which evangelical Protestantism has helped shape the U.S. political life and the vital role that religion plays in American society and culture are discussed.

author: Newman, Simon P.
Public affairs, Evaluation, Political aspects, Religious aspects, Church and state, Christianity and politics, Essay

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