Wong was never “American” enough to allow her true star status, and in spite of her striking appearance and considerable talent, she was inevitably groomed by the industry to reinforce the image of the Asian woman as slave girl, Oriental siren, or dreaded “daughter of the dragon.”
Anna May Wong is just one of the many lives in the American National Biography Online. Read the free entry on her life and check out the site for our biography of the day.
January 15, 1929 : Martin Luther King Jr. is Born
On this day in 1929, Martln Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s contributions to civil rights and equality from the PBS Black Culture Connection: http://to.pbs.org/1eH4KCi
Photo: 1964 portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. (Library of Congress)
OHR at OUPBlog — December
We decided to wait until after the holiday season to point people to the Oral History Review’s December contributions to the OUPblog. So, here they are:
- On December 6, managing editor Troy Reeves spoke with DePaul University Professor Miles Harvey about his new oral story collection, How Long Will I Cry: Voices of Youth Violence. You can request your own copy of the book at Big Shoulders Books here.
- On December 20, Claire Payton answered our questions about her recent piece in the Oral History Review and the project (Haiti Memory Project) that spawned it. You can still read her original OHR article, “Vodou and Protestantism, Faith and Survival: The Contest over the Spiritual Meaning of the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti,” for free here.
That’s all for now. Remember that you can access all our past posts and podcasts at the OUPblog here.
Happy reading and listening!
Debates in the Digital Humanities
Debates in the Digital Humanities
Welcome to the open-access edition of Debates in the Digital Humanities, which brings together leading figures in the field to explore its theories, methods, and practices and to clarify its multiple possibilities and tensions.
First published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2012 as a printed book, Debates in the Digital Humanities is expandinginto a hybrid print/digital publication stream that will explore new debates as they emerge.
We have a bit of a #longread (long listen?) for y’all this week. First, in today’s podcast, managing editor Troy Reeves speaks with DePaul University English Professor and published author Miles Harvey about his recently published oral history collection, How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence. Not only does this collection have a fascinating origin story, but Harvey offers a fantastic “outsider’s perspective” on working with oral histories. The full OUP introduction includes an excerpt from one of the contributors. If you like what you read, you can request a FREE copy of How Long Will I Cry? from Big Shoulders Books.
We were excited to contribute, however minutely, to this important project, so I hope y’all will take a minute to check it all out.
What I Do: Historians Talk About Their Work
What I Do: Historians Talk About Their Work
This month, Luann Jones, historian for the National Park Service, speaks with What I Do about her role as a historian in the Park History Program, and how she uses her background in oral history to train and teach in a variety of interdisciplinary settings.
Oral history goes transnational – OUPblog
Oral history goes transnational – OUPblog
Barring something unforeseen circumstances – looking at you, USPS – all subscribers should have received their copy of the Oral History Review Volume 40, Issue 2. We’re quite proud of this round of articles, which in the words of our editor-in-chief Kathy Nasstrom, “extends our editorial mission in two key areas – the internationalization of the journal and our multimedia initiative.”
Additional note: In celebration of OHR 40.2’s launch, we’ve provided open access to two fantastic articles: Claire Payton’s “Vodou and Protestantism, Faith and Survival: The Contest over Spiritual Meaning of the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti" and Ken Woodard’s “The Digital Revolution and Pre-Collegiate Oral History: Meditations on the Challenge of Teaching Oral History in the Digital Age.”
Don’t blink or you’ll miss the TINY HORSE in this photo album of Angelica Archipenko’s. No, not the big white one. The one that is TOO TINY FOR HIS OWN GOOD.
Photograph album documenting travels through the United States and Canada, 1925. Alexander Archipenko papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Reblogging an old post of ours because I am feeling uninventive today. But also because this tiny horse deserves more internet fame than the 11 notes & reblogs s/he currently has. Go, tiny horse! Capture the hearts of the people!
In celebration of Veterans Day, we’re pleased to share a conversation between Oral History Review managing editor Troy Reeves and Dr. Robert P. Wettemann Jr., director of the US Air Force Academy Center for Oral History. A historian at heart, Wettemann shares his thoughts on the importance of preserving veterans’ stories, using oral history to get the insider’s perspective, and turning history into a “usable past.” He discusses the Center’s on-going project to document the Air Force Academy’s role in the 2012 & 2013 Colorado Springs, CO wildfires, and previous work done to collect experiences from September 11th. Enjoy!
Tuesday reblog, huzzah!
