‘For better or for worse, there is history, there is the book and then there's the movie’: Foregrounding and Marginalizing African American Women in the Film Hidden Figures (2016)

This paper critically examines the representation of gender and race in the biographical drama film Hidden Figures (2016), directed by Theodore Melfi. The film is based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s nonfiction book of the same title, which spotlights previously hidden figures in US history: the black female mathematicians who worked in the early US space program. The movie was released to critical acclaim and embraced by audiences as empowering African American girls. At the same time, the film was criticized for including a ‘white savior’ scene in which the black female protagonists are marginalized. After providing background information on Shetterly’s book and the film’s critical reception, this paper conducts a close formal analysis of a pivotal sequence in the film, which is compared to the events told in the nonfiction book. To shed light on the power structures that the film sequence projects, the results of this analysis are, subsequently, related to critical theoretical approaches to Hollywood cinema, as well as to Sara Ahmed’s concept of ‘affective economies.’ In conclusion, we argue that Hollywood filmmakers’ expectations about the desires of ‘mainstream’ audiences work to perpetuate the repression of previously repressed herstory on the ‘silver screen.’

Liberty Brought Us Here

Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia is a narrative nonfiction book that tells the compelling story of four adults and twelve children from southwestern Kentucky who, after being freed from slavery, migrated to Liberia. It is also the tale of Ben Major, the white man who freed them. The Majors and their former neighbors, the Harlans, were sixteen of the 16,000 black people who left the United States under the auspices of the American Colonization Society. It was the largest out-migration in the country’s history. The emigrants were of African ancestry, but they were not Africans, and were unprepared for the deprivation, disease, and disasters that awaited them. Unlike many former slave owners, Ben stayed in touch with the people he had freed. He sent them much-needed items, such as seeds, tools, books, medicine, and other supplies to help them survive and flourish. In return, they sent coffee, peanuts, and other items to Ben. Liberty Brought Us Here explores this unusual relationship between former slaves and their former owner in the context of the debate over slavery, the controversial colonization movement, and the establishment of the Republic of Liberia.

Penerapan Model Integratif Learning untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Menulis dan Bercerita Rangkum Buku Nonfiksi

The results of a preliminary study of writing and telling the result of summary nonfiction books of a low so the reseascher need to solve the problem using the learning integrative model. The purpose of this study is to describe the application of the Integrative Learning Model to improve learning outcomes of writing a summary, and to tell the results of a nonfiction book summary.The research method developed was Classroom Action Research, Kemmis and Taggart models. The results showed that the results of writing a summary in the form of a series of main ideas in the content of non-fiction books, 21 students completed (65.63%) cycle I, 28 students completed (87.50%) cycle II, and told the results of the summary in the form of a series main ideas of the contents of the nonfiction book made, 20 students completed (62.50%) cycle I, 29 students completed (90.63%) cycle II. The results of the study prove that the application of the Integrative Learning Model can improve the assessment of learning outcomes of writing a summary and retelling the results of a nonfiction book summary for students of class VII-B of SMP Negeri 3 Pamekasan. AbstrakHasil studi pendahuluan menulis dan bercerita hasil rangkuman buku nonfiksi rendah sehingga peneliti perlu memecahkan masalah dengan menggunakan model Integratif Learning. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan penerapan Model Integratif Learninguntuk meningkatkan hasil belajar menulis rangkuman, dan bercerita hasil rangkuman buku nonfiksi.Metode penelitian yang dikembangkan adalahPenelitian Tindakan Kelas, model Kemmis dan Taggart.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hasil menulis rangkuman dalam bentuk rangkaian gagasan pokok isi buku nonfiksi, 21 peserta didik tuntas (65,63%) siklus I, 28 Peserta didik tuntas (87,50%) siklus II, dan menceritakan hasil rangkuman dalam bentuk rangkaian gagasan pokok isi buku nonfiksi yang dibuat, 20 peserta didik tuntas (62,50%) siklus I, 29 Peserta didik tuntas (90,63%) siklus II. Hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa penerapan Model Integratif Learning dapat meningkatkan penilaian hasilbelajar menulis rangkuman dan menceritakan kembali hasil rangkuman buku nonfiksipada peserta didik kelas VII-B SMP Negeri 3 Pamekasan.

The Ethics of Eating Animals

How do contemporary Jewish traditions respond to the fraught activity of eating animals, especially in an ethical register? This chapter sketches a partial answer to this question by considering two stories: The first is told by contemporary Jewish novelist Jonathan Safran Foer in his 2009 nonfiction book critiquing the meat industry, Eating Animals. Moving from the contemporary to the canonical, the second story is the biblical narrative about eating animals found in Genesis 1 and 9. Taken together, these two stories straddle an immense territory from the oldest strata of Jewish texts ever to address the question of eating animals to among the most recent texts to do so, from the popular appeal of contemporary nonfiction to the authoritative density of the Bible. These stories provide the reader a feel for how Jews find distinct ways to explore ethical questions, in this case about eating animals, through sharing and interpreting stories.

Boobie Miles: Failure and Friday Night Lights

This essay examines the sporting failures and racial iconicity of James “Boobie” Miles, whose athletic performance of defeat on the gridiron is chronicled in H. G. Bissinger’s bestselling nonfiction book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, A Dream (1990), Peter Berg’s film adaptation Friday Night Lights (2004), and Big K.R.I.T.’s songs and music videos “Hometown Hero” from his album K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (2010) and “Boobie Miles” from his album 4eva N a Day (2012). Examining how the film displaces defeat, locating its effects and affects in the injured running back, I unpack the ways (Black) popular culture reclaims Boobie’s embodied failures on screen as a site of rhetorical agency and oppositional theorizing.

EDVALDO PEREIRA LIMA: mentor de uma proposta transdisciplinar

Este trabalho utiliza o método da história de vida e a pesquisa bibliográfica para abordar a trajetória e a contribuição de Edvaldo Pereira Lima na constituição do campo teórico do Jornalismo Literário no Brasil e seus desdobramentos diante da perspectiva transdisciplinar proposta pelo, hoje, professor aposentado da USP. Aborda três aspectos: a vida, a obra acadêmica – artigos e livros de cunho teórico – e a produção jornalística, composta, sobretudo, por livros-reportagem. Apresenta também breve histórico da Academia Brasileira de Jornalismo Literário (ABJL) e do curso de especialização pioneiro na área. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Jornalismo literário; história de vida; Edvaldo Pereira Lima; livro-reportagem; transdisciplinaridade. ABSTRACT This paper uses the method of life story and bibliographical research to approach the trajectory and contribution of Edvaldo Pereira Lima in the constitution of the theoretical field of Literary Journalism in Brazil and developments thereof in view of the transdisciplinary perspective proposed by the now retired professor of USP (University of São Paulo). It addresses three aspects: the life, academic work - articles and books of a theoretical nature - and journalistic production, composed mainly of nonfiction books. It also presents a brief history of the Brazilian Academy of Literary Journalism (ABJL, acronym in Portuguese) and the pioneering specialization course in the area. KEYWORDS: Literary journalism; life story; Edvaldo Pereira Lima; nonfiction book; transdisciplinarity. RESUMEN Este trabajo utiliza el método de la historia de vida y el estudio bibliográfico para abordar la trayectoria y la contribución de Edvaldo Pereira Lima en la constitución del campo teórico del Periodismo Literario en Brasil y sus desdoblamientos delante de la perspectiva transdisciplinaria, propuesta por el hoy profesor jubilado de la USP. Aborda tres aspectos: la vida, la obra académica - artículos y libros de cuño teórico - y la producción periodística compuesta, sobre todo, por libros reportaje. Presenta también breve histórico de la Academia Brasileña de Periodismo Literario (ABJL) y del curso de especialización pionero en el área. PALABRAS CLAVE: Periodismo literario, historia de vida, Edvaldo Pereira Lima, libro reportaje, transdisciplinaridad.

Things Not Seen

This chapter reads Baldwin’s award-winning essay, “Atlanta: The Evidence of Things Not Seen” and elaborated final nonfiction book, The Evidence of Things Not Seen, as a corrective to sensationalist media accounts of the Atlanta child murders and simplistic gloss-overs of the New South. This chapter argues that while Evidence is perhaps Baldwin’s most neglected work (both upon publication and today), it offers one of the most penetrating examinations of the paradoxes, hypocrisies, and illusions of the Reagan era. It also presciently anticipates the “post-racial” violence that continues in the Obama era, from Trayvon Martin to Mike Brown, from Sandra Bland to the Charleston Nine.