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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Beale Street"”.
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“I knew you wasn’t soft”- masculinity in Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk
The focus of this study is black masculinity presented in films written and directed by Barry Jenkins, as the director’s approach to African American manhood is arguably modern and offers a new, fresh perspective. As this dissertation asserts, characters created by Jenkins are complex and not easy …
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A Place of Happy Retreat: Benefiting Locals and Visitors Through Sustainable Tourism Practices at Beale Street, Graceland and the National Civil Rights Museum
This interdisciplinary work examines Beale Street, Graceland, and the National Civil Rights Museum through the lens of sustainable tourism. It specifically examines the value of integrating the culture and history of the host community into the attraction, and using tourist attractions to provide …
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“The Sunlit Prison of the American Dream”: Representing Carcerality in Contemporary American Fiction
… engages in dialogue with James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk (1974). I examine how this theme is also treated in film through Garrett Bradley’s documentary Time (2020). I then shift to examine the experience of incarcerated women, focusing on Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room (2018) and …