Tiffany Christian wrote a new post, Night and Light , on the site The Arts in...
You said in class something about how reading a good book could change your view on life. I just finished reading End of Night, a collection of essays about the importance of a dark sky. The author...
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Matisse vs. Picasso. This 19th century heavy weight battle was something I was unaware of before today. It seemed like a foreign concept: rivalries in the art world. Artists seem like such a carefree...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Forbidden Music and Jazz, on the site The...
Another crash course in history. We’re speeding through giant swaths of time aren’t we? This one was a little more digestible than the 500 Years of Art History because we go to listen to some pretty...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, The Nose, on the site The Arts in New...
Dimensionality is the first word that comes to mind in reflection of the opera. Both the opera itself and the venue were so large that it seemed to incorporate multiple worlds into one. Kentridge’s...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Describing Music, on the site The Arts in...
I came in when he was talking about tube amps and the warm sound it produces. As someone who dabbled in guitar in middle school, he reminded me a lot of my old guitar teacher. The things he said about...
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This dance performance reminded me of the beauty of form. The push of muscle against skin, and the elegantly pointed feet showed the ability of bodies to be works of art. The dance punctuated the music...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Classical Music, on the site The Arts in...
People forget about the way music is supposed to sound. Certainly, I am guilty of that. As the quartet started the first Mozart piece, the quality of the sound was shocking. My ears are accustomed to...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Peeping Tom Artists?, on the site The...
As a society we get sort of a thrill at knowing the intimate details of a stranger’s life. The best examples we have are the paparazzi hounding the celebrities. Ironically enough as a culture hungry...
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Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground’s narrator struck me as incredibly unlikable even though I can only judge him from the excerpt we heard. He is unreliable because he is self destructive beyond...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Cynical Realism , on the site The Arts in...
When I went to China 2 years ago, I had the pleasure of going to an art gallery. We saw various styles of art but the piece that particularly caught my attention was Yue Minjun’s “Inside and Outside...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Trans Hollywood, on the site The Arts in...
While La piel que habito was certainly a strange and unexpected film, I think it spoke a lot about identity, especially about crossing genders. Vicente always felt like a man even after his forced...
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From An American Tail and West Side Story, youth Immigrant has shaped New York into a cultural smorgasbord. Second generation immigrants and people who came here as children make up nearly a half of...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Language as a barrier, on the site The...
The readings in the first 2 chapters of blood relations were particularly enlightening for me as it had explained some of the things I was curious to know regarding black identity and country of...
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Richard Wright, author of Native Son and Black Boy, connected Socialism with the black community. We read Native Son in AP English, and I wondered about Wrights connection with the communist scene in...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Rosa Guy, on the site The Peopling of New...
Rosa Guy was a Trinidadian writer who grew up in the Harlem Renaissance. I wasn’t surprised that they didn’t mention her in the book, because she doesn’t really fit into the time frame that...
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Selina Boyce, the protagonist of Brown girl Brownstones, is an interesting character. A second generation Barbadian, who lives in Brooklyn with her immigrant parents, she cannot find a sense of...
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As I progress further into Selina’s development, her experience in Brooklyn made me more curious about the author Paule Marshall. I had never heard of Marshall before this class. She is second...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Transmigrants, on the site The Peopling...
I enjoyed Brown Girl, Brownstones. The development of Selina was really well done. I thought it was very ironic that she was more similar to her mother and the other Bajan woman than she ever wanted...
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Tiffany Christian wrote a new post, Nation-States, on the site The Peopling...
Foner uses one of our classes’ favorite words: transnationalism. She also discussed the idea of a nation-state among the Caribbean countries. Despite global history drilling into our heads that nation...
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Black Like Who, Chapter 7, in Foner’s Islands in the City, was very relevant to my family’s history, as well current events involving the black community. My family is a mix of Caribbean immigrants and...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Daggering , on the site The Peopling of...
Jamaicans, according to Milton Vickerman, have a particularly distinct immigrant experience. They both stand-alone as well as emerge into the African American culture. In my community the two are so...
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Tiffany Christian wrote a new post, Vodou and Davulier , on the site The...
Edwidge Danticat’s two short stories, Create Dangerously and Other Side of the Water, both illustrate the transnational identity of immigrants, particularly Haitians. She talks about finding...
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From reading “Create Dangerously” and “The Other Side of the Water,” our class knows that Edwidge Danticat’s writing is steeped in Haitian culture and storytelling practices. As we start the book, Ka,...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, The Dew Breaker, on the site The Peopling...
The Dew Breaker ended really well. Danticat tied up the transnational lines that link Anne and Ka’s father with Haiti and each other. The immense irony that Anne is caring for the man who killed her...
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Tiffany Christian wrote a new post, Carnival Costumes , on the site The...
When I think of Carnival celebrations, not only in New York but also in the Diaspora, my mind always goes to the glitz and glamour of carnival costumes. These beautifully crafted and skimpy bikinis...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Vybz Kartel, on the site The Peopling of...
Although the exchange between Jamaican music and American rap and hip hop is very easy to see here, the fact that the same happens on the island itself surprised me. Despite artists like Vybz Cartel...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Bleaching in Jamaica , on the site The...
Colorism is a deep-rooted issue in many communities, particularly those who were colonized by European powers. Jamaica, after being colonized by Britain, suffered from very deep issues. After the...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Deportation and Jamiaca, on the site The...
America is a nation of immigrants. Considered to have open arms for those who want to come here for a better life, America receives millions of foreigners every year. Not all of those who come are...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Family Reunions and Transnationalism, on...
Sutton’s piece on family reunions was both interesting and incredibly relatable. My paternal grandmother’s side of the family had once of these “homeland” family reunions back in 2006. It was...
View ArticleTiffany Christian wrote a new post, Identity and Gender in the Caribbean, on...
In this class, we often talked about the transnational ties that the Caribbean known for. With the citizens of the Caribbean being known for having relations with many other nations, our group was...
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