... Describes the Dardens, the family that lived across the street from Rosemarie in Woodlawn. Shirley Darden was Rosemarie’s best friend, and Rosemarie idolized Shirley’s older sister, Sarah. The Dardens were a kind of second family to her; the great-grandmother was still alive, and had been...

... This chapter focuses on Rudy Vallée’s earliest fan letters to help explain and contextualize his rise as a popular idol in 1929. During this era gender and sex became the primary discursive frames for understanding American life and identity; the contexts examined here include the promotion...

... prowess of its director, Dr. Pankaj Shrivastav, who is regarded as Dubai’s “IVF idol” by his patients. This chapter analyzes the “cult of clinical personality” surrounding “Dr. Pankaj” (as his patients call him), and the many reasons why he is regarded as a superior IVF physician. Many reprotravelers...

... African American community Freeney family Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s childhood Describes the Dardens, the family that lived across the street from Rosemarie in Woodlawn. Shirley Darden was Rosemarie’s best friend, and Rosemarie idolized Shirley’s older sister, Sarah. The Dardens were a kind...