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Meridians (2009) 9 (1): 62–82.
Published: 01 September 2009
... subscribed to the belief that those with a “drop of African blood” were rendered less intelligent and creatively inept. Her crowning achievement was The Death of Cleopatra (1876) that was exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 to great acclaim. This paper offers critical insights...
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Meridians (2009) 9 (1): v–vi.
Published: 01 September 2009
... extraordinary marble figures, the most famous of which was "The Death of Cleopatra," which was featured to great acclaim at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.Although there have been studies of Lewis's life-a biography complicated by discrimination and that even included a poisoning accusation...
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Meridians (2013) 11 (2): 91–111.
Published: 01 March 2013
... accomplishment. If they only think ofEve or of Malinche as characters from history and mythology, well that's an accomplishment too. Mymain goal is to have people establish that connection between contemporary women, contemporary society, and women from history and mythology. If we think of Cleopatra or Helen...
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Meridians (2014) 12 (1): 88–120.
Published: 01 March 2014
..., Tamara Dobson's physicality as Cleopatra Jones is very different from the more voluptuous Grier in Co.fJyand FoxyBrown.In her queer reading of the film, Jennifer DeVere Brody contends that Dobson's character, a CIA-trained special agent with a mission to destroy international drug-trafficking, functions...