D. Berton Emerson

Articles

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  The Dark Side of Nice

  D. Berton Emerson on Carrie Tirado Bramen’s “American Niceness: A Cultural History”

  D. Berton EmersonApr 22, 2018

  • Cultural Studies

  • History

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  A Terraqueous Counter-Narrative in US History

  Michele Currie Navakas’s “Liquid Landscape” convincingly demonstrates that Florida has always compromised master narratives of US nationalism.

  D. Berton EmersonFeb 18, 2018

  • History

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  Lights Out

  Imagining Huck after his reluctant coming-of-age and his decision to risk hell in stealing Jim out of slavery has been both fruitful and fraught-filled.

  D. Berton EmersonJan 10, 2017

  • Fiction

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  Imitatio Americana

  "Against Self-Reliance" amends the popular story of a US that gives primary importance to the "sacred self."

  D. Berton EmersonMar 17, 2016

  • History

  • Literary Criticism