Holly Sklar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1166441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Holly Sklar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Holly |
| FAMILY NAME | Sklar |
| SIGNATURE | SKLAR H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8649-2637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Doubly hidden, doubly exposed: Master-narratives, counter-narratives, and the ethics of “passing” in The Human Stain
Philip Roth’s 2000 novel The Human Stain wades directly into the ethical and emotional complexities of “passing,” the attempt by light-skinned African Americans, particularly during the Jim Crow era of American history, to hide their identities in order to assimilate within mainstream White society. The novel presents the case of Professor Coleman Silk, a Black man passing as White, a hidden identity that is compounded by the particular “White” i…
Mimetic and synthetic views of characters: How readers process “people” in fiction
This article examines recent theories of fictional characters, and raises the issue of how far characters can be understood with reference to human intersubjectivity. On the one hand, empirical research based on theories of rhetorical narrative ethics shows that phenomena such as sympathy and empathy are very relevant for the ways readers describe their imaginative connection with fictional characters. On the other hand, traditional narratology e…
What the Hell Happened to Maggie: "Stereotype, Sympathy, and Disability in Toni Morrison's "Recitatif
The article shows that, while the no pity position justifiably opposes representations of the disabled that reinforce the perceived weaknesses of the disabled population, there are alternative ways of looking at the role played by sympathy in response to disabled characters in fiction, as is emphasized by an examination of Toni Morrison's short story Recitatif. While the narrative's dependence on the implicitly disabled character Maggie for its e…
Narrative Structuring of Sympathetic Response: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Toni Cade Bambara's “The Hammer Man
This essay examines some of the ways that narratives produce sympathy in readers. First, I compare several models that have been proposed to explain how fictional texts structure readers' emotional responses. In this connection, I highlight some of the ways that narratological analyses of fictional narratives can complement approaches to the study of reader response that rely exclusively, or heavily, on psychological assumptions. I demonstrate so…
Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All of Us
Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
Journal Article Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood. By Peter Medoff and Holly Sklar. Boston, Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside. By Randy Stoecker. Philadelphia and Community Builders: A Tale of Neighborhood Mobilization in Two Cities. By Gordana Rabrenovic. Philadelphia Get access Alexander von Hoffman Alexander von Hoffman Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Searc…
Economics for everyone
Economic rights are fundamental to the establishment of Justice, Tranquillity, the promotion of the general Welfare and securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Economic rights are fundamental human rights. Yet half a century after President Roosevelt proposed an Economic Bill of Rights for the U.S. and the U.N. adopted the Declaration of Human Rights, including economic rights, the welfare and justice of people are being…
Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
What the Hell Happened to Maggie: "Stereotype, Sympathy, and Disability in Toni Morrison's "Recitatif
The article shows that, while the no pity position justifiably opposes representations of the disabled that reinforce the perceived weaknesses of the disabled population, there are alternative ways of looking at the role played by sympathy in response to disabled characters in fiction, as is emphasized by an examination of Toni Morrison's short story Recitatif. While the narrative's dependence on the implicitly disabled character Maggie for its e…
Narrative Structuring of Sympathetic Response: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Toni Cade Bambara's “The Hammer Man
This essay examines some of the ways that narratives produce sympathy in readers. First, I compare several models that have been proposed to explain how fictional texts structure readers' emotional responses. In this connection, I highlight some of the ways that narratological analyses of fictional narratives can complement approaches to the study of reader response that rely exclusively, or heavily, on psychological assumptions. I demonstrate so…
Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
Economics for everyone
Economic rights are fundamental to the establishment of Justice, Tranquillity, the promotion of the general Welfare and securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Economic rights are fundamental human rights. Yet half a century after President Roosevelt proposed an Economic Bill of Rights for the U.S. and the U.N. adopted the Declaration of Human Rights, including economic rights, the welfare and justice of people are being…
Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood
Journal Article Streets of Hope: The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood. By Peter Medoff and Holly Sklar. Boston, Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside. By Randy Stoecker. Philadelphia and Community Builders: A Tale of Neighborhood Mobilization in Two Cities. By Gordana Rabrenovic. Philadelphia Get access Alexander von Hoffman Alexander von Hoffman Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Searc…
Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All of Us
Narrative Structuring of Sympathetic Response: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Toni Cade Bambara's “The Hammer Man
This essay examines some of the ways that narratives produce sympathy in readers. First, I compare several models that have been proposed to explain how fictional texts structure readers' emotional responses. In this connection, I highlight some of the ways that narratological analyses of fictional narratives can complement approaches to the study of reader response that rely exclusively, or heavily, on psychological assumptions. I demonstrate so…
What the Hell Happened to Maggie: "Stereotype, Sympathy, and Disability in Toni Morrison's "Recitatif
The article shows that, while the no pity position justifiably opposes representations of the disabled that reinforce the perceived weaknesses of the disabled population, there are alternative ways of looking at the role played by sympathy in response to disabled characters in fiction, as is emphasized by an examination of Toni Morrison's short story Recitatif. While the narrative's dependence on the implicitly disabled character Maggie for its e…
Mimetic and synthetic views of characters: How readers process “people” in fiction
This article examines recent theories of fictional characters, and raises the issue of how far characters can be understood with reference to human intersubjectivity. On the one hand, empirical research based on theories of rhetorical narrative ethics shows that phenomena such as sympathy and empathy are very relevant for the ways readers describe their imaginative connection with fictional characters. On the other hand, traditional narratology e…
Doubly hidden, doubly exposed: Master-narratives, counter-narratives, and the ethics of “passing” in The Human Stain
Philip Roth’s 2000 novel The Human Stain wades directly into the ethical and emotional complexities of “passing,” the attempt by light-skinned African Americans, particularly during the Jim Crow era of American history, to hide their identities in order to assimilate within mainstream White society. The novel presents the case of Professor Coleman Silk, a Black man passing as White, a hidden identity that is compounded by the particular “White” i…
Narrative (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sympathy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Law (2 works)