Linda Pershing
Biographic Data
| ID | 265014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Pershing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Pershing |
| SIGNATURE | PERSHING L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife
Book Review| October 01 2014 Encyclopedia of Women’s Folklore and Folklife Encyclopedia of Women’s Folklore and Folklife. Ed. Liz Locke, Theresa A. Vaughan, and Pauline Greenhill. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 777, list of entries, guide to related topics, preface, overview essays, selected bibliography/websites, index, contributors.). Linda Pershing Linda Pershing Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jour…
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night: The Tragic Death of Brian Arredondo
Some stories are so heartbreaking that it's hard to repeat them. i am writing this one on Father's Day 2013, especially mindful of a father for whom this day brings sorrow and regret. carlos Arredondo lost his only two children to the war. The eldest son, Alexander, was a uS marine killed in battle in 2004 while serving his second tour of duty. he was just 20 years old-a month younger than my own child, so his family's experiences hit close to ho…
From Sorrow to Activism: A Father’s Memorial to His Son Alexander Arredondo, Killed in the U.S. Occupation of Iraq
After his son Alexander was killed in the Iraq War, Carlos Arredondo created a memorial to honor him. Using enlarged photographs, a coffin, and Alex’s military uniform and boots, Arredondo created a portable tribute to his son. The memorial provides him with a way to work through his grief while simultaneously asking viewers to contemplate the consequences of the war. Distinctively shaped by dimensions of race and ethnicity, class, gender, and na…
From Sorrow to Activism: A Father's Memorial to His Son Alexander Arredondo, Killed in the U.S. Occupation of Iraq
After his son Alexander was killed in the Iraq War, Carlos Arredondo created a memorial to honor him. Using enlarged photographs, a coffin, and Alex's military uniform and boots, Arredondo created a portable tribute to his son. The memorial provides him with a way to work through his grief while simultaneously asking viewers to contemplate the consequences of the war. Distinctively shaped by dimensions of race and ethnicity, class, gender, and na…
Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture (review)
Reviewed by: Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture Linda Pershing Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture. By Carol Burke. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. Pp. This war and the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah dominate the news. Militarism has a prominent place on our cultural landscape, making Carol Burke'…
Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture
Book Review| July 01 2007 Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture, Carol Burke. Linda Pershing Linda Pershing Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2007) 120 (477): 368–369. https://doi.org/10.2307/20487566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon …
The Holiday Yards of Florencio Morales: El Hombre de las Banderas
Art and Artists: The Series The Holiday Yards of Florencio Morales: El Hombre de las Banderas. By Amy V. Kitchener. 1994. Pp. 72. $29.50 (cloth); $15.95 (paper) Santeria Garments and Altar Speaking Without a Voice By Ysamur Flores-Pena and Roberta J. Evanchuk. 1994. Pp. 72. $29.50 (cloth); $15.95 (paper) Americana Crafted: Jehu Camper Delaware Whittler. By Robert D. Bethke. 1995. Pp. 71. $32.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper) Chain-Saw Sculptor: The Art …
The Ribbon around the Pentagon: Peace by Piecemakers
His Wife Seized His Prize and Cut it to Size: Folk and Popular Commentary on Lorena Bobbitt
The Ribbon around the Pentagon
The Ribbon Around the Pentagon. By Linda Pershing. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. Pp. $45.00 cloth, $22.50 paper) In 1985 more than 20,000 women marched on Washington, D. C., surrounding the Pentagon and other buildings with a 15-mile long ribbon of panels they had sewn in protest of nuclear armament. The Ribbon was the brainchild three years earlier of Justine Merritt, a fifty-nine-year-old former high school teacher in Denver,…
The Yellow Ribboning of the USA: Contested Meanings in the Construction of a Political Symbol
Durant la Guerre du Golfe, le fait d'arborer ou d'utiliser un ruban jaune aux Etats-Unis indiquait une position patriotique de soutien aux troupes mais pas forcement a la guerre. Cet article montre de multiples usages ou non-usages du ruban jaune ou de couleurs alternatives pour exprimer diverses positions. L'A. rappelle certains points comme le role joue par les femmes militaires, la presence d'homosexuels dans l'armee, ainsi que la sur-represen…
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine . Rozsika Parker Scraps of Life: Chilean Arpilleras, Chilean Women and the Pinochet Dictatorship . Marjorie Agosin , Cola Franzen
The Yellow Ribboning of the USA: Contested Meanings in the Construction of a Political Symbol
Durant la Guerre du Golfe, le fait d'arborer ou d'utiliser un ruban jaune aux Etats-Unis indiquait une position patriotique de soutien aux troupes mais pas forcement a la guerre. Cet article montre de multiples usages ou non-usages du ruban jaune ou de couleurs alternatives pour exprimer diverses positions. L'A. rappelle certains points comme le role joue par les femmes militaires, la presence d'homosexuels dans l'armee, ainsi que la sur-represen…
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine . Rozsika Parker Scraps of Life: Chilean Arpilleras, Chilean Women and the Pinochet Dictatorship . Marjorie Agosin , Cola Franzen
His Wife Seized His Prize and Cut it to Size: Folk and Popular Commentary on Lorena Bobbitt
The Ribbon around the Pentagon
The Ribbon Around the Pentagon. By Linda Pershing. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. Pp. $45.00 cloth, $22.50 paper) In 1985 more than 20,000 women marched on Washington, D. C., surrounding the Pentagon and other buildings with a 15-mile long ribbon of panels they had sewn in protest of nuclear armament. The Ribbon was the brainchild three years earlier of Justine Merritt, a fifty-nine-year-old former high school teacher in Denver,…
The Yellow Ribboning of the USA: Contested Meanings in the Construction of a Political Symbol
Durant la Guerre du Golfe, le fait d'arborer ou d'utiliser un ruban jaune aux Etats-Unis indiquait une position patriotique de soutien aux troupes mais pas forcement a la guerre. Cet article montre de multiples usages ou non-usages du ruban jaune ou de couleurs alternatives pour exprimer diverses positions. L'A. rappelle certains points comme le role joue par les femmes militaires, la presence d'homosexuels dans l'armee, ainsi que la sur-represen…
The Holiday Yards of Florencio Morales: El Hombre de las Banderas
Art and Artists: The Series The Holiday Yards of Florencio Morales: El Hombre de las Banderas. By Amy V. Kitchener. 1994. Pp. 72. $29.50 (cloth); $15.95 (paper) Santeria Garments and Altar Speaking Without a Voice By Ysamur Flores-Pena and Roberta J. Evanchuk. 1994. Pp. 72. $29.50 (cloth); $15.95 (paper) Americana Crafted: Jehu Camper Delaware Whittler. By Robert D. Bethke. 1995. Pp. 71. $32.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper) Chain-Saw Sculptor: The Art …
The Ribbon around the Pentagon: Peace by Piecemakers
Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture (review)
Reviewed by: Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture Linda Pershing Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture. By Carol Burke. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. Pp. This war and the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah dominate the news. Militarism has a prominent place on our cultural landscape, making Carol Burke'…
Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture
Book Review| July 01 2007 Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-and-Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture, Carol Burke. Linda Pershing Linda Pershing Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2007) 120 (477): 368–369. https://doi.org/10.2307/20487566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon …
From Sorrow to Activism: A Father’s Memorial to His Son Alexander Arredondo, Killed in the U.S. Occupation of Iraq
After his son Alexander was killed in the Iraq War, Carlos Arredondo created a memorial to honor him. Using enlarged photographs, a coffin, and Alex’s military uniform and boots, Arredondo created a portable tribute to his son. The memorial provides him with a way to work through his grief while simultaneously asking viewers to contemplate the consequences of the war. Distinctively shaped by dimensions of race and ethnicity, class, gender, and na…
From Sorrow to Activism: A Father's Memorial to His Son Alexander Arredondo, Killed in the U.S. Occupation of Iraq
After his son Alexander was killed in the Iraq War, Carlos Arredondo created a memorial to honor him. Using enlarged photographs, a coffin, and Alex's military uniform and boots, Arredondo created a portable tribute to his son. The memorial provides him with a way to work through his grief while simultaneously asking viewers to contemplate the consequences of the war. Distinctively shaped by dimensions of race and ethnicity, class, gender, and na…
Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife
Book Review| October 01 2014 Encyclopedia of Women’s Folklore and Folklife Encyclopedia of Women’s Folklore and Folklife. Ed. Liz Locke, Theresa A. Vaughan, and Pauline Greenhill. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009. Pp. xvii + 777, list of entries, guide to related topics, preface, overview essays, selected bibliography/websites, index, contributors.). Linda Pershing Linda Pershing Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jour…
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night: The Tragic Death of Brian Arredondo
Some stories are so heartbreaking that it's hard to repeat them. i am writing this one on Father's Day 2013, especially mindful of a father for whom this day brings sorrow and regret. carlos Arredondo lost his only two children to the war. The eldest son, Alexander, was a uS marine killed in battle in 2004 while serving his second tour of duty. he was just 20 years old-a month younger than my own child, so his family's experiences hit close to ho…
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