Roshanna P Sylvester
Biographic Data
| ID | 3767672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roshanna P Sylvester |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roshanna P |
| FAMILY NAME | Sylvester |
| SIGNATURE | SYLVESTER R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
You Are Our Pride and Our Glory!” Emotions, Generation, and the Legacy of Revolution in Women's Letters to Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (known as the “Seagull”) became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. Female fans of all ages wrote letters to the twenty‐seven‐year‐old cosmonaut expressing their pride and admiration. This article provides a close reading of two such letters, one from an octogenarian who witnessed the revolution first hand, and the other from a woman who, like Tereshkova, was a member of “Stalin's last generation.” Explora…
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi
City of Thieves: Moldavanka, Criminality, and Respectability in Prerevolutionary Odessa
Making an Appearance: Urban "Types" and the Creation of Respectability in Odessa's Popular Press, 1912-1914
In his 1913 guide to the city, Grigorii Moskvich wrote that the dream of the "essential Odessan" was to strike it rich and immediately acquire a house, a carriage, and everything else he needed in order to "transform himself (by appearance, of course) into an impeccable British gentleman or blue-blooded Viennese aristocrat." Then, "immaculately dressed, with an expensive cigar in his teeth," the remade Odessan was ready to meet his public. Whethe…
City of Thieves: Moldavanka, Criminality, and Respectability in Prerevolutionary Odessa
Making an Appearance: Urban "Types" and the Creation of Respectability in Odessa's Popular Press, 1912-1914
In his 1913 guide to the city, Grigorii Moskvich wrote that the dream of the "essential Odessan" was to strike it rich and immediately acquire a house, a carriage, and everything else he needed in order to "transform himself (by appearance, of course) into an impeccable British gentleman or blue-blooded Viennese aristocrat." Then, "immaculately dressed, with an expensive cigar in his teeth," the remade Odessan was ready to meet his public. Whethe…
Making an Appearance: Urban "Types" and the Creation of Respectability in Odessa's Popular Press, 1912-1914
In his 1913 guide to the city, Grigorii Moskvich wrote that the dream of the "essential Odessan" was to strike it rich and immediately acquire a house, a carriage, and everything else he needed in order to "transform himself (by appearance, of course) into an impeccable British gentleman or blue-blooded Viennese aristocrat." Then, "immaculately dressed, with an expensive cigar in his teeth," the remade Odessan was ready to meet his public. Whethe…
City of Thieves: Moldavanka, Criminality, and Respectability in Prerevolutionary Odessa
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi
You Are Our Pride and Our Glory!” Emotions, Generation, and the Legacy of Revolution in Women's Letters to Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (known as the “Seagull”) became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. Female fans of all ages wrote letters to the twenty‐seven‐year‐old cosmonaut expressing their pride and admiration. This article provides a close reading of two such letters, one from an octogenarian who witnessed the revolution first hand, and the other from a woman who, like Tereshkova, was a member of “Stalin's last generation.” Explora…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Admiration (1 works)