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...lies at the core of this divisive issue is the Nation of Islam's notion of "the Black Man." It is essential to understand that Farrakhan has his own very particular perspective on the meaning of "manhood," a perspective which came of age in the darkest moments of the nineteenth century, and which, if espoused in the white community today, would be considered tantamount to fascism. In this archaic vision, women are meant to look after the home and remain, essentially "barefoot and pregnant," while the strapping (i.e. ardently homophobic, anti-semitic, Muslim) males look to more important matters...
...widely read scholarship ranged from studiesin the Italian Renaissance to a monograph on theindustrial architecture of nineteenth-century NewEngland. He was a teacher whose influence willcontinue for many years...
Along Mt. Auburn Street, the "Gold Coast" dorms catered to the lifestyles of the children of the rich and famous Claverly Hall, now annexed housing, and Randolph and Westmorely Halls, which later became part of Adams House, were the late-nineteenth century lap of luxury: spacious rooms, private baths, steam heat...
...Boheme" is set in the Quartier Latin of nineteenth-century Paris. Mimi, a sweet soul doomed to an untimely death, falls in love at first sight with her neighbor Rodolfo, member of a lovable band of starving artists. Their love affair, made torrid by Rodolfo's jealousy, is mirrored by a no less tumultuous relationship between Marcello the painter and the fiercely independent Musetta...
...Puccini's best score, as well as the embodiment of verismo, dramatic ideals in which real people lead real lives that just happen to be tragic. The simplicity of this type of tragedy, as well as the idealistic view of youth and love, which appealed to late nineteenth-century audiences still appeals to modern ones. Aside from this opera, and a handful of others, only in recent years has the Lowell House Opera featured Italian works. keeping with this spirit of testing Mediter-ranean waters, this year's "La Boheme" courageously unleashes the amore...