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Lucky Man: Delbert Mann, A Biographical Essay
(Vanderbilt University, 2006)
This paper provides an overview of Delbert Mann's life from his community theatre activities in Nashville and Columbia, South Carolina, to his work in the early days of television and his subsequent career as a film director.
The Effects of "Cloth Politics" in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Cause, Cash, Commodity and Comfort
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04)
Singing for Strength: Enslaved Africans and Community Building in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-04)
Throughout the Transatlantic slave trade enslaved Africans sang. In holding pens called barracoons awaiting shipment, aboard slave ships crossing the Atlantic, and in the transatlantic colonies, singing was a common feature ...
Lure: shoes
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-08-27)
Sneaking a peek into the construction zone
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-08-27)
Vandopoly board
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-08-27)
Inside Vandy
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-08-27)
Christ And The Samaritan Woman: A Via Latina Catacomb Fresco, 340 - 350 CE
(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-05)
In 1955, construction began on a new apartment building located between the Via Latina and the Via Dino Compagni, two streets in southeast Rome. Workers pouring concrete for the building's foundation were surprised to see ...
Harriett Powers and her Eternal Cloth Bible
(Vanderbilt University, 2009-10-15)
Art and images serve as cultural memories for many diaspora groups, from early Judaic to African American communities. Religion is one of the strongest cultural beliefs subject to creolization when art attempts to preserve ...
An Analysis of the Synagogue Zodiac at Sepphoris: Its Judaization, Symbolism, and Significance
(Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-05)
The zodiac, a pagan symbol believed to have originated in 7th century BCE Babylonia, appears in the floor mosaics of numerous synagogue ruins through the Palestine region, including one found in a fifth century synagogue ...