In Print

Thomas Herron has introduced and edited Sir Walter Ralegh in Ireland by John Pope Hennessy first published 1883 and newly reissued by UCD Press (2009).  From the University College Dublin Press:  “Raleigh's activities in Ireland, like the rest of his life, continue to fascinate. How incredible and unethical were his initial military exploits? What role did he play in planning and executing the Munster Plantation?  How does his colonial activity in the New World compare with that in Ireland?  How influential was he in shaping Queen Elizabeth I's Irish policy?  This fascinating but little-known work, written by a controversial Irish-born British colonial governor and first published in 1883, is especially valuable today for its extensive reproduction of original sources connected with Raleigh's stay in Ireland, including many of his Irish letters.  It is a useful place to begin exploring this multi-faceted character whom Pope Hennessy describes as 'one of the most daring and active of those eminent Englishmen who have done much to render British government permanently difficult -- if not more than difficult  -- in Ireland.”  Sir John Pope Hennessy (1831-1891) was born in Cork, Ireland, and thanks to the support of Disraeli, he had a successful career as colonial administrator and became Governor of Sierra Leone, Barbados, Hong Kong and Mauritius.  He was also the first Roman Catholic member of Parliament and lived for many years in Raleigh's house in Youghal [pictured here].

Tabitha R. Miller’s essay "Transforming Identities in a Globalized Context" appears in the Journal of Caribbean Studies 23.1 (Spring 2009).  The article focuses on the Belizean artist and poet Yasser Musa and his poem "The Belize City Poem", published in 1996, by Fact
ory Books in Belize City, Belize.  Through the analysis of Musa's poem, Miller discusses how postcolonial literatures provide evidence of the transformation from colonial identification to an ever fluctuating transient identity informed and restructured by the dominant global cultures, mainly the pop culture of the United States.

Amanda Klein's article “Postmodern Marketing, Generation Y and the Multiplatform Viewing Experience of MTV's The Hills” appears in Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media no.51 (2009), which is now online.  In this paper, Klein describes how the "unscripted" reality drama, The Hills, offers its fans show content in alternate venues, including tabloid magazines, MTV-sponsored virtual worlds, gossip sites, blogs and product tie-ins.   According to Klein, "This  multiplatform, ‘postmodern’ marketing strategy is an ideal way to engage the program's target audience, Generation Y, a demographic adept and dependent on social networking tools and comfortable with the concept of surveillance and public disclosure."

 
Ylce Irizarry’s article "When Art Remembers: Museum Exhibits as Trujillato Testimonio" will appear this summer in a Special Issue of Antípodas: A Journal of Hispanic and Galician Studies.  The issue "Trujillo, Trauma, Testimony:  Mario Vargas Llosa, Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and other writers on Hispaniola" explores contemporary narratives on the Dominican dictator, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.  While most of the articles explore fiction, Irizarry’s article performs an analysis on the Visual Rhetoric of museum exhibits about the dictator.  Here is an excerpt describing the paper:  "Originally derived from oral testimony and then either transcribed and/or translated, testimonio is most often studied as a textual narrative. In this essay, I illustrate how Testimonio also emerges from visual narratives, including narratives created within museum exhibits.  Regardless of the institutional framing of museum exhibits, their narratives can be testimonial.  A case in point is Literaturas del exilio: Santo Domingo (El Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, 28 November 2007- 2 February 2008).  By narrating art production during Franco's regime, this exhibit attempts to link Spain, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic culturally; however, the exhibit ultimately functions as a testimonio.  I begin by addressing testimonio and trauma witnessing theory; then, I argue the exhibit disrupts the state-sanctioned narrative with a testimonio about political oppression.  Returning to the essay’s start, I end with a reflection on potential consequences of considering museum exhibits testimonio and on the limits of the desire to witness."

Roger C. Schlobin's "My Alternate Reality" appears in Fantastic Machinations: ICFA 30 Retrospective, 1980-2009 published by Dragon Press, 2009.  This is Schlobin's reminiscence in honor of the 30 years of the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.  He credits Chip Sullivan and Don Palumbo for their significant contributions to the Conference's continued success.