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Marissa Bellusci edited the blog post Morrison’s Paradise: Online, and Beyond in the group American Studies: 9 years, 9 months ago

One of the first things that struck me about Morrison’s Paradise when I first held it in my hands was the sticker on the front referencing Oprah’s book club. While we have had incredible discussions on Paradise this semester, it led me to wonder how the book was received by non-academic readers–people reading Morrison’s work for fun, outside of…[Read more]
Marissa Bellusci edited the blog post Relationship Violence in a Culture Obsessed with Property in the group American Studies: 9 years, 10 months ago

This weekend, Geneseo’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee–of which I am a member–received training on relationship violence prevention through the One Love Foundation. That this seminar took place the very weekend following our completion of Jazz was purely coincidental–but my recent analysis of Violet and Joe’s possessive dynamic added gr…[Read more]
Marissa Bellusci wrote a new blog post The Single Story of the “Flawless” Feminist Icon in the group American Studies: 9 years, 11 months ago

I must say that this timing is rather uncanny, given our class’s recent discussion of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story,” but just yesterday, Dutch paper De Volkskrant published an i […]
Marissa Bellusci edited the blog post Virginia’s Verger: Sexual Politics of Race in the New World in the group American Studies: 9 years, 12 months ago

After Dr. McCoy’s brief mention of “Virginia’s Verger” in class last week, I decided to search a little for the original document–Purchas his Pilgrimes–which, written by Samuel Purchas, a settler in the New World, turned to out be brimming with intertwined racism and sexism. Can you guess how shocked I am (hint: not at all)?

As we di…[Read more]
Marissa Bellusci edited the blog post A Response to “How to Read Texts Not Written For You?” in the group American Studies: 9 years, 12 months ago

I’ve never publicly blogged before. Growing up as a rather shy person–in both my personal life and my writing–the idea of other people reading my work was enough to reduce me to a puddle. But as I’ve begun to find my voice as a writer in college, I’ve grown more comfortable with the idea of sharing my ideas on a public forum–and when I found…[Read more]

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