Thesiss

American musical theater reverberates with both idealized and ironic representations of the past, with complex forms of unthinking, reassuring nostalgia and self-conscious anti-nostalgia. The American past, as the dominant setting for what is often called a uniquely "American" a…

Life is shaped by what we remember and what we forget. Identity is shaped by how we remember. This project examines a long-standing annual event at St. Paul Community Baptist Church of Brooklyn, NY, to ascertain its value and sustainability as sacred memory in the community. As …