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Gertrude Fraser author of African American Midwifery in the South: Dialogue of Birth, Race, and Memory discusses her ethnographical study on how older African-American women narrate their life course. She underscores the intergenerational relations of the experiences of these women, and their experiences as adolescents in retrospect.
Gertrude Fraser, professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, discusses the Holsinger Studio Collection - a collection of local Charlottesville studio portraits, including a significant collection of portraits of African-Americans - on exhibit at the Carter Woodson Institute.
Gertrude Fraser professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia discusses her focus on medicine as a cultural system. She shares her life course as being a compilation of migratory movements starting from Jamaica to New York City.
Grace Hale, assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia, discusses her book Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940 that focuses on white racial identity and its meaning.
Gweneth West, associate professor in the drama department at the University of Virginia, discusses the practice of Costume Design and its connection to historical and cultural contexts.
Helena Lewis is a cultural historian of 20th Century France discusses the life of Jewish Russo-French "committed" writer Elsa Triolet. Her focus has been on surrealism and intellectuals from World War II.
Ingrid Sandole-Staroste, professor of Sociology at George Mason University, discusses her research of women in East Germany and how the unification affected their daily lives.
Janet Beizer, associate professor of French at the University of Virginia, discusses her book Ventriloquized Bodies: Narratives of Hysteria in 19th Century France and her research on cultural conceptions of gender in Paris.
