Constance Mayfield Rourke (1885-11-14)November 14, 1885 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died
March 29, 1941(1941-03-29) (aged 55) Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Occupation
Writer, historian, folklorist
Notable works
American Humor
Notable awards
Newbery Honor
Constance Mayfield Rourke (November 14, 1885 – March 29, 1941) was an American author and educator known for shaping the fields of American studies, American literature, and American folklore.
and American folklore. Rourke was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Constance Davis Rourke (née Elizabeth Davis) and Henry Button Rourke. Her father died in 1888;...
guitarist Colin P. Rourke (b. 1943), British mathematician ConstanceRourke (1885–1941), American author and educator James Rourke (1838–1914), Canadian...
Forrest began to build reputations as blackface performers. Author ConstanceRourke even claimed that Forrest's impression was so good he could fool blacks...
Shannon Dobry Winner Elizabeth Seeger Pageant of Chinese History Honor ConstanceRourke Davy Crockett Honor Hilda van Stockum A Day On Skates: The Story of...
Well into the 20th century, scholars took the stories at face value. ConstanceRourke, one of the founders of what is now known as cultural studies, largely...
nineteenth century. ConstanceRourke was the editor and resident scholar of the Index; Ruth Reeves was its field supervisor. Rourke's interest stemmed,...
succeeded by C. Adolph Glassgold (1936) and Benjamin Knotts (1940). ConstanceRourke was national editor.: xii The work is in the collection of the National...
the 1931 book American Humor: A Study of the National Character by ConstanceRourke, identified the character of the "Yankee" as that first American comic...
Feelings about Nations and National Groups. Psychology Press, 2006. ConstanceRourke, American Humor: A Study of the National Character. ACLS Humanities...
States lacked its own coherent cultural arts tradition. Historian ConstanceRourke engaged his claim and set out to show a unique American tradition....
California. The ASA awards a number of prizes and grants including: ConstanceRourke Prize for the best article in American Quarterly Wise-Susman Prize...
Chicago Workers in the 1920s," won the American Studies Association's ConstanceRourke Prize for the best article published in the journal American Quarterly...
and "Against the Grain" radio program. Briggs was awarded the 2002 ConstanceRourke Prize for her article "The Race of Hysteria: ‘Overcivilization’ and...
Pioneer: The Life of Davy Crockett Vantage Press 1954 OCLC 2086951 ConstanceRourke Davy Crockett University of Nebraska Press 1998 OCLC 247667981OCLC 53091400...
book "ultimately belongs in the long, rich tradition of texts like ConstanceRourke’s American Humor: A Study of the National Character (1931) and Greil...
teacher Martha Sollors, homemaker Awards 1981 Guggenheim fellow 1990 ConstanceRourke Award for the best essay in American Quarterly 1997-98 Walter Channing...
Simplicities". Charles Sheeler, Artist in the American Tradition by ConstanceRourke, reviewed by Holger Cahill, p. 4. Reader's Digest. November 1938. "Art...
year" by the Houston Film Critics Society. Fox starred alongside Mickey Rourke in the drama Passion Play. After premiering at the Toronto International...
Richard Avery (John Pleshette) and his real estate agent wife Laura (Constance McCashin), who have a young son, Jason. Other neighbors include the young...
home-invasion thriller Hell Is Where the Home Is. Parrish will co-star with Mickey Rourke in the upcoming boxing drama Tiger. She reprised her role as Mona Vanderwaal...
Mob Murder Indictments". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2009. Rourke, Elizabeth (2006). "Diahann Carroll: Biography". Contemporary Black Biography...
King (director/screenplay); Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenplay); Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset, Carré Otis, Bruce Greenwood, Assumpta Serna M A Y 4...
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