Books by Chris Danielson
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Unpublished paper presented at the PCA/ACA National Conference.
Unpublished paper presented at the PCA/ACA National Conference. This is the longer version, as a condensed version was the one presented.
Unpublished paper presented at the PCA/ACA National Conference.
Unpublished paper presented at the PCA/ACA National Conference.
This paper expands upon Gary Alan Fine's study of fantasy-role gaming (FRPG) groups and examines ... more This paper expands upon Gary Alan Fine's study of fantasy-role gaming (FRPG) groups and examines gamer and game misogyny, specifically in the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) games formerly published by TSR, Inc. TSR reinforced the male homosocial world of FRPGs, and the net effect of this culture was the marginalization of women gamers and designers, despite TSR's public statements to the contrary. This paper analyzes the height of the game's popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s, specifically the relationships between among sexism and the corporate culture and artistic representations of the company's early years. Games designers Gary Gygax, Jeff Perren, and Dave Arneson created Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) and founded Tactical Studies Rules in 1974, later TSR Hobbies. The company published formal rules in 1977 for D&D and later a more detailed version, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D), as well as the trade publication Dragon
Papers by Chris Danielson
Black Lives Matter as an organization and slogan has become a flashpoint in the USA’s politics an... more Black Lives Matter as an organization and slogan has become a flashpoint in the USA’s politics and culture. But it is much older with its roots in the history of slavery, segregation, and police brutality that has been the norm of the black experience. Dr. Danielson will examine this history, and how BLM and the white resistance to it in many ways reflect the same patterns of earlier movements, like the civil rights struggle. In turn, he will also consider the movement’s goals regarding the future of policing and its relationship to American communities
Journal of Southern History, 2009
IN 2005 THE U.S. SENATE APPROVED A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED APOLOGY for its failure to pass antilynching... more IN 2005 THE U.S. SENATE APPROVED A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED APOLOGY for its failure to pass antilynching legislation in the twentieth century. The symbolic resolution had the cosponsorship of eighty senators, and those who refused to back the measure attracted criticism. The two senators who received the most attention for their failure to cosponsor were Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran from Mississippi, the state with the most notorious record of lynchings of African Americans. Criticism in particular focused on Cochran, the senior senator, who had a history of winning elections with more black support than his fellow Republicans. Cochran publicly defended his refusal after receiving editorial censure. In comments to black Washington Post columnist William Raspberry, also a Mississippian, Cochran said that he was "not in the business of apologizing for what someone else did or didn't do," even though he had previously cosponsored bills apologizing for the federal governm...
The Journal of American History, 2020
After Freedom SummerHow Race Realigned Mississippi Politics, 1965-1986
Journal of American History, 2013
Impacts of Racism on White Americans In the Age of Trump
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