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Intellectual Disability and Literature
"Intellectual disability is difficult to define—in the past it was generally understood as “mental retardation” or “feeblemindedness”—and difficult to distinguish from developmental and/or psychosocial disability..." – By Michael Bérubé
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Blues and African American Culture
"African American music and literature have been consistently intertwined. This connection is true in narrative, which has its basis in the history and culture-keeping of orature, and in poetry, which transcends geography..." – By A Yęmisi Jimoh
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On October 23, after a successful free period during development, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies has been made available via subscription and perpetual access to libraries and institutions worldwide.
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