Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
Term![]() |
Description |
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2237 | Themes and Motifs | Memory | Collective memory | |
4574 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Collective exploitation |
This is in reference to the system of governance Uncle Buck and Buddy setup on the McCaslin plantation with black and white working side side-by-side in large cooperative referenced in the Unvanquished (48-49). A similar system is enacted by Brother Goodhay in the Mansion. JB |
2200 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Collecting money |
Added for when Gavin Stevens raises money to pay for the funeral in "Go Down, Moses"; can be used for anytime characters take a collection or otherwise raise money for some cause. JBP |
3267 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Collar box | |
3266 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Collar | |
1186 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Collaborative narration |
Any time multiple characters or voices participate in relating a story. JW |
3062 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Collaborative | |
1274 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Coleridge, Samuel | |
2867 | Actions | Emotional | Coldness | |
5362 | Cultural Issues | History | Cold War | |
780 | Environment | Weather | Cold | |
1106 | Environment | Atmospheric | Cold | |
1871 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Coke upon Littleton | |
3964 | Themes and Motifs | Money | Coin | |
4024 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coin | |
3121 | Relationships | Familial | Cohesion | |
4679 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coffin | |
1790 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Coffin | |
5682 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coffee pot | |
5648 | Environment | Olfactory | Coffee | |
3929 | Cultural Issues | Food | Coffee | |
1127 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coffee | |
4321 | Actions | Interaction, Private | Coercion | |
3706 | Actions | Verbal | Code-switching / Change in dialect | |
4826 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Cockrum | |
4577 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Cockrum | |
5493 | Cultural Issues | Food | Coca-Cola | |
2838 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Cobb, Ty | |
2116 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Coat | |
3815 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coal oil | |
4072 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Coal dust | |
2190 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Clytemnestra | |
1776 | Cultural Issues | Law | Clue | |
3895 | Relationships | Social | Club | |
3372 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Cloud | |
2493 | Environment | Weather | Cloud | |
1643 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Clothing | |
466 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Clothes | |
1513 | Cultural Issues | Race | Clothes | |
5480 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Clostermann, Pierre | |
4240 | Environment | Domestic Space | Closet | |
3500 | Environment | Public | Clock tower | |
3070 | Environment | Auditory | Clock ticking | |
3320 | Environment | Auditory | Clock chiming | |
646 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Clock | |
2362 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Cloak | |
5168 | Actions | Physical | Climbing/descending rope | |
1164 | Actions | Physical | Climbing tree | |
3140 | Actions | Physical | Climbing stairs | |
3970 | Actions | Physical | Climbing | |
4121 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Cleveland, Grover | |
958 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Clearing the land | |
2755 | Actions | Physical | Clearing land | |
4152 | Aesthetics | Symbolism | Cleansing power of water | |
1205 | Actions | Domestic | Cleaning | |
3847 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Clean flame | |
2889 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Clean | |
5663 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Clay, Henry | |
1991 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Clay | |
2185 | Environment | Atmospheric | Claustrophobic | |
1760 | Environment | Place | Classroom | |
3170 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Classical rhetoric | |
4720 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Classical music | |
5635 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Classical Greek | |
644 | Cultural Issues | Class | Class consciousness | |
4248 | Cultural Issues | Class | Class conflict | |
239 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Class | |
5492 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Clarksdale, Mississippi | |
2058 | Relationships | Familial | Clan | |
1145 | Actions | Legal | Claim | |
5662 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Claiborne, William C. C. | |
3228 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Claiborne | |
3490 | Cultural Issues | War | Civil War consequences | |
3491 | Cultural Issues | History | Civil War consequences | |
1556 | Cultural Issues | History | Civil War as point of reference | |
292 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Civil War | |
2101 | Cultural Issues | War | Civil War | |
3183 | Cultural Issues | History | Civil War | |
5261 | Cultural Issues | Law | Civil suit | |
4981 | Cultural Issues | History | Civil Rights legislation | |
1321 | Relationships | Marital | Civil marriage | |
1678 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Civic records | |
2514 | Cultural Issues | Government | Civic officials | |
3033 | Cultural Issues | Entertainment | Civic events | |
1704 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Civic dispute | |
1729 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Civic discussion | |
2412 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Civic boosterism | |
4737 | Cultural Issues | Ritual | Civic | |
398 | Relationships | (First level term) | Civic | |
1849 | Cultural Issues | Politics | City government | |
1837 | Environment | Place | City |
For when a place is characterized by its built-up nature, especially as a contrast to town or rural places (e.g., "the tall buildings and the hard pavements and the street cars" in "Lion"). JBP |
4051 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Citizenship papers | |
3662 | Cultural Issues | Entertainment | Circus | |
3176 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Cincinnatus | |
5406 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cigarette lighter | |
3800 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cigarette | |
1042 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Cigar | |
2487 | Environment | Olfactory | Cigar | |
4522 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Cicero | |
1221 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Cicadas |