Glossary

Curaçao

Initially a Spanish colony in the West Indies, Curacao was captured by the Dutch upon that country’s independence from Spain.

An early type of photograph, dating from 1839, involving silver-plated copper plates and mercury vapor. In the 1860s, it was

The female equivalent of a male dandy.

A man who is dedicated to his physical appearance (particularly in the realm of fashion), and conveying an air of

While attending a day school, students do not live on campus and attend classes during the day before returning home.

“Den Pobedi” is a Russian song commemorating the Soviet victory in the Second World War, composed for its thirtieth anniversary

Although it may refer to the dispersion of any people beyond their homeland, here it specifically refers to the dispersion

A sense that permeates everyday life experiences relating to movement, displacement, and memory of a group’s origins and roots. For

A non-fiction film whose goal is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, to “document reality, primarily for the purposes of

a style of photography that provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects and events, and is often

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