Brunella Irma Costagliola
Brunella is a contributing writer for Suite101. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Languages and Cultures from the University of Naples "L'Orientale." In 2009 she moved to Leiden, The Netherlands, where she studied at Leiden University for two Master's Degrees: American History and English Language and Culture.
Brunella has a wide range of experience in editing, proofreading and writing. She was Editor-in-Chief for several brochures and magazines, along with a newspaper titled Vox Discipulorum. She was an intern for Award-winning "Yo!Raps" Magazine, the most read online magazine in Europe, where she covered the role of News Editor.
Brunella's field of expertise is African American culture, ranging from music to literature and politics. She speaks four languages (Italian, English, Spanish and Japanese) and her passions in life are reading, writing and travelling.
Brunella is CELTA qualified and an EFL teacher. She is also the author of Gangster Movies in Gangsta Rap. For more info on the book or to purchase it, visit Brunella's website: http://www.brunellairmacostagliola.com/.
CV and portfolio on request.
Latest Articles
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Racial Segregation at Fort Jackson Army Base in South Carolina
During the Second World War African Americans who wanted to fight for their country had to deal with severe life conditions due to the racial segregation
May 2, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Executive Order 9981 Ends Racial Segregation in the Armed Forces
In 1948 President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981 that effectively ends segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces
Apr 20, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Jane Austen's Emma: an Imperfect Heroin
In her novel Emma, Jane Austen presents an errant heroin who eventually adheres to the true cult of womanhood and becomes part of the 19th-century society
Apr 19, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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World War II: Turning Point in the History of Black America
The Second World War is considered to be by many historians a pivotal moment in the struggle for equality that eventually led to the Civil Rights Movement
Apr 13, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Use of Leitmotif in Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time in America
Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone work together in the movie Once Upon a Time in America to create the music of memory
Apr 13, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Female Representation in Housekeeping and Little Women
Defamiliarization of traditional notions of domesticity in Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping" in opposition to Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"
Apr 11, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Destabilizing Fiction in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeepimg
Robinson deconstructs binary oppositions in her novel Housekeeping, thus creating destabilizing fiction that shocks the reader out of common preconceptions
Apr 11, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Slave Narratives: First American Literary Genre
From Olaudah Equiano to Frederick Douglass and William W. Brown, the slave narratives are a true testament of how literacy can lead to freedom
Apr 10, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The cult of womanhood, its deconstruction and the creation of true sisterhood in Harriet Jacobs' autobiography
Apr 10, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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Richard Wright: Black Boy. A Record of Childhood and Youth
The importance of literacy and the power of words are two main themes in Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy
Apr 10, 2012
- Brunella Irma Costagliola
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