Authors: Lawrence Hill
Blood (37 page)
Islam,
24
,
26
,
38
,
142
; honour killings of,
81
; in Spain/Iberian Peninsula,
225
,
266
,
288
,
313
“Jack and the Beanstalk,”
250
Jama, Saeed,
176
James (the Greater), Saint,
269
James, Bridie, and Martin Daly,
81
Japan: atomic bombing of,
91
; and attack on Pearl Harbor,
102
,
174
; ritual suicide in,
79
; stem cell clinical trial in,
97
Japanese-Canadians, internment/deportation of,
174
Jefferson, Thomas, and relationship with Sally Hemings,
303
; children born of,
303
,
306
,
307
;
DNA
proof of,
303
,
308
; and Jefferson’s anti-slavery stance,
305
; journalist’s exposure of,
304
Jeruchim, Simon,
291
Jews: as accused of killing Christians,
265
,
271
; as allowed Israeli citizenship,
173
; “blood purity” of,
154
,
264
,
265
,
288
,
313
; Catholic/Spanish persecution of,
225
,
265
,
313
; as converted to Judaism,
155
; as converting to Christianity,
267
; as Holocaust victims,
229
,
270
; identity of,
152
; matrilineal ancestry of,
152
,
155
; “passing” as black,
287
; “passing” to survive Holocaust,
155
,
289
,
294
; Shylock’s case for,
63
.
See also
Judaism
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital,
105
Johnson, Ben,
120
,
130
,
132
; Olympic victory of,
120
,
123
; public shaming of,
121
,
123
; steroid use by,
120
,
123
Johnson, Ira,
301
Jones, Isabella,
301
Jordan, Marc,
149
Juana, Sor (Juana Inés de la Cruz),
235
;
Answer
of,
236
,
237
,
238
; background of,
236
; Catholic Church persecution of,
235
,
238
; and life of letters,
235
,
237
; Paz as biographer of,
235
,
237
,
238
; as poet/playwright,
235
,
237
; and renunciation signed in blood,
235
,
239
; on Spanish Inquisition,
265
; translations of poems by,
237
; as victim of plague,
235
,
239
Judaism,
26
,
84
,
221
; conversion to,
155
; matrilineal ancestry of,
152
,
155
; and menstruation,
39
,
234
; Passover story/tradition of,
11
,
63
.
See also
Jews
Judith and Holofernes,
84
.
See also
Gentileschi, Artemisia
Justice, Daniel Heath,
199
Kahnawake (Québec),
211
kamikaze
pilots,
79
Katzew, Ilona:
Casta Painting
,
188
Keino, Kipchoge,
71
Kennedy, Edward M. (Ted),
149
Kennedy, John F.,
149
Kennedy, Robert F. (Bobby),
149
Kiernan, Ben,
271
Kim Duk-Koo,
246
Kim Il-sung,
150
Kim Jong-il,
150
Kim Jong-un,
150
King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
106
Kleinman, Lida (later Lidia Siciarz),
291
Kobler, William,
114
Koch, Robert,
24
Komagata Maru
incident,
182
Korean War,
33
Kramer, Heinrich:
Malleus Maleficarum
(
The Hammer of Witches
),
226
Krever, Horace, and Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada,
108
Ku Klux Klan,
301
Lawson, Cheryl,
54
leeches, use of,
24
Le Franc, Martin:
Le Champion des Dames
,
225
Lemkin, Raphael,
271
Lennon, John,
149
Lennon, Julian,
149
leukocytes.
See
white blood cells
Levêque, Auguste:
Bacchanalia
,
223
Leviticus, Book of,
26
,
39
,
234
,
266
Lewis, Carl,
120
Lilith (Judaic demoness),
221
Lilitu (Sumerian demoness),
221
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania),
146
literature: author’s career in/works of,
144
,
193
,
277
; “blood purity” theme in,
260
,
262
,
265
; and rhythm of poetry/writing,
12
,
64
,
234
; vampires in,
260
; witches in,
227
Livy,
224
Logan, Lara,
220
London, Jack:
The Call of the Wild
,
244
Louis
XVI
,
255
Louis, Joe,
70
Lown, Bernard,
105
lymphocytes,
15
Macbeth
(Shakespeare),
282
,
284
,
285
Mackenzie, Ian,
175
Madison, Dolley,
306
Madison, James,
306
Maimonides,
26
Malleus Maleficarum
(Kramer),
226
Malmström, August:
Örvar Odd Informs Ingeborg about Hjalmar’s Death
,
166
Mancini, Ray,
246
Manitoba Act,
201
Marie Antoinette,
255
Marius, Raymonde,
53
Martel, Émile:
Écrits profanes: un choix de textes
(translations of poems by Sor Juana),
237
MASH
(Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units,
33
Mauroy, Antoine,
30
Mayo Clinic,
101
McBride, James:
The Color of Water
,
287
McCarty, Luther,
246
McClintock, Martha,
38
McCulloch, Ernest,
94
McPherson, Tara:
Lilitu
,
222
McPhillips, Albert E.,
183
Medea,
82
megakaryocytes,
16
.
See also
platelets
Mengele, Josef,
229
menstruation,
34
,
142
,
234
; bloodletting and,
25
; as “Curse,”
40
; and lack of cleanliness/purity,
38
,
42
; men and,
40
; poetry slam on,
37
; as proof of inferiority,
36
; as religious taboo,
38
,
234
; safe/effective products for,
42
; synchrony of,
38
The Merchant of Venice
(Shakespeare),
63
Merlet, Agnes:
Artemisia
,
85
Meslin, Eric M.,
25
Métis,
200
; census racialization of,
200
; as considered “half-breeds,”
200
; as defined by blood quantum,
204
; distinct culture/language of,
206
,
212
; and Powley hunting rights case,
203
; and removal/adoption of children,
160
; Riel on proper description of,
201
; as ruled to be “Indians,”
212
Mexico, caste system of,
187
;
casta
paintings of,
188
Meyer, Stephenie,
260
Miles for Millions (walkathon),
71
,
73
Milne, A. A.: “Disobedience,”
13
miscegenation,
188
,
195
; Hitler on,
288
; Jefferson on,
305
,
306
Missouri v. McNeely
(U.S. case),
233
mitochondrial
DNA
,
311
mixed-race people, definition/categorization of,
187
; African ancestry and,
191
,
195
; American Indians and,
195
; under apartheid system,
191
,
193
; author’s family and,
3
,
12
,
135
,
186
,
188
; in Canadian census,
199
; First Nations and,
200
,
206
,
207
; Inuit and,
207
; as irrelevant for Aboriginal peoples,
199
,
200
,
206
,
310
; as irrelevant to humanity,
207
,
213
; in Latin American dictionary,
192
; Métis and,
200
,
212
; Mexican caste system and,
187
; Obama and,
213
; and “one-drop” rule,
192
,
213
; terminology of,
144
,
187
,
299
,
307
; Thurmond and,
194
Morgan, J. P.,
295