Essays about: "Black motherhood"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Black motherhood.

  1. 1. Everyday Resistance in Harriet Jacobs’s Autobiography

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Sara Calmius; [2024]
    Keywords : Resistance studies; Everyday resistance; Harriet Jacobs; Black motherhood; Antebellum America; Slavery;

    Abstract : This essay examines Harriet Jacobs’s autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl from the perspective of resistance theory. The essay uses the analytical framework created by Anna Johansson and Stellan Vinthagen in Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance': A Transdisciplinary Approach (2020) to concretize and understand different resistance methods and how black women resisted while navigating in society as slaves and as mothers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Traces of the Past : Reclaiming Feminine and Maternal Identity in the Wake of Slavery, as Portrayed in the Novels Beloved and Jazz.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Ira Elaika Konduk; [2023]
    Keywords : motherhood; individuality; mutuality; African Americans; Black feminist criticism;

    Abstract : Using Black feminist criticism, this study will examine the influence of the multifaceted yet simultaneous system of oppression on individuality and mutuality in the aftermath of slavery, as depicted in Toni Morrison’s works in Beloved and Jazz. Furthermore, this essay will explore the effects of the intersecting system of oppression on the characters’ identity formation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Transformative Lesbian Experiences in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple : A Look at Celie’s Development

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Bäckman Ellen; [2023]
    Keywords : The Color Purple; abuse; feminism; compulsory heterosexuality; lesbianism;

    Abstract : The Color Purple (1982) focuses on highlighting Celie’s journey throughout life as an oppressed black woman living in the South in the United States in the early 1900s. Celie is abused mentally, physically, and sexually by her stepfather Alphonso and her husband Mr. _____. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Black woman's fight against oppression: Celie's transformation in the Color Purple

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Hanna Stark; [2023]
    Keywords : The Color Purple; Celie; feminism; oppression; gender traits; masculine femininity;

    Abstract : In the novel the Color Purple (1982), the author, Alice Walker, highlights the oppression African American women had to endure in the South, during the 1920s. It tells the story of the protagonist Celie's life, from being a sexual abused girl, to becoming an independent woman. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Eva Yigit; [2020]
    Keywords : abject; Beloved; Derrida; deconstruction; écriture féminine; ghost; Kristeva; Morrison; motherhood; poststructuralism; semiotic order; spectrality; slavery; trauma.;

    Abstract : This paper utilizes poststructuralist theory to investigate the polysemic nature of the eponymous character Beloved in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved. The ghostly, anachronistic presence of Beloved renders the text open to multiple interpretations and this essay sets out to explore the ways in which meaning is created and communicated. READ MORE