Essays about: "Black Americans"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Black Americans.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Aesthetic injustice

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Rodarte; [2023]
    Keywords : Aesthetic injustice; potential aesthetic agents; testimonial aesthetic injustice; hermeneutical aesthetic injustice; aesthetic dysfunction.;

    Abstract :   I argue that talking about aesthetic injustice implies reflection about some failures on the exercise of aesthetic judgment due to mechanisms of oppression, which have a negative impact on the development of potential aesthetic agents.  I claim that mechanisms of oppression like aesthetic identity prejudice, oppression or lack of recognition of sensitivities, and aesthetic dysfunctionality in sites of enunciation continue undermining the degree of validation of potential aesthetic agents - who mostly belong to historical oppressed groups like women, black people, indigenous, native Americans, among others. READ MORE

  4. 3. From the Margins to the Center : Hip Hop and Rap as Infrastructure for the Black Americans in the 1980s and early 1990s

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Senta Terner; [2022]
    Keywords : Hip hop; Rap; Black Americans; Racism; Postcolonial Studies; Popular Culture;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether hip hop, and rap in particular, was an infrastructure for the lower-class of Black Americans in the 1980s and early 1990s to transport their concerns, knowledge, and protest from the margins to the center. It first demonstrates what issues Black Americans from the ghetto have raised in terms of content in the first place. READ MORE

  5. 4. Whose War Is It Anyway? : Reflections on identity formation of ethnic minorities in nationalintegration of U.S. and British militaries during World War One

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Zachary Christy; [2022]
    Keywords : nation; nationalism; imagined community; invented traditions; Black Americans; German Americans; Irish; World War One; identity; Fog of War Complex;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the study of ethnic minority groups and their national identity formation process as a result of their collective experience during, and understanding of, World War One. The groups observed are Black Americans and German Americans from the United States, as well as the Irish from Great Britain. READ MORE

  6. 5. Framing the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests: a socio-legal study of partisan news coverage

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Leander Clément; [2022]
    Keywords : Black Lives Matter; Protest Paradigm; Moral Foundations Theory; police brutality; racial bias; news coverage; CNN; Fox News; New York Times; framing; legal culture; socio-legal; sociology of law; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The 2020 Black Lives Matter protests brought national attention to the issue of police brutality against black Americans. Across the US, millions of people participated in the protests. This study was conducted with the aim to study news coverage of those events from a socio-legal perspective. READ MORE