Essays about: "Black womanhood"

Found 4 essays containing the words Black womanhood.

1. 1. Making Lemonade from Lemons : Analyzing the Mainstream Discourse of a Pop Music Hit through a Feminist Lens

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Allisa Lindo; [2017]
   Keywords : postfeminism; agency; representation; Black womanhood; media power; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The release of Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album Lemonade was one of the most talked about pop culture moments of the year. The album went on to become the highest-selling album of the year. READ MORE

3. 2. Experiences of Black Womanhood in Swedish Academia: Contested Narratives

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Katja Andersson; [2016-12-14]
   Keywords : racism; blackness; intersectionality; academia; students; faculty; autoethnography;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how black women as students and faculty members experience racism in Swedish universities, and what strategies they use to cope and resist. Through their lived experiences and autoethnographic elements I found similar experiences, reflections and a multitude of reactions. READ MORE

4. 3. Resistance of Female Stereotypes in The Bluest Eye  : Destroying Images of Black Womanhood and Motherhood

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Fardosa Abdalla; [2014]
   Keywords : African-American criticism; resistance; stereotypes; archetypes; images; womanhood; motherhood; Mammy; Matriarch; Morrison; The Bluest Eye;

   Abstract : Stereotypes and myths are created by media to simplify and mystify reality. The two are used to form negative stereotypical images that are used as tools of social oppression in today’s white patriarchy. READ MORE

5. 4. Performing islam in europe : a case study of Poetic Pilgrimage´s performance of empowerment in-between art and religion

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier

   Author : Elisabete Suzana; [2013]
   Keywords : Islam in Europe; Critical Race; Performance; Afrocentric Islam; Black; Muslim; Womanhood; Islamic Hip Hop; Youth Culture; Empowerment;

   Abstract : In this thesis I explore performances of empowerment in the work and artistic persona of Londonbased hip hop duo Poetic Pilgrimage. By using intersectionality, critical race and performance theories, I sketched a possible reading of their performance of religion in the complex context of their positionality as black, british, women, muslim converts and performing artists. READ MORE