Essays about: "Harlem"
Found 3 essays containing the word Harlem.
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1. The representation of black women in the Harlem riots of 1943 and 1964 : A comparative analysis
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : .... READ MORE
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2. Putting Jazz on the Page : "The Weary Blues" and "Jazztet Muted" by Langston Hughes
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The goal of this essay is to look at the poems “The Weary Blues” and “JAZZTETMUTED” (hereafter to be referred to as “JAZZTET”) by Langston Hughes andexamine their relationships to both the blues and jazz structurally, lyrically, andthematically. I examine the relationship of blues and jazz to the African-Americancommunity of Harlem, New York in the 1920’s and the 1950’s when the poems wererespectively published. READ MORE
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3. “A Plea for Color”: Color as a Path to Freedom in Nella Larsen’s Novel Quicksand
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how double-consciousness operates through contrastive color imagery in Nella Larsen’s novel Quicksand. A focal point of the analysis is to show how Larsen thematizes the ability to benefit from bright colors and how color choice determines the quality and level of freedom in life. Together with W. E. READ MORE