Sökning: "African American diaspora"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden African American diaspora.

  1. 1. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Författare :KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

    Sammanfattning : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 'Master of My Faith, Captain of My Soul' : Identity and Community in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    L3-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Veronica Söderlund; [2017]
    Nyckelord :community; identity; Toni Morrison; Maya Angelou; diaspora; otherness;

    Sammanfattning : This essay is a close reading of the novels Beloved by Toni Morrison and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou with the purpose of analyzing the impact and role of the African American community in two characters’ formation of self. The aim is to contrast and compare the two chosen characters’ experiences with their respective African American communities and discuss common ground, similarities and differences. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Denial of Motherhood in Beloved and Crossing the River : A Postcolonial Literary Study of How the Institution of Slavery Has Restricted Motherhood for Centuries

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Författare :Sofia Wike; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Toni Morrison; Beloved; Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; slavery; postcolonialism; colonialism; motherhood; African diaspora; racism.;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay is to explore motherhood in two postcolonial literary works by African American author Toni Morrison and British author Caryl Phillips, who was born in the Caribbean. The essay is based on Morrison’s award winning novel Beloved, which was published in 1987 and was inspired by the escaping African American slave Margareth Garner. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Toni Morrison’s Hero: A Song of Solemn Men

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Chris Rasmussen; [2014-02-06]
    Nyckelord :engelska; Toni Morrison; Song of Solomon; quest genre; African American diaspora;

    Sammanfattning : This essay claims Song of Solomon is an example of a hero’s journey, aligned with the narratological features of the genre. Through an analysis of comradeship as the virtue of the quest, the hero’s identity within family, gender and geography becomes a function of access to ancestry. LÄS MER