African-American

The keyword African-American is tagged in the following 5 articles.

Zora Neale Hurston's Sweat and the Black Female Voice: The Perspective of the African-American Woman

May 23, 2012 - 2285 words | Women's Studies » Feminist Literature

Zora Neale Hurston is the author of the acclaimed short story Sweat. The story was published in 1926, an incredible accomplishment considering the obstacles faced by black female authors at the time. Viewing the piece through the lens of feminist literary criticism... Read Article »

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African-American Studies Feminist Literature Black Feminism Zora Neale Hurston

Racial Uplift: Acculturation to the Dominant Culture in Contending Forces by Pauline E. Hopkins

October 27, 2011 - 3306 words | African-American Studies » African-american Literature

Domestic fiction reigned in women’s literature during the nineteenth-century. These narratives defined ”True Womanhood,” where the female exemplified four pillars: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. They are meant to reject the public... Read Article »

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African-American Literature Literary Criticism Acculturation Dominant Culture

The "N-Word:" The Use and Development of the Term "Nigger" in African-American Culture, as Depicted in the Plays of August Wilson

January 10, 2011 - 3858 words | Linguistics » August Wilson

August Wilson represents the experiences of African-Americans in each decade of the 20th century in his Pittsburgh Cycle, a collection of ten plays. Throughout this canon, language is used not just as an important form of communication amongst the characters... Read Article »

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August Wilson African-American Experience Slang Pittsburgh Cycle African American Culture N Word

In Search of Manhood: The Black Male's Struggle for Identity and Power

November 3, 2009 - 5143 words | African-American Studies » Discrimination

Within the cultural framework of America, the systemic structure is characterized by White male patriarchy that allows for Black males to have the ability to negotiate the way in which they have been socialized and institutionalized to think, act, and behave because... Read Article »

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Black Men African-American Males Identity Patriarchy Manhood Oppression African American Black Struggle For Identity And Power

Sermons in Sociolinguistic Skins: An analysis of Wharry's study on discourse markers in African-American sermons

October 22, 2009 - 1722 words | African-American Studies » Sermons

In her article, “Amen and Hallelujah preaching: Discourse functions in African American sermons,” Cheryl Wharry examines the use of “sermonic expressions” by African American preachers to denote textual changes, to mark rhythm (a feature commonly... Read Article »

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Sociolinguistics Sermon African American African-American Ebonic Cheryl Wharry Discourse Discourse Marker