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    Historical Theories and Methods. These three ideas can sometimes fuse with each other creating a complex discussion of what they mean. One topic that interests me that relates with these ideas is a study of the origins of the following words‚ Hispanic‚ Latina/o‚ and Chicana/o. These words mean a lot to a complex community that exists along the United States and Mexican border. These words usually can lead to an identity predicament amongst people in these communities. The three theories and methods

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    Black holes do not exist—at least‚ not as we know them‚ says renowned physicist Stephen Hawking‚ potentially provoking a rethink of one of space’s most mysterious objects. A new study from Hawking also says that black holes may not possess "firewalls‚" destructive belts of radiation that some researchers have proposed would incinerate anything that passes through them but others scientists deem an impossibility. (Editor’s note: Watch for our feature "The Truth About Black Holes" in the March

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    Kate Chopin’s "The Awakening"‚ is a story about Edna Pontellier. A nineteenth century women looking for her self and discovering new and magnificent qualities in herself and the people she meets during her summer vacation with her husband and children on Grand Isle. This work was considered highly controversial at its time of publishing in 1899 because of its overtly feminist themes; because this is not a story about her marriage or her motherhood but instead a story about the woman herself and her

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    Abbie Alexander Profession Feminist Theory September 26‚ 2015 The Importance of Personal Narratives Personal Narratives carry more authority than scholarly studies‚ because they are the voices of women varying in color‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ religion‚ and cultural background. The feminist movement operates on the assumption that experiences of upper-middle class white women represent a universal female identity. In order for the feminist movement to gain traction‚ we must recognize the systemic

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    Feminist Criticism “Feminist criticism derives from a critique of a history of oppression‚ in this case the history of women’s inequality” (Mays 2347). Women have always been second to men in mostly everything they are competing in. Even if the man and woman have the exact same job‚ the man is probably making more money just because he is a man. Women barely got the chance to vote less than fifty years ago! Women still have a long way to go to catch up where the men are‚ because men have always

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    Black women have played a pivotal role in the construction of the blues traditions of African American culture‚ regardless of whether they have be credited as such. In her article “How HBO’s "Bessie" Brings A Dynamic Portrayal of Black Womanhood to the Screen”‚ Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn proposes that Dee Rees’ film Bessie “embodies the social changes of African-Americans at the turn of the century‚ and the women whose musical texts embodied a rich cultural legacy and a new frontier for women..

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    Chopp has wrestled intellectually and spiritually with the idea of black theology as public discourse. Feminist theology and black theology are placed beside one another in order to magnify their significance. Chopp seeks to not only reimagine public discourse in light of feminist and black theology but also‚ examine prospective visions of how these two theologies may contribute to the public space and theology while arguing that all theology is public. Three rubrics are used in Chopp’s argument:

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    and Scholarship 3/11/2012 Legally Blonde: Feminist Film Theory Feminism is a movement that has had a great impact in the world of film‚ and how we interpret it. During the second wave of feminism that occurred throughout the United States‚ feminist scholars began developing and applying more theories‚ that arose during this movement‚ to the way they analyzed film. The various tactics and topics that are contained under the umbrella of feminist film theory are‚ but not limited to‚ sexism‚ female stereotypes

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    * Feminist criticism defines a literary theory showing how women were portrayed as less valuable than men in literature throughout history. Usually called feminist literary criticism‚ it studies how early writings condoned the oppression of women because men dominated society. Feminist criticism also explores how women writers were taken less seriously than male authors from a historical A criticism advocating equal rights for women in a political‚ economic‚ social‚ psychological‚ personal

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    representing approximately three different generations of black music (40 years apart – 1920s‚ 1960s and 2000s). Members of the group have researched literature on black music in these specific periods of time‚ choosing the songs by either black male or female artists to examine in terms of the messages transmitted through their work about the relationship between men and women of the Black Diaspora. One group member will present how Black Women are depicted in music videos. The objective is to analyze

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