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    blacks in the 1780s. The white and free coloured both staged elaborate masquerade balls at Christmas and as a “farewell to the flesh” before the Catholic Lenten season‚ with each group mimicking the other in their masking and entertainment. The West African slaves of these planters as well as free coloureds had their own masking traditions‚ and held festivities around the burning and harvesting of the sugar cane (this was known as cannes bruleés‚ anglicised as Canboulay or Camboulay). For each group

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    each person from the minute they are born. During the mid 1900’s‚ gender was not questioned and racism was heightened in America‚ which lead for much of literature to go with typical norms. When Toni Morrison wrote “Recitatif” and David Henry Hwang came out with the play “M. Butterfly”‚ they both pulled ideas from out of the box to create literature which had yet to be written about. For instance‚ a scene in “M. Butterfly” compares to two scenes in “Recitatif”‚ both displaying common stereotypes while

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    Gerald M. Zinampan II-5 (Marketing) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Long time before the Spaniards and other foreigners landed onPhilippine shores‚ our forefathers already had their own literature stamped in the history of our race. Our ancient literature shows our customs and traditions in everyday life as traced in our folk stories‚ old plays and short stories our ancient ancestors also had their own alphabet which was different from that brought by the Spaniards. The first alphabet used by our ancestors

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    take form‚ the idea of representation started to shift towards one where the demands of citizens came to be known. Today‚ representatives are seen as people whom citizens’ trust in speaking on their behalf. However‚ the two types of representation may have an effect on which representative constituents elect. The two types of representation‚ agency and descriptive‚ help define how constituents ensure that their interests are displayed in Congress. Even with agency representation being the majority type

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    possess. Elaboration on the text is also done through exploring the characterization of King Ebain‚ Eufeme‚ Eufemie‚ and Silence herself‚ and the relationships these characters have with one another. In Jane Burns’ book Bodytalk: When Women Speak in Old French Literature‚ she addresses how Silence’s male identity helps her from being reduced as a person. When Silence first meets nature she comments on her gender‚ Burns uses the translation “I am silent about my female identity (a male appearance) or

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    M05_LOBO3944_01_SE_C05.qxd 9/9/09 12:25 PM Page 201 V NATIVE REPRESENTATIONS: MEDIA AND THE ARTS 201 M05_LOBO3944_01_SE_C05.qxd 202 9/9/09 12:25 PM Page 202 NATIVE REPRESENTATIONS: MEDIA AND THE ARTS I n academics‚ the term representations refers to how meaning is constructed in our minds through language; be it words (e.g.‚ writing‚ poetry)‚ music (e.g.‚ traditional‚ modern‚ or rap lyrics)‚ storytelling (e.g.‚ spoken words‚ traditional languages)‚ or visual language (all forms of art

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    silence‚ mad and evil women in Wide Sargasso Sea that is written by Jean Rhys and Sula that is written by Toni Morrison. The first novel Wide Sargasso Sea contains women’s body‚ silence‚ feminist theories and racial oppression against patriarchy. Jean Rhys‚ using these perspectives‚ tells the story of Antoinette‚ patriarchy‚ British dominated rules and roles and limited perspectives of a woman. In Wide Sargasso Sea‚ Jean Rhys “exposes the marginalized condition of women within the patriarchal

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    In the trailer of Miss Representation educated people‚ professional people explained the women situation and status in the untied state of America is in these days‚ and since when it was like that and till when it will keep on going. The trailer summarizes the story in almost eight and half minutes‚ describing women’s role in the society. From my perspective I think Katie Couric (Anchor/ CBS evening news) said the main massage of this trailer at the end of the movie where she said‚ “ it depends on

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    SLIDE 3: REPRESENTATION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Representation is defined as “the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way” (“Representation‚” n.d.). Representations are generalisations or stereotypes about categories and how people or events belong to these categories (Stewart‚ & Kowaltzke‚ 2008)‚ Media representations are the ways that the media portray certain communities‚ experiences‚ groups‚ or ideas‚ from a particular valued perspective (Beach‚ 2015). Representations encourage

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    What is Marxism? Write a note on the influence of Marxism on literature. Marxism is a sociological approach to literature that viewed works of literature or art as the products of historical forces that can be analyzed by looking at the material conditions in which they were formed. Marxism generally focuses on the clash between the dominant and repressed classes in any given age and also may encourage art to imitate what is often termed an "objective" reality. Contemporary Marxism is much broader

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