live performances that have a lasting effect on society or try to convey a message through art. In this case though‚ Hairspray has been the selected piece I’m choosing to write about. It is considered to be a flashy‚ catchy‚ musical that ultimately hits on racial segregation and inequality. In this paper‚ I will be covering different material ranging from the actual background story of the musical‚ the themes the musical is trying to convey‚ information on John Waters (the man who started it all)‚ some
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post-abolition ideologies in Brazil asserted that Indian and African races suffered from a number of defects- barbarianism‚ immorality‚ and impurity. Nina Rodrigues‚ the intellectual pioneer of this school of thought asserted that racial “purity” could be preserved through a system of whitening of the population. Blackness in particular‚ was inherently unclean‚ and a gradual darkening of the Brazilian population would lead away from the desirable “progress” of whitening (Butler‚ 1998). Consequently
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have been construed by many as racial profiling‚ because they focus on Muslims of Arab and South Asian origin; however‚ male African Americans have experienced this racial profiling for decades. Defining racial profiling and discussing its impact on America will show that even in the smallest of towns this is a common practice that is just not going away. We will be discussing racial profiling and the African American male; however‚ let’s begin with explaining that racial profiling is not limited to
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Loh 1 Ms Yang Tien Music Historical Overview 3rd September Beethoven and the heroic style Early eighteenth century marked the beginning of the middle period‚ which was said to be the most productive period out of his three compositional periods as some of his most magnificent works were produced during this time (Lockwood‚ 194). In this paper‚ I will examine the heroic style - why it came about‚ what are some characteristics of ‘heroic’ music and through the analysis of a ‘product of
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Ebner-Eschenbach‚ perhaps describes the harm of "white privilege" on American society. By its very definition privilege is a grace bestowed on one over another (Webster‚ 2006). In that sense‚ privilege is in and of itself an opposition to equality. In racial terms‚ if one group has been historically privileged over another‚ there will never be equality between the groups until a catastrophic new beginning can occur removing all trace of the bestowed privilege. White American privilege is the result of a country
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Racial Diversity: Historical Worksheet ‘Native Americans’ Cultural Diversity/125 Native Americans were settled in the country before anyone else. But they ended up being the most “abused” out of any race that ever settled in the country. Native Americans had to fight for land that was originally theirs and sometimes fight just to stay alive. The fight was usually the same too. If it wasn’t against settlers‚ it was against the government. In some areas‚ it’s still happening today. Now it’s
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What is Musical theatre and what makes it different than any other theatre with music forms‚ especially Opera? Musical Theatre The art of music‚ dance and drama have been linked together since the dawn of time and are still really connected with one another that it is inadvisable to try to tell the difference between them too definitely. Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 Figure 1 – Musical Theatre Performance4 It is rare a production has no music in it whatsoever. Most plays either call
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In the period 300CE to 1450CE‚ certain luxury goods in Afro-Eurasia changed from being specific to an individual country to being circulated in interregional trade‚ and the expansion of trade networks changed Easterners’ sheer oblivion of environmental knowledge to their creation of technological adaptations for trade‚ while the economic prosperity in existing trade routes stayed the same. The first change is developed through the introduction of certain luxury goods that were included in famous
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Professor Quimbey Humanities 2235 November 14‚ 2010 Musical Talents from the Baroque Era The Baroque era extended from late Renaissance and early Classical periods between 1600 and 1750. The origin of the term “baroque” comes from Portuguese and refers to an “irregular shaped pearl”. The era of Baroque music was an age of brilliant progress of knowledge. It was also known for the age of the scientific discoveries of Galileo and Newton‚ and advances in math of Descartes‚ Newton. Baroque period
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(ALL ABOUT MUSIC: The African American Language) Thesis: Music was a means‚ a leverage‚ a shrewd resort; it was for the real Negro who was‚ beneath the melody‚ thinking‚ and planning and advancing. “Communication in song was certainly safer than direct talk” and “slaves could further disguise their message by singing about freedom” (Russell Ames). To understand‚ what was called spirituals‚ a person must understand the language of slaves who song them. The language established by enslaves
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