Terms Audre Lorde: a black lesbian feminist socialist; uses poetry to address issues of “difference” such as sexism‚ ageism‚ and racism; aims to encourage oppressed members of society to stretch out and bridge the gap between the actualities of our lives and the consciousness of our oppressor Sisterhood: underlying idea that women can relate through their gender‚ while not undermining their ‘sisters’ experiences of race‚ sexuality‚ sex‚ class‚ gender. Relations of mutuality‚ co-responsibility‚ and
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In the past couple of weeks instead of talking about the involvement of the adults during the civil rights movement instead the focus has been on the involvement of children and adolescents. Some of the people and events talked about include Emmett Till being beaten to death and shot‚ the Little Rock Crisis were nine African Americans who are some of the top in their current situation are being protested against to the point of needing military involvement‚ the children’s march were little African
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ideas of Black feminist intellectuals‚ as well as those African-American women outside. She provides the work of Black feminist thinkers‚ Angela Davis who was an American political activist‚ Alice Walker who wrote the book “The Colour Purple‚” and Audre Lorde an American writer and civil rights activist. Although the book focused on the black feminist thought of intellectuals and activists‚ the author believed‚ that those experiences and perspectives of black women would serve as a lens for understanding
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John Homsy Mr. Del Monte ENG 1D1 7 May 2012 Fighting Fire With Fire Only Gets You Burned “I object to violence because when it appears to do good‚ the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent” (Mahatma Ghandi). This quote says that violence can solve problems but only temporarily‚ the solution is never permanent. In many situations violence has sparked more violence‚ not just in Romeo and Juliet but in real life situations. William Shakespeare manages to take real-life themes
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The three following poems‚ ‘‘My Papa’s Waltz’’ by Theodore Rothke‚ ‘‘The Back Seat of My Mother’s Car’’ by Julia Copus and ‘‘Hanging Fire’’ by Audre Lorde‚ are told from a child’s point of view who‚ nostalgic‚ remembers and longs for something. We understand that the child telling its story may be now grown up and recalling its childhood memories or is still young and describing its current feelings. ‘‘My Papa’s Waltz’’ is about a man who morosely relives his waltzing with his drunken father as a
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Femisnism in novel Makaan of Paigham Afaqui Feminist literature‚ as the name suggests‚ is based on the principles of feminism‚ and refers to any literary work that centers on the struggle of a woman for equality‚ and to be accepted as a human being‚ before being cast into a gender stereotype. Not all these works follow a direct approach towards this goal of equality. It is only through such media that women believed a change was possible in the way they were perceived in society. Not all feminist
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University of Waterloo Department of Drama and Speech Communication SPCOM 401 Gender‚ Communication and Culture Fall 2014 Tuesdays 2:30-5:20 ML 117 Instructor Information Instructor: Dr. Shana MacDonald Office: ML 254A Office Phone: x 35157 Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm Email: shana.macdonald@uwaterloo.ca Course Description In this course students examine multiple relationships between communication and gender. The class emphasizes how communication creates gender and gendered
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Since the Europeans settled in North America‚ African-Americans were oppressed and enslaved by whites. Although the Civil War abolished slavery‚ there was still racial segregation that excluded blacks from certain rights; there was still a harsh system of inequality by white supremacy. Blacks were banned from associating with whites in regular and public institutions such as schools‚ restrooms‚ restaurants‚ etc. Racial discrimination disadvantages blacks from rights of citizenship. During this time
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Summary I really enjoyed watching the film Bye‚ Bye Brazil. I found it to be amusing as well as heartbreaking. I loved Gypsy Lorde. His character had the charisma bordering that of a male chauvinist pig to that of a gentleman. I liked the way the director used symbolic images to get his point across to the audience. I think if I had not done research on the Internet for most of our assignments as well as reading the textbook‚ I would have found the movie very educational. I had no questions after
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TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE WEEK ONE /TWO JAN 14: FIRST DAY OF CLASS! Welcome!!! SYLLABUS & INTRO TO CLASS (read syllabus and introduction to course . . . “look around” in the Blackboard “Course Management System” ). READING ASSIGNMENT # 1 FOR QUIZ #1: DUE DATE TO BE READ: midnight Tuesday (12:00 A.M. E.S.T. Wednesday )‚ JANUARY 22 (Quiz 1 will post Wednesday‚ January 23rd and is Due to be taken no later than Monday‚ January 28th)
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