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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"The Black Man"”.
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The madness of the Black man on his own: an analysis of the silences of history, in search of herstory
The primary purpose of this thesis is to examine the autobiographical works of three Black South African women -- Mamphela Ramphele, Bessie Head, and Ellen Kuzwayo -- to see if and how they were impacted by the masculine discourse of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), which was articulated in …
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The Journey to Manhood in Gaines' Bloodline
… of five short stories Bloodline, (1968) depicts the effects of racism and its denigrating effects on the lives of the black men. Gaines use of animal imagery furthers the effects of racism on the psychology of the blacks. The resolution comes around in the form of a mentor who helps the …
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Black Male Representations in Non-Urban Settings in The UK
Inspired by Frantz Fanon’s assertion ‘the Black man has no ontological resistance in the eyes of the White man’ (Fanon,1982:110) this research project analyses the ways in which representation has affected the performativity of Black masculinity in non-urban settings in the UK. Framed by a Practice …
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Black boy confusion, assimilation, and discovery: an urban leader’s experience with grief and trauma colored by anti-blackness
The purpose of this critical autoethnographic research was to explore, as a Black male, my personal experiences with trauma and loss that may lead to identifying and reflecting on indicators of the phenomena among Black students. Trauma and loss in this confessional tale is defined as the death, …
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Diasporic Reasoning: The Idea of Africa and the Production of Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century America
<p>This dissertation explores the significance of Africa (both as a literal geographic space and as an imagined or symbolic space) in 19th century American intellectual and literary culture. I argue that when nineteenth-century intellectuals grappled with the institution of slavery, the …
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An Exploration of the Selkirk Treaty
In 1817, the fifth Earl of Selkirk and certain Saulteaux chiefs negotiated the Selkirk Treaty to secure the existence of a fragile Euro-Canadian settlement near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Selkirk died soon after, and his agents and successors disputed the content of the …
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The art and tradition of Black autobiography in the eighteenth century
<p>Recent interest in the autobiographical mode of writing has focused on almost all forms of fictional and nonfictional works of literature. Articles and books have appeared on religious and political authors, such as Malcolm X, Norman Mailer, and Eldridge Cleaver; while at the same time other …
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The development of the social creed of the Methodist church
The purpose of this Dissertation is to trace in Methodism, with particular reference to the official records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the rise of social interest and action which led to the formulation and adoption of the Social Creed. The Creed is a comprehensive statement of ideals and …