YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Representations of Black Women in Media
Essays 61 - 90
"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...
In five pages Grace Nichol's poetry is examined in terms of the images of resistance and stereotypes they employ with a discussion...
In six pages this paper discusses the Jezebel, Mammy, and Sapphire stereotypes for black women as referenced in Ar'n't I A Woman? ...
to the whites blatant disregard for such legal safeguards. Fear resided at the crux of this indifference toward the law, inasmuch...
"African American womens rights and underscores their physical, emotional and sociocultural vulnerability to HIV/AIDS" (Williams, ...
An article on African American actress Jada Pinkett is discussed in this tutorial essay of five pages in an exploration of the med...
In five pages this papre examines how the media portrayal of homosexuals have reinforced negative attitudes and stereotype perpetu...
culture may be seen as the culture of ordinary people, but has a basis in history, Strinati (1995), argues that this is usually se...
elected to Prime Minister of Ghana. At the onset he was very popular and effective in getting his programs supported by parliament...
more than provide a reflection of the times, or to subconsciously inform women and girls about their roles. In many cases, the med...
is exemplified by the nuclear family that leaves women unfulfilled. It is ultimately this missing part of life--or the lack of fre...
This essay, first of all, considers the impact of recent media exposure in regards to domestic violence incidents and celebrities....
Council Chairman Dr. Ian Bogle claimed that there is a cult of "bodily perfection" that is perpetuated by media (2000). Recommenda...
statement, but a truth. Women are, by nature, very different from men and thus do not aggressively involve themselves in violence ...
In ten pages body image is considered in this overview and examines how culture and media influence body perception along with res...
In 3 pages this paper discusses how women's involvement in the U.S. labor force was profoundly influenced by the role of African A...
In five pages this paper examines the public criticism directed at women's reproductive rights' crusader Margaret Sanger in a cons...
In eight pages popular literature is reviewed in this discussion of breast implants and examines why women opt for this procedure ...
property holders voted from 1691 to 1780. The Continental Congress debated the woman-suffrage movement question at length, decidi...
Black minstrelsy and its role throughouth the history of Black American culture is discussed within the context of Eileen Southern...
exhibit the most extreme misogynistic trends. Girls are often scantily clad, and dance provocatively. They are often dubbed "hoes"...
separate as the five fingers, and yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress" (quoted by Du Bois 24). This "c...
the opportunities that were available to the African American in the 1960s, in terms of employment, have changed drastically in th...
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Toni Morrison's book Jazz with Louis Armstrong's song Black and Blue....
vision, no true identity, and certainly does not connect with his African American culture. His mother, however, changes some o...
simply to, "Just work" (Real Women Have Curves). This suggests that Latinas are expected to know their place - at the lowest rung...
out. My grandmother had little education in the formal sense yet she had overwhelming common sense. She learned to appreciate th...
grouped under the loose heading of "Jim Crow," not only forbade blacks from voting, but also segregated them from white citizens i...
find it difficult to adjust. He has just gotten out of the prison camp and wanders the streets: "Ah, a good meal, of course. Now,...
2005). Black holes are thought to have originated from the collapse of very large stars, but it is also hypothesized that mini bla...