African American  (tagged articles)

Sociolinguistic Bias in AP Style: How News Media Deny African American Vernacular English Realities

Andrew B. Keefe - In Media Representations and the Global Imagination, Orgad (2012) addresses the division between content and interpretative analyses of media representations in critical theory research (36). This paper attempts a marriage of structural and cultural methods, both highlighting... Keep Reading »

Visual Persuasion: The Media's Use of Images in Framing People Groups

Caitlin O'Donnell - This article compares the media's framing of five groups in response to a societal catalyst that propelled them into the public and media spotlight: Native Americans during the Indian Wars; women during the suffrage movement; African Americans during the Civil Rights... Keep Reading »

Duke Ellington's Jazz Narrative of the African-American: Black, Brown, and Beige

Sawyer A. Theriault - To assume the task of narrating the history of an overtly oppressed race is a daunting responsibility. Nonetheless, Edward Kennedy Ellington undertook this task in composing the multi-movement jazz suite Black, Brown, and Beige. Originally debuted at Carnegie Hall... Keep Reading »

Jazz Writing: Identity and Multiculturalism in Jazz Literature

Sawyer A. Theriault - Jazz is not a solitary art. Its form does not only reveal itself in the music. Jazz finds manifestation in many other forms of expression, including the powerful narratives encompassing jazz literature. In all of its modes, jazz narrates a people’s emotional... Keep Reading »

Slavery and Religion in the Antebellum South

Iulia O. Basu-Zharku - For many decades, scholars have debated the importance of religion in helping slaves cope with the horrible experience of slavery in the antebellum South. However, the way they treated the subject differs and the conclusions they reached are varied. From the early... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword African American is tagged in the following 8 articles.

News Media
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Sociolinguistic Bias in AP Style: How News Media Deny African American Vernacular English Realities
By Andrew B. Keefe
In Media Representations and the Global Imagination, Orgad (2012) addresses the division between content and interpretative analyses of media representations in critical theory research (36). This paper attempts a marriage of structural and cultural... Read Article »
African American Vernacular English AAVE News Media Reporting Bias Language Varieties AP Style Linguistics
Media
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
Visual Persuasion: The Media's Use of Images in Framing People Groups
By Caitlin O'Donnell
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
This article compares the media's framing of five groups in response to a societal catalyst that propelled them into the public and media spotlight: Native Americans during the Indian Wars; women during the suffrage movement; African Americans during... Read Article »
Native Americans Women's Rights African Americans Muslim Americans Japanese Americans Pearl Harbor September 11th Suffrage Civil Rights Movement
Jazz
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
Duke Ellington's Jazz Narrative of the African-American: Black, Brown, and Beige
By Sawyer A. Theriault
To assume the task of narrating the history of an overtly oppressed race is a daunting responsibility. Nonetheless, Edward Kennedy Ellington undertook this task in composing the multi-movement jazz suite Black, Brown, and Beige. Originally debuted... Read Article »
African American Studies Duke Ellington Jazz Mahalia Jackson Identity Voice
Jazz
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
Jazz Writing: Identity and Multiculturalism in Jazz Literature
By Sawyer A. Theriault
Jazz is not a solitary art. Its form does not only reveal itself in the music. Jazz finds manifestation in many other forms of expression, including the powerful narratives encompassing jazz literature. In all of its modes, jazz narrates a people... Read Article »
African American Studies Jazz Jazz Literature Multiculturalism Ntozake Shange James Baldwin Ralph Ellison Duke Ellington
Slavery
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Slavery and Religion in the Antebellum South
By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku
For many decades, scholars have debated the importance of religion in helping slaves cope with the horrible experience of slavery in the antebellum South. However, the way they treated the subject differs and the conclusions they reached are varied... Read Article »
Slavery Slaves And Religion Antebellum South Religion Of Slavery American Slavery African American Traditions
August Wilson
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
The "N-Word:" The Use and Development of the Term "Nigger" in African-American Culture, as Depicted in the Plays of August Wilson
By Stephanie C. Grogan
August Wilson represents the experiences of African-Americans in each decade of the 20th century in his Pittsburgh Cycle, a collection of ten plays. Throughout this canon, language is used not just as an important form of communication amongst... Read Article »
August Wilson African-American Experience Slang Pittsburgh Cycle African American Culture N Word
Richard Wright
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
An Insatiable Hunger: A Literary Analysis of Richard Wright's Autobiography, "Black Boy"
By Sarah J. Turner
The autobiography Black Boy, by Richard Wright, is a tale of hope and determination. It catalogues Wright’s life growing up as an African-American in Jim Crow South, depicting the economic and social struggles that were stereotypical for African... Read Article »
Richard Wright Black Boy American Hunger Autobiography Literary Analysis Insatiable Hunger Hunger For Knowledge Jim Crow South African American Studies
Sermons
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Sermons in Sociolinguistic Skins: An Analysis of Wharry's Study on Discourse Markers in African-American Sermons
By Scott Berghegger
In her article, “Amen and Hallelujah preaching: Discourse functions in African American sermons,” Cheryl Wharry examines the use of “sermonic expressions” by African American preachers to denote textual changes, to mark rhythm... Read Article »
Sociolinguistics Sermon African American African-American Ebonic Cheryl Wharry Discourse Discourse Marker

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