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Individual and Communal Identity In African-Americans, 2001.
Paper discussing how American blacks were represented differently by different people
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, AU$ 76.95
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This paper talks about the communal identity of the blacks that helped them become stronger and more powerful during the hardships of the 1930s. The picture of ?Mrs. Mary Willis,? by Jack Delano, represents a strong and determined black woman, not needing any type of help or support, and able to deal with the adversities of the economic crash and the natural disaster of the Dust Bowl. On the other hand, Richard Wright?s article, ?Joe Louis Uncovers Dynamite,? represents the communal identity of the blacks, and how unstoppable and overpowering they can be once they come together as a collective group. The paper discusses how the blacks were represented differently by different people, why Delano portrayed blacks as powerful individuals, while Wright portrayed blacks as having a potential identity as a community that could have an impact in their social status during the 1930s.
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African-American Identity, 2008.
This paper explores African-American self-definition and development.
999 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 52.95
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The paper discusses the need for a communal African-American identity, with a commitment to acknowledging racism and combating it. The paper looks at the works of Chinua Achebe, Kwame Gyekye and Aime Cesaire who, from different viewpoints, each make a strong call for African-Americans to form a community or family that remembers and reclaims its cultural legacy. The paper explains that claiming membership in a global community of Africans is a way of building a well-grounded and powerful identity that can heal and liberate.
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"The question of the self-identity of African Americans is a complex one. On the one hand, their identity is clear - they are Americans, with all of the challenges and responsibilities that go with this identity in 2007. On the other hand, however, they have a broader identity: their African identity. To some extent, this is true of most Americans - for example, there are many Americans of Irish descent. However, there are two important differences. One of them is that African Americans comprise a visible minority, merely by being clearly and visibly African. The second is that unlike Irish people, millions of Africans today still live in extremely difficult circumstances. Moreover, as famous Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe claims, this is arguably part of the legacy of racism."
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Culture and Identity: An African Perspective, 2001.
This paper examines the relationship between culture and identity from an African perspective.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 50.95
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This paper examines the relationship between culture and identity. Language, religion and aesthetics are used to show how culture gives a people their identity. The paper is written from an African perspective with the help of books written by African authors.
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"According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, culture is the customs, beliefs, art, music and all the other products of human thought made by a particular group of people at a particular time. Culture can also be defined as a configuration of learned ideas and solutions to conflicts in human society. Culture can be divided into two namely material culture and non-material culture. "
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African-American Families (AFFs), 2007.
This paper argues that, although African-American families (AFFs) face many problems, it may be more beneficial to focus more on the positive aspects of these families.
1,245 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 62.95
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This paper explains that a fundamental difference between African- American and Euro-American families is that the African-American family (AFF) exists as a unit within a larger extended family, which emphasizes interdependence and communal cooperation; whereas, Euro-American families function more as an individualistic unit, isolated from other kin. The author points out that some of the inherent strengths of AFFs are deeply embedded religious and spiritual values, a willingness to absorb others into the family environment, household elasticity, internalized traditional cultural values and a strong sense of self, pride and self esteem. The paper stress that intervention programs for AFFs require more qualitative investigations of the rich diversity of the AFF way of life and more cultural competency demonstrated by therapists working with AFFs.
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"An issue of importance in the study of AFFs is the examination of structural and cultural explanations for the lack of African American fathers in the inner city. Canton (2005) explained how structural economic forces like globalization and de-industrialization decreased the availability of high paying manufacturing jobs, which has contributed to the experience of poverty among black males. This has led to the internalization of negative, racist stereotypes among African American males, and ultimately has resulted in these men seeing marriage and fatherhood as burdens."
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Racial Identity In African-American Students, 2007.
An analysis of the literature discussing academic achievement in advanced mathematics at the high school level among African-American students.
2,701 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 54 sources, MLA, AU$ 119.95
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This paper aims to conduct a literature review that focuses on the attitudes of teachers toward students in terms of their expectations for a student's achievement. The paper discusses the outcomes in educational achievement of African-American students in the mathematics and science advanced placement (AP) courses and looks at how students' racial identity affects their academic achievements.
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Objective
Review Of The Literature
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"When the surveys/questionnaires were complete the statement of a teacher was revealed as conveying that the critical factor to the success of African American students in advanced mathematics to be the factor of "high expectations and collaborative leadership" (Ibid) The teacher goes on to state that collaboration in the school in inclusive with assessment, curriculum and reform advisers working in cohesion together. The teacher stated specifically that "It's about having high expectations...it's not okay that because these kids come from poverty or from an unsupportive home, or because these parents aren't knocking on the door of the school, to accept low performance. If I got something that wasn't the best piece of work, before I might have excused it and thought, "Well they don't have anyone to help them a t home."" Now I'm asking: What can I do to aid this child, to give him or her more support? "(Ferguson & Holt, 2006)"
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The Middle Passage and African Identity, 2004.
An analysis of the Middle Passage and African identity through "Equiano's Travels" and Dr Livingstone's "Cambridge Lectures".
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 18 sources, MLA, AU$ 82.95
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This paper examines how the Middle Passage was the barbarous and inhumane journey where slaves were transported from West-Africa to the Americas as 'black cattle'. It looks at how it was the beginning of the disintegration of African society, how Africans from all different cultures were literally thrown and shackled together on a ship and how by doing so, the slavers stripped the slaves of their sense of self and individuality.
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"'Equiano's Travels' is the self-portrayal of an African slave. In 'Equiano's Travels' we are introduced to Equiano as a happy 11-year old who lives the carefree life every child should live. To me it seems of consequence that we meet Equiano happy-go-lucky, as it enables me to identify with him. He once upon a time was a well-fed, happy child who played with siblings and friends, and had a caring family. But then Equiano is kidnapped and sold to slavers. Gradually his whole life disintegrates: he gets separated from his sister, he moves from slaver to slaver. The open fields from the beginning of the narrative are now replaced by dark woods, in which he may get lost. Each time he finds some happiness, it results in misery far worse than before. At most times Equiano is overwhelmed by 'anguish' [page 175], 'horror' [page 175], 'fear' [page 174]. Throughout his journey, Equiano dreams of escaping and finding freedom. But as the narrative moves on he gets to realise that there is no freedom for him."
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African Identity, 2002.
The theme of African identity in "Back to Africa" and "The Dragon Can't Dance".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper presents the main arguments and themes in the poem and the novel. A critical discussion of those arguments is included. There also are two discussion questions on the poem, and two on the novel.
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African American Identity, 2003.
Discusses the theme in two short stories.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 69.95
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African American identity is examined in two short stories: James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use." Discusses how members of an oppressed minority group achieve a sense of personal identity and recognition of their heritage and place in American society.
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"Alice Walker and James Baldwin are two of America's most prominent African-American writers. Both have addressed the question of how one "becomes" African-American, focusing on issues of how an oppressed minority group and its members achieve a sense ..."
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African-American Identity, 2002.
An analysis of African-American self-definition in relation to white American culture.
1,416 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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This paper discusses the history of black identity, portraying it to be one of contradiction. This contradiction is outlined throughout the paper. The writer examines how the creation of a definition of what constitutes an African-American (or a Black or a Negro American) has always been in a state of constant tension in the white dominant American cultural discourse.
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"This rather confusing notion becomes immediately clear with the elucidating example of the Southern minstrel show. After the Civil War and Reconstruction, it became popular to appropriate images of ?happy? slaves, singing and dancing supposedly traditionally American Southern songs, in music halls. These images were highly stereotyped, and often the humor was contingent upon the (black faced) actor?s apparently futile attempts to mimic white mannerisms and white, aristocratic airs."
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African Identities, 2001.
Offers an analysis of characters and the issue of identity in literature by African writers including "Houseboy" (F. Oyono), "Mission to Kala" (Mongo Beti), "Song of Lawino" (Okot p?Bitek) and "Nervous Conditions" (Tsitsi Dangarembga).
1,153 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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The paper shows that in Tsitsi Dangarembga?s "Nervous Conditions", both Nyasha and Tambu experience confusion about their own identity after enduring substantial influence from the English. Unlike Tambu?s veiled self-delusions, Nyasha?s confusion about her identity is painfully obvious. The paper shows that Toundi, in the novel "Houseboy" by Ferdinand Oyono, asks questions which reveal that his feelings mirror those confused feelings of Nyasha. The character Medza, from Mongo Beti's "Mission to Kala", can be seen as a binding example of identity-confusion for all of the previously mentioned characters. The paper looks at the opposite side of the spectrum, with the character Lawino from Okot p'Bitek's "Song of Lawino". In each of the stories discussed in the paper, a sense of identity plays a substantial role in the characterization of those affected by the European colonization.
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"The character Medza, from Mission to Kala, can be seen as a binding example of identity-confusion for all of the previously mentioned characters. His struggle is not so much between being African and being a Frenchman, as they are between what his family wants him to become and what he wants to accomplish. When his uncle asks him the definition of blood, Medza replies with a literal definition. His uncle laughs at him stating, ?I was thinking of it in a different way, a way that comes naturally to folk like our selves, who haven?t been to school? (Beti 88). In this passage, Medza?s uncle clearly draws a line between those who are educated and those who are not. His uncle meant blood as a term for kinship but Medza?s education has changed his outlook on his relationship with his family, so his natural instinct provided a scientific response."
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African- American Characters and the Search for Identity, 2002.
Reviews three works by famous African-American authors to explore the theme of a search for identity.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 195.95
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The search for identity is a predominant theme in African- American literature, where the focus of many characters is based in the quest for a fundamental understanding of the self. This paper explores the search for identity in respect to the works of three noted African- American authors. These works are Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man", Andrea Lee's "Sarah Phillips", and Toni Morrison's "Beloved".
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"Say it Loud! African American Audiences, Media and Identity", 2003.
A review of "Say it Loud! African American Audiences, Media and Identity" by Robin Coleman.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 34.95
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This paper discusses Coleman's book and the African American audience response to various media treatment. The paper explores specific TV shows. It explores the themes of the 10 essays of the book. The author also mentions images of African American culture and their social context of meaning.
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""Say it Loud! African American Audiences, Media and Identity," edited by Robin R. Means Coleman is an up to date published in examination of African American audiences and their response to how the various media, TV, movies, music, radio, comics, print, cyberspace ..."
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Identity Crisis and Finding Identity in "Stand By Me", 2008.
An analysis of the theme of identity in Rob Reiner's film "Stand By Me".
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 60.95
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This paper takes a look at the issue of identity exploration and identity commitment in the movie entitled "Stand By Me" (1986), directed by Rob Reiner. "Stand By Me" is an adventure-drama movie based on the novella "The Body" by Stephen King. The film presents the journey of four 12-year-old boys who cross the woodlands near their home to see the dead body of a boy their own age. In order to fully comprehend the characters and their dilemmas, the paper closely examines their conversations and the items that they bring on the journey . The paper concludes that the film illustrates how choosing an identity to conform to is not an easy task, for it consists of contrasting personal, cultural and social identities.
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"First and foremost is Gordie Lachance. Gordie is a book smart child; he likes to read, write and tell stories. He lost his older brother Denny to a jeep accident four months earlier before embarking on the journey. After his older brother's death, he felt like an 'invisible child' in his family as both of his parents tend to ignore him as they had a hard time to cope with the loss of their elder son. Gordie is never his father's favorite son as his father is only interested in Denny and Denny's next football game. In addition to this, Gordie's father questions him on his choice of friends, referring to all of them as 'thieves'. Gordie also has a nightmare that portrays his elder brother's funeral and he hears his father say, "It should've been you." All this shows that Gordie has a bad relationship with his father."
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The Struggle Over African American Cultural Identity, 2002.
This paper discusses the political struggle over cultural identity via "the naming" process, whereby certain social constructions reinforce systems of racial oppression.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 90.95
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Throughout American history, racial identities have been formed by not only politics, but also by the intersection of class and racial boundaries. The paper argues that African Americans must struggle to rid themselves of certain traits that have been internalized from the white power structure. African Americans must work to open a discourse outside of the parameters of language built by white elites. In this way they can shape their own racial and cultural identity.
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Identical and Non-identical Twins, 2008.
This paper looks at two common types of twins and one rare type.
704 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 37.95
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The paper discusses the two most common types of twins; identical and non-identical twins, also known as monozygotic and dizygotic twins. The paper looks at the differences between identical and non-identical twins. The paper then talks about a third type of twins; half-identical or polar body twins.
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What Are Twins
Types of Twins
Identical Twins
Comparing Non-Identical Twins with Identical Twins
A Third Type of Twinning
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"In a normal pregnancy, a single baby develops in the uterus of the mother. In very special circumstances, two and sometimes even more babies develop simultaneously in the mother's uterus. This is called a multiple pregnancy. Twins are two babies in a multiple pregnancy. Twins are considered very special and present a fascination for science and society. In the fields of psychology and sociology, there is a special subfield called "twin studies". Twins studies are especially important in the search for answers to the nature vs. nurture question. What is the most important factor in human development: genetics (nature) or environment (nurture)?"
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The Nature of Identity, 2002.
A discussion on identity - how it is formed and judged, with a focus on racial identity, gender identity and class identity.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 68.95
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This paper shows how a sense of identity is developed and how this identity is then judged by the individual to create their level of self-esteem. The paper examines the three aspects of race, class and gender, with a focus on how this impacts self-esteem and how it creates an individual's identity.
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"Identity is a characteristic that defines a person and impacts everything they do, from the relationships they form, to the work they do and everything in between. Identity is the one characteristic of an individual that remains with them at all times, whether they are alone, socializing, working or with their families. Identity is a constant companion of an individual and determines how they see themselves and how they feel about themselves. This first part is self-image, the second part is self-esteem which is defined as one of the key components of an individuals personality (Seamon & Kenrick 398)."
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