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Representations of strong black women in calypso lyrics of Calypso Rose, Singing Sandra, Singing Francine, Singing Vennie, and Queen Bee; and in Zora Neale Hurston’s Work: Their Eyes Were Watching God and Edwidge Danticat’s Work: Breath, Eyes, Memory

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Authors
Smith, Linda
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Advisor
Irizarry Rodríguez, José M.
College
College of Arts and Sciences - Arts
Department
Department of English
Degree Level
M.A.E.E.
Publisher
Date
2007
Abstract
This thesis presents representations of strong black women in Calypso lyrics of Calypso Rose, Singing Sandra, Singing Francine, Singing Vennie, and Queen Bee; and in Zora Neale Hurston’s work: Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Edwidge Danticat’s work: Breath, Eyes, Memory, as texts that can potentially provide for classroom use strategies for resisting hegemonic oppression, female subordination, and gender conflicts in Caribbean society. It also examines issues of gender, race, and class involving black women. In addition, it examines feminist and postcolonial analyses of gender, race, class, and Freirian Pedagogy, which should help to further understandings of black women’s struggle and oppression in Caribbean society. Finally, the pedagogical implications should be able to shed new light for teachers to empower their students the future leaders, how to resist hegemonic oppression, female subordination, and gender conflicts which impact their lives.

Esta tesis presenta representaciones fuertes de mujeres negras en líricas de Calypso, de Calypso Rose, Singing Sandra, Singing Francine, Singing Vennie, and Queen Bee; y la obra de Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God y la obra de Edwidge Danticat: Breath, Eyes, Memory como textos que potencialmente pueden proveer estrategias para resistir opresión de la hegemonidad, subordinación de las mujeres, y conflictos de género en la sociedad del Caribe en el salón de clase. También examinar problemas de género, raza, y clase envolviendo las mujeres negras. En adición, la tesis examina análisis feministas y post colonial de género, raza, y clase, y la pedagogía de Paulo Freire, que debería ayudar a entendimientos futuros de las mujeres negras y su opresión y lucha en la sociedad del Caribe. Finalmente, las implicaciones pedagógicas pueden dar nueva luz a los maestros a que den poder a sus estudiantes los futuros líderes a como resistir la opresión de la hegemonidad, subordinación femenina, y conflictos de género que afectan sus vidas.
Keywords
Sex discrimination against women in literature,
Calypso music-African American women,
Caribbean society-gender conflicts
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Smith, L. (2007). Representations of strong black women in calypso lyrics of Calypso Rose, Singing Sandra, Singing Francine, Singing Vennie, and Queen Bee; and in Zora Neale Hurston’s Work: Their Eyes Were Watching God and Edwidge Danticat’s Work: Breath, Eyes, Memory [Thesis]. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/822