Browse Exhibits (15 total)
Sherman Alexie Exhibit
This exhibit will explore Sherman Alexie's memoir, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, and the ways in which he identifies with and distances himself from his Spokane Indian heritage through poetry and prose with distinct Native American language features and themes.
Stephanie Lagona's Research Project
The focus of this project is the music of Queen Latifah - prominent rapper, singer, and actor. She cleverly and sometimes subtly uses features of African American Vernacular English to showcase her identity as a strong Black Woman. She crafts her lyrics in such a way that her racial pride is evident. Despite a life of some privilege (private schooling, both parents in the home, career success), she speaks of the struggle the African American community faces - violence, poverty, and misogyny - and pays homage to Black Americans who worked for civil rights.
TEST EXHIBIT FOR ENG 417: AA Discourse Styles in the Protest Lyrics of Public Enemy
This exhibit is a test, so it's only going to be partially built. But it will give you some idea of the basic structure that you should strive for.
This is considered the "home page". On this page you might want to have a brief summary of 1-3 sentences stating what your study is about:
The purpose of my study is to analyze the lyrics of the rap group Public Enemy, in order to show the use of African American discourse modes discussed in literature spanning the 1970's to today. I will show how these modes are used by group members to protest perceived social evils such as racism, discrimination, and stereotypes regarding African Americans.