| Description |
vi, 71 pages ; 28 cm |
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"Proquest number: 10241348"--Title page verso. |
| Thesis |
M.A. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 2016 ProQuest number: 10241348. |
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Department: English. |
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Major Professor: Dr. Faye Spencer-Maor. |
| Summary |
"Since being brought to America via the American slave trade, Black people have struggled finding and solidifying an identity in America. Through the establishment of an identity and knowing self, agency is created within a person. The enslavement of Black and Brown people removed any connection to Africa slaves had. Slaves lost their language, history, and culture as a result of the slave trade. In addition to the loss of identity, slaves were forced to lose their names and adopt the name of their slave masters. Expected to be seen and not heard, slaves were viewed as social non people. However, in the development of African American literacies and Black Art, slaves found ways to create an identity for themselves and establish agency. One of the ways identity and agency for African Americans took place was through the process of naming. Naming for African Americans is vital to understanding African American's [sic] dilemmas with identity. Contemporary art forms like African American Literature and Hip-Hop use names and naming to reveal methods of establishing agency and asserting power for Black and Brown people. By looking at two art forms that on their surface seem unrelated, one can see that issues in naming, agency, and identity are grappled with at every level of African American art. In this study, I examine and analyze both African American literature and Hip Hop to show the tradition of names and its relationship to identity development"--Abstract. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-71). |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Intro: (K.R.E.A.M) -- Chapter 2. Building Rome: A true love story-- Chapter 3. Da bridge : GOOD kids, born sinners -- Chapter 4. Outro. |
| Original Version |
Facsimile of: My name is my name : naming and identity in African American literature and hip hop , 2016. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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Hip-hop.
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Hip-hop. |
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Identity (Psychology)
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Identity (Psychology) |
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Names, Personal -- African American.
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Names, Personal -- African American. |
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Added Author |
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Department of English.
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, degree granting institution.
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| Music No. |
10241348 ProQuest |
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