Unit Six
Unit Six
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- What is Hill arguing in this quote? According to Hill, How has the ‘internalization of
Eurocentric notions of love, gender, courtship, and marriage’ produced tensions in African
American relationships? - What is Majors arguing in this quote? How does he argue that Black males have used ‘cool pose’ as an act of survival? Why has this been necessary? On the other hand, how could this make intimate relationships difficult?
- How is ‘Cool Pose’ being ‘performed’ in this song? How can you tell? At the same time, how does this song present a complex picture? What reasons does he give for his behavior? What conflicts does he bring up? Can you connect this to J.T. character in The View From Here?
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- What do you think is the significance to the plot of the book, and how is an overall and
reoccurring theme throughout the book?
- List two social ills/issues/conditions experienced by Anna and J.T.’S family in the novel, and describe how each is related to the disruption or destabilization of their family life.
- What issues is J.T. In particular confronted with? As a Black man? As a father? As a member of a Black family?What issues is Anna in particular confronted with? As a Black woman? As a mother?
- It seems apparent that Momma is talking about something more than just her son’s hand being burnt, what do you think she is abstractly referring to, and how could it be related to constructions of Black womanhood and Black motherhood?
Unit Six
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