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In chapter 14 of DuBois’s “The Soul of Black Folk”, he speaks of the “ sorrow songs’ that were previously sung by slaves. These songs were an expression of the agony they had to endure by their slave masters. […]

Damon asks” But might it [the marginal-the rejected-the repressed] not be a key to alternate approaches to art, to society-to power itself?’ Krukowski is trying to convey that maybe the overlooked and und […]

Through time technology has changed exponentially with visually and auditory changes. The way movies are shown and the way music sounds heavily in contrast to how they did before. While most of society has come to […]

As humans, we tend to isolate ourselves from each other. It is something we occasionally do, even if some of us have outgoing personalities. There is much reason why we may do this whether it’s to avoid a […]

I concur with Berger’s theory about how the use of certain photographs was meant to appeal to white viewers because it helps demonstrate how white people have tried to maintain the power and supremacy they ha […]

1.The images influence consumers by showing the illusion that by buying this object will change your life from what it is. This also applies to the relationships you have with people. The idea is that if this […]

Do representations of women today objectify them in the same or similar ways as what Berger argues about women depicted in Renaissance paintings?

It isn’t a mystery that women across the world constantly get o […]

According to Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, the advantages of using the model “entering the conversation” in writing is that when used an individual will be able to become an advanced writer and an ing […]