Now That We've Found Love What Are We Gonna Do With It ? A Narrative Understanding of Black Identity  

Oleh:

Hylton, Patrick L. ; Miller, Hugh

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theory and Psychology vol. 14 no. 3 (Jun. 2004), page 373–408.
Topik: narrative; black identity; history; narrative; social constructionism; understanding
Fulltext: 373TP143.pdf (180.14KB)

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This paper offers an interpretation of the changes in Black identity during the last century. By drawing on psychological literature and cultural artefacts, changing understandings of Blackness are read as different narrative forms. The shift from 'Negro' to 'Black' is presented as a shift from tragic to romantic narrative, while the 'African' narrative that now occupies the centre stage of Black identity represents a satirical story. It is suggested that with a growing awareness of being both Black and 'something else', the apparent opposing themes in performing Blackness can be resolved by enacting a comedy narrative. There is some evidence that the comedy narrative is present but it has yet to gain ascendancy.

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