Francesca A

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

This study concludes that slavery has left lasting scars that make it hard to retell stories of the past, leading to these stories being told through artistic outlets like song and literature in which the ghost of slavery is present. https://t.co/AmLl06xPGU #SQSF #ResearchTweet

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

1. it’s important to analyze both the biases present in the texts but also the biases that i hold and society holds
2. look at different perspectives and also think about the limitations of each perspective
3. make sure all your evidence connects back to the main idea #SQSF

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

In literature, the presence of the character of the black ghost and the memories it represents parallels the ghost of the institution of slavery that haunts American society and still effects racial social dynamics today. #SQSF #SummaryTweet

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In a research paper from Howard University, Kendra Parker asserts that the representation of black females as vampires in film is “misogynistic, denigrating black women’s autonomous aspirations and objectifying black women’s bodies”. https://t.co/RzshrIa1Hp #SQSF #ResearchTweet

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

While white male vampires are positively characterized as mysterious and pitied, black female vampires are sexualized and feared, which represents both racial and gender dynamics in society. #SQSF #SummaryTweet

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The representation of white male vampires as an ostracized and occasionally fetishized group in media such as the film Interview with a Vampire demonstrates society’s attitudes towards the queer community #SQSF #SummaryTweet

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research supports the fact that Columbus’ narratives of the native people of the Caribbean islands are inaccurate and embellished https://t.co/TDwHYUsecp #SQSF #ResearchTweet

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representations of indigenous people in the Caribbean were written and propagated in order to justify the monetization and exploitation of these people as slaves and their resources #SQSF #SummaryTweet

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

although Haitian legend holds that zombies are raised from their graves by malevolent voodoo sorcerers, Harvard researcher Wade Davis discovered that zombification was caused by the poison tetrodotoxin https://t.co/VTKPI06NGz #SQSF #researchtweet

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

while the witch is a monsterization of a woman with sexual agency, the zombie reduces a woman to a sexual object #SQSF

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

different monsters are reflective of different societal fears, and the representation of these monsters changes over time based on changes in society #SQSF

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

Epistemology: it is important to consider the epistemes being represented in cultural products, as well as the epistemes that influence your own knowledge production and how this could influence your analysis #SQSF #SummaryTweet

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

exploring a certain reading or perspective within a text and acknowledging that not everything is represented allows a deeper understanding of the text and its surrounding social and political contexts #SQSF

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

the colonizers represent indigenous specifically in order to be able to exploit them for labor #SQSF

[Francesca A @francesca_e_a]

The representation of minoritized people in literature and film is a reflection of the minoritization of these people in society overall. Studying these representations allows us to analyze the attitudes of past society and make appropriate changes to our exisiting culture. #SQSF