Marie Yared

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Hansberry created space for a more inclusive and representative theatric world by portraying unconventional stories involving highly disputed topics such as racial segregation, homosexuality and gender issues #ENGL256BF22

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James Baldwin claimed: “I had never seen in my life so many black people in the theater […] Black people had ignored the theater because the theater had always ignored them”. #ENGL256BF22

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Hansberry’s activism and fight for racial equality inspired A raisin in the Sun as the Younger family settles in a white neighborhood similarly to her own family who won a legal battle to settle in a white neighborhood #ENGL256BF22

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In the close reading of Les Blancs, Hansberry portrays Eric as an unconventional character due to his questioning of heterosexual values and his challenging of homophobia within the African culture #ENGL256BF22

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Mapping Hansberry’s plays shows that they were mostly performed on Broadway and in England. We can therefore confirm that Hansberry’s message was already striking to the American public in a racially segregated society. #ENGL256BF22

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On this tree cloud, we can notice that Walter’s name appears on the same branch as the word “men”, which can show Hansberry’s portrayal of black masculinity and gender issues #ENGL256BF22

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The mapping of Hansberry’s life unveiled similarities with A raisin in the Sun as the play reflects Hansberry’s activism and fight for racial equality in the United States. #ENGL256BF22

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In this photo from AntConc, we can notice that the word men is sometimes preceded by gender adjectives. This portrays the intersectionality between race and gender in Hansberry’s works. #ENGL256BF22

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ENGL256B has been such an interesting course throughout this semester. I really enjoyed learning about DH methods and tools. Thank you so much @mmsfeir for this experience. #ENGL256BF22

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In Photogrammer, women’s pictures mainly focus on their children, while men’s pictures are very diversified. This portrays the gender stereotypes within the society and the nurturing aspect of women. #ENGL256BF22

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This map of the United States shows the frequency of pictures depending on the region. We can see that taking pictures is frequent in typical touristic places such as New York or California.
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Concordance plots on Shakespeare’s plays show interesting findings. Shakespeare’s tragedies are quite different from his comedies and his histories in their vocative markings.
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Thank you everyone for listening to our presentation. Hansberry is truly exceptional as she was ahead of her time, and anticipated the rise of feminism.
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The mapping of Chicago shows that the city has historically been racially segregated, and confirms the terrible racial violence the Younger family faced in their new home in Cybourne Park.
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The concept of social mobility is important in the analysis of gender and spatial analysis as women have faced challenges accessing powerful and exclusive male spaces.
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StoryMap JS constitutes a powerful visualization tool to gain insight on someone’s life journey through both time and space. #ENGL256BF22

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Lillian Hellman contributed to gender by showing what happens to women from both poor and wealthy backgrounds who try to become financially independent. Thank you group 2 for this nice presentation! #ENGL256BF22

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In les blancs, Eric’s homosexuality assimilates him into the colonizer’s world. When he tries to join the anti-colonial revolution, Tshembe discredits him based on his sexual orientation and biracialism.
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In Les Blancs, Eric and Willy’s relationship portrays a critique of heteropatriarchy by questioning white and western standards of relationships and challenging homophobic beliefs of Black nationalism. #ENGL256BF22

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In addition to her contribution to feminism, Hansberry was an advocate for LGBT rights as she was a contributor to The Ladder where she published papers criticizing homophobia. I found this courageous given that this type of advocacy was uncommon at the time. #ENGL256BF22