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"Linden Hills" ( Gloria Naylor ) and "Beloved" ( Toni Morrison ), 1999.
Examines these novels' allegories, symbolism, structure, characters, themes and styles, emphasizing ordeals endured by African-Americans.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 58.95
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Authors never begin with nothing when they sit down to write. They begin with their lives and with the stories that they grew up with, which is to say that they begin not only with their own experiences but with those of their parents and all the generations before whose stories and lives are still remembered.
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"Authors never begin with nothing when they sit down to write. They begin with their lives and with the stories that they grew up with, which is to say that they begin not only with their own experiences but with those of their parents and all the generations before whose stories and lives are still remembered. When a novelist begins her first book, she begins, at least in part, by unraveling these layers of memory and narrative that form her own life up to that point. And with each successive book she then begins her own process of the layering of stories, so that each new book is in some measure - as hard as it may be to perceive on a first reading - a retelling of the stories that she has told before. This re-mingling of tales is apparent in the works of both Gloria Naylor and Tony Morrison.
This paper examines one work by each of these authors ..."
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Gloria Naylor's " Linden Hills", 1999.
Critical review of a novel on blacks' pursuit of success at the cost of their own culture.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, £ 41.95
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"Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills is a novel that tells the story of a black neighborhood built and supported by the manipulative and mysterious Nedeed family. The first Luther Nedeed to arrive from the South bought the apparently worthless land and established his undertaker's business there. Each succeeding generation of Nedeeds consisted of one son who was the exact image of his father and bore the same first name. The first Nedeeds had hoped to defy the white world and the white God by establishing the worth of the black people who lived in Linden Hills. They devoted all their efforts to building up the neighborhood and ensuring that as it improved, and the land became extremely valuable, it remained in the hands of African Americans. But the current Luther Nedeed had become convinced that there was nothing that black people could do to truly change.."
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Gloria Steinem, 2002.
Research into the woman's role in the development of the contemporary male-dominated society, focusing on one of America's feminist activists, Gloria Steinem.
1,251 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 22.95
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This paper studies the role of women in the development of the contemporary male-dominated society by taking into consideration the relentless efforts of America's one of the top eleven prominent female figures, Gloria Steinem. Furthermore, the paper revolves around Steinem's various facets of headstrong personality, outlining her accomplishments, her positive attitude towards life in general, her ability to take up women issues strongly and her valor to raise her voice against injustices and gender bias related to women.
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"Gone are the days when there was little evidence to suggest that female awakening to gender discrimination and fundamental issues exists. Today, women are not only opinionated and self-reliant, they are also well aware of what they want and how to accomplish their goals and receive the share due them. Women of the contemporary society are working diligently and with absolute commitment to prove their worth as human beings with rational thinking and sound decision-making skills."
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Gloria Steinem, 2002.
An essay describing the life and literature of Gloria Steinem.
1,418 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 24.95
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This paper reviews the life and contribution of Gloria Steinem to the literary and feminist world. The writer believes that her work as a gifted writer, career as a feminist activist and efforts as an inspirational speaker proves she is a leader in the women's rights movement. The paper begins with a brief background and history of this woman, from her first writing job at a university newspaper, through to her ultimately successful career as an author.
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"Talented writer, eloquent speaker and founding member of key feminist organizations and political activities; Gloria Steinem is truly a role model for women and women's rights supporters. For over three decades Gloria has devoted her life to ensuring that women's issues are at the forefront of concerns in America. From her key participation in passing important legislation, such as the Equal Rights Amendment, to her continued motivational speaking engagements, she continues the fight for the rights of others."
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Gloria Anzaldua's "Borderlands/La Frontera", 2005.
A summary and analysis of Gloria Anzaldua's book about culture and life on the U.S.-Mexican border.
2,123 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper introduces, summarizes and analyzes Gloria Anzaldua's book, "Borderlands". The paper explains that Anzaldua's book is about the identities of the people who live on the borderlands and, in particular, of those who are immersed in contradictory cultures.
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"Individuals derive their sense of identity from their culture. In Borderlands/La Frontera, Anzaldua crafts a collage of lyric and prose, myth and autobiography, Spanish and English, past and present, inviting her readers to experience the clash of cultures. Through literary experimentation with the autobiography genre, Anzaldua was able to express her Chicana Mestiza identity as a site of multiple and often over-lapping and contradictory subjectivities."
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Gloria Steinem, 2002.
This paper discusses the life and ideas of Gloria Steinem.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 7 sources, £ 51.95
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This paper examines the ideas of Gloria Steinem about women in the workplace. The author provides a brief biography of Steinem. The paper explores the ways Steinem seeks to redefine the workplace and the home to improve women's political and cultural position.
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De Graaf, Wann and Naylor's "Affluenza", 2005.
This paper discusses De Graaf, Wann and Naylor's "Affluenza", a social diseases of today's affluent American society characterized by over-consumption, social disintegration, and environmental degradation.
1,495 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper explains that "affluenza" is a social problem, which emerged from the success of capitalism and modernism in America. The author points out that the book states that, in America, a strong and good family relationship is determined through the family's capability to spend money, which the family members think is beneficial to their relationship. The paper states "affluenza" creates a blatant disregard for the physical environment because the lifestyle of the affluent American produces more waste than ever in the history of human society by the proliferation of plastic-made, particularly disposable, other non-biodegradable materials and hazardous waste materials.
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"Over-consumption was the American psyche that reflected how people considered excessive consumption as the immediate 'solution' in dealing with the stress that come with everyday life. Ironically, what the authors imparted in the book was that Americans worked very hard in order to financially support the lifestyle that they cannot maintain, much less enjoy (40). This realization showed that Americans were not living life as they aspired it to be: the comfort available to them only caused stress and bankruptcy. Bankruptcy resulted from over-spending and not being able to pay for these excessive purchases, while stress was caused by the need to alleviate one's sudden feelings of emotional instability and the pressure to keep up with other people's apparent ascent towards 'affluence'."
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"This Bridge Called My Back" by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua, Eds, 1994.
A review of a feminist collection of works by Black, Asian and Chicana women writers.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 20.95
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"This Bridge Called My Back has the subtitle "Writings by Radical Women of Color," and this is precisely what is contained in this volume. The writings include poems, short stories, and various types of nonfiction demonstrating the range of interests in this particular segment of the population and the different modes of expression used by black, Asian, and Chicana women writers in addressing their role in the world, the state of society today, and their relationship to that society.
The book is edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua. Anzaldua is a Chicana poet, and Moraga describes herself as "a very tired Chicana/half-breed/feminist/lesbian/writer/teacher/
talker/waitress" (248), born in Los Angeles and productive first in San Francisco and then Boston. The editors brought the writings in this book together first beginning in 1979, and this..."
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Tragedy in "Hamlet" and "Mama Day", 2003.
A discussion of the elements of classic tragedy in Gloria Naylor's "Mama Day" and William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
1,119 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 19.95
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This paper examines how both Gloria Naylor's "Mama Day" and William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" exemplify the qualities of classic tragedy. It looks at how "Mama Day" is a mimicry of Shakespeare's use of elements to completely delineate tragedy that is, however, marked with contradiction. It analyzes how the characters and plot in each work follow the general rules of tragedy in divergent ways and how George and Hamlet are proved to be the tragic heroes. It shows how their dissimilar paths through life guide them both to parallel endings and how deliberation versus action and knowledge versus acceptance are the two questions that lead each tragic hero to his death.
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"The suffering in a tragedy is characterized as exceptional and unexpected. Before the murder of King Hamlet, Denmark was in all its glory, occupying part of Norway and Hamlet was a content student at the University of Wittenberg. The state of everything changes when Claudius's scheme of domination is put into play as he kills Hamlet's father and marries his mother, Gertrude. This creates a strong contrast to the prior glory the characters had. The characters of Mama Day similarly displayed a prosperity crushed by conflict. George and Ophelia, though two strong-willed adults, finally found harmony with one another. Their two opposite upbringings and philosophies balanced, and they had a successful married life. George's long-anticipated trip to Willow Springs began their final plight."
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"Mama Day", 2004.
An analysis of the theme of race in Gloria Naylor's "Mama Day".
2,314 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This paper examines how, in "Mama Day", author Gloria Naylor narrates the story of a relationship that takes place between the characters, George and Ophelia. It looks at how both are black and without biological parents, yet carry different cultural backgrounds despite this likeness of race and parentage. George is the son of a prostitute, has no memory of blood relatives, and grows up in a white-run orphanage where his ideals and beliefs are shaped. Ophelia, who is also called Cocoa, is raised by her grandmother, Abigail, and great aunt, Mama Day, who enable her to maintain cultural connections to history through her birthplace, Willow Springs. It shows how Willow Springs is barely influenced by its connection to the United States and how, instead, it is a space shaped by its African relation through the people who inhabit it. It explores how the novel takes place in New York, where life is structured and hectic and juxtaposed against Willow Springs, where time and structure do not hold importance in the lives of its inhabitants.
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"Beginning in1823 through the legend of Saphira Wade's possession of Willow Springs then her killing of her white husband, white control on the island is never again achieved. The black inhabitants carry on the myth of Saphira Wade as a means of maintaining their power. In this sense, "Mama Day's and Naylor's own attempts to recuperate a cultural legacy reveal the desire for ancestral knowledge as a motivating force behind the ways in which individuals and communities construct myth. For the people of Willow Springs, such myth making becomes an essential tool in the construction of personal and collective identities" (Stave, p.158). As an island with a past of slavery and presently owned by blacks, the culture on Willow Springs is created and maintained by the blacks that live there and the physical nature of the land."
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"The Women of Brewster Place", 2005.
This paper discusses Gloria Naylor's novel "The Women of Brewster Place", which tells the stories of several women who have come to live on the dead-end street, Brewster Place.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 28.95
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This paper explains that each of the women characters in Gloria Naylor's novel "The Women of Brewster Place" was affected for her entire life by her sexual choices. The author points out that these sexual choices dominated their lives such as Mattie, who chose to sublimate her sexual desires with other values, or Cora Lee, who used sex to give meaning to her life. The paper states that, of all the characters in the book, the only one who seems to have a balanced view of the place of sex in the overall fabric of her life is Kiswana.
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"From the time she is introduced into the action, Kiswana is a recurring presence in the story and, while we never actually meet her lover, Abshu, it is made clear that he is there. "That's Abshu's woman, and that bid dude don't mind kickin' ass," says a street thug. (Chapter 6, pg. 163) Kiswana's choice of a suitable, reliable man and a monogamous relationship leave her free to pursue the political activism that is an essential element of her character. Together, she and Abshu work in the movement for equal rights, with Kiswana spearheading an effort to force the absentee landlord of Brewster Street to improve his properties."
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The Men and Women of Brewster Place, 2005.
A comparative analysis of Gloria Naylor's "The Women of Brewster Place" and "The Men of Brewster Place".
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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In this comparison and contrast of Gloria Naylor's The "The Women of Brewster Place" and "The Men of Brewster Place", the author focuses on the victimization of Black women by Black men. It also looks at how "The Men of Brewster Place" puts this abuse into a broader perspective that also shows the women to be somewhat culpable for the victimization.
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"Two of Gloria Naylor's books The Women of Brewster Place and The Men of Brewster place feature the same characters and location. The location is Brewster Place a deteriorating tenement where African- American.."
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"Linden Hills" vs. "The Sleeper Wakes", 2002.
A comparison between two literary works, "Linden Hills" by Gloria Naylor and "The Sleeper Wakes" by Jessie Redmon Fauset.
1,897 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper explores complicity in the novel, "Linden Hills" by Gloria Naylor and the short story, "The Sleeper Wakes" by Jessie Redmon Fauset. The paper examines complicity in issues of race, gender and class in these two contrasting works - the former a tale of the descent into hell in an affluent suburb and the latter concerned with the redemption of an individual.
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"There are several female characters in Linden Hills but we will focus on Mrs Nedeed when looking at gender issues in the novel, since she is the one who brings about her husband's demise. The latest Mrs Nedeed is imprisoned by her husband in the basement and finds hidden records of the women who have before her and how they met their ends. Initially, she finds the diary of the first Mrs Nedeed - Luwana Packerville who was bought by Luther Nedeed. This charts Luwana's isolation - being first cut out of her son's life and then out of running a household, while at the same time being unable to mix with the community in Linden Hills for reasons of status and race."
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New Sides to the Story, 1997.
An in-depth review of Gloria Naylor's novel, "Mama Day", portraying the reinvigoration of the American romance tradition.
5,504 words (approx. 22.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 70.95
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The paper examines the book "Mama Day" and explores how its black author, Gloria Naylor, draws upon motifs of the traditionally white patriarchal American romance tradition and renders them relevant to a black text, set in our modern day multi-cultural society. The paper outlines the multiplicity of themes covered in the novel, thereby illustrating the many sides to the story.
Introduction
Continuing the Tradition
Typology
Eden and Isolation
Bridges
The Akedic Myth
Knowledge and Skepticism
Genealogy
Matriarchy
Tradition and Religion
Black and White
Language
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"In his essay Tradition and the Individual Talent, T.S. Elliot observes that "the past should be altered by the present as much as the present is directed by the past" (Selected Essays 15). In other words, each new addition to the literary tradition reconstructs the entire canon, both in the way it conforms to the already existing canon, as well as in the direction towards which it carries the canon from that point on. In the past, there has perhaps been little need to consider where the American Romance Tradition was heading. The shift to newer forms of writing might suggest that the tradition that had begun in the 19th century with Poe and Hawthorne died out sometime in the early part of the 20th century; with Faulkner, perhaps, or with Flannery 0'Connor. It seems to me, however, that the tradition is still very much alive, and evolving to adapt to the environment of a new era."
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