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“Ab-Soul’S Outro,” “Hiiipower,” And The Vernacular: Kendrick Lamar’S Rap As Literature, Tyler S. Bunzey
“Ab-Soul’S Outro,” “Hiiipower,” And The Vernacular: Kendrick Lamar’S Rap As Literature, Tyler S. Bunzey
Senior Honors Theses
Kendrick Lamar’s “Ab-Soul’s Outro” and “HiiiPower” employ complex patterns of Signifyin(g), testifyin’, and other classical African-American literary tropes in order to construct a nuanced style. Lamar creates a double-voiced text not only within his narrative, but also within the form itself. Lamar plays on rap's unique status in African-American literature as an oral text; it is an extension of the vernacular. Through this oral text, Lamar decentralizes the Eurocentric focus of classical interpretation and qualification of literature to a new Afrocentric perspective that privileges the oral text. These raps are complex, wrapped up in their current context along with a …
A Narrative Of The Torments And Unlikely Freedom Of A Child Slave, Hanna Taylor
A Narrative Of The Torments And Unlikely Freedom Of A Child Slave, Hanna Taylor
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
Betsey Simons: Freedom At What Cost?, Anthony Maristany
Betsey Simons: Freedom At What Cost?, Anthony Maristany
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
Earth And Ashes, Michele Mobley
Earth And Ashes, Michele Mobley
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
Her Taste Of Freedom, Orlandra Dickens
Her Taste Of Freedom, Orlandra Dickens
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
Nameless People, Keep Trekking, Brandi Webster
Nameless People, Keep Trekking, Brandi Webster
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
The Hill, Named After Some White Man, O’Shane Elliott
The Hill, Named After Some White Man, O’Shane Elliott
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
The Example, Nate Bradley
The Example, Nate Bradley
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.
The Match, Marcus Hines
The Match, Marcus Hines
Slave Narrative - Short Stories
This short story was written as part of the Slave Narrative project, created for an African American Literature class taught by Allison Harris in fall 2015. Students created stories based on the perspectives of real individuals documented in the UM Libraries Special Collections’ Slave Documents Collection.