Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
African Languages and Societies Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- African American Studies (2)
- Anthropology (2)
- English Language and Literature (2)
- Ethnic Studies (2)
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2)
-
- French and Francophone Language and Literature (2)
- Linguistic Anthropology (2)
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies (2)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (2)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology (2)
- Women's Studies (2)
- African Studies (1)
- American Popular Culture (1)
- American Studies (1)
- Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics (1)
- Comparative Literature (1)
- Education (1)
- European Languages and Societies (1)
- French Linguistics (1)
- French and Francophone Literature (1)
- International and Area Studies (1)
- Language Interpretation and Translation (1)
- Linguistics (1)
- Literature in English, Anglophone outside British Isles and North America (1)
- Literature in English, North America (1)
- Migration Studies (1)
- Other International and Area Studies (1)
- Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures (1)
- Keyword
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in African Languages and Societies
Identity Construction In The Yoruba Group Project Abroad: Discourse Analysis Of Language Use, Tawakalitu Odunayo Lasisi
Identity Construction In The Yoruba Group Project Abroad: Discourse Analysis Of Language Use, Tawakalitu Odunayo Lasisi
LSU Master's Theses
This research examines the experiences of five Nigerian Americans who participated in the Yoruba Group Project Abroad in the year 2018. After taking classes on Yoruba language at the basic, intermediate and advanced levels in their various universities here in the US, the students traveled to Nigeria in the summer of 2018 to immerse themselves in the native speakers’ environment in Ibadan, Nigeria. While in Ibadan, they were paired with Nigerian host families (Yoruba speakers) in order to have an overarching immersive experience. These students constitute the population of this research. Using a qualitative research method and an in-depth online …
"If They Don't Tell You, The Hair Will": Hair Narrative In Contemporary Women's Writing, Darina Pugacheva
"If They Don't Tell You, The Hair Will": Hair Narrative In Contemporary Women's Writing, Darina Pugacheva
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The history of colonial and racial oppression made hair stories and testimonials fundamental to understanding hair as a unifying element particular for women of African descent in the post-slavery era. Seen as such, their hair narrations provide the first-person perspective of their life experiences while at the same time inviting a critical investigation of colonial and racial oppression. Contemporary women writers develop these types of narrations into a special language of hair that helps them tell a story that is not apparent or straightforward. This literary device that uses hair to uncover deeper social and political issues is bound up …
Producing "Fabulous": Commodification And Ethnicity In Hair Braiding Salons, Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword
Producing "Fabulous": Commodification And Ethnicity In Hair Braiding Salons, Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Black women wearing fabulous braids are a striking feature of the Afro-diasporic cultural landscape. However, the braiders and salon owners who enable this aesthetic engineering are seldom acknowledged. This dissertation investigates the experience and role of Caribbean and West and Central African women in the hair braiding industry, a rapidly growing business in the U.S. I address the complexity of these women’s multiple social roles and the multiple consciousness (King, 1988) associated with their demographic characteristics (color, ethnicity, gender, nationality, and immigrant status). The commonalities between the braiders and their mostly African American customers contrast vividly with their perception of …