Browsing Department of English and Humanities (ENH) by Subject "Racism"
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The aspiration to preserve national identity: An evaluative reading of americanah and things fall apart
(Brac University, 2021-01)Adichie’s and Achebe’s use of terms and expressions to describe how race has been significantly affecting the lives of the innocent black people whose only desire is to endeavor their anticipated ambition and desire along ... -
A critical analysis of Heart of darkness and Things fall apart: successful or unsuccessful counter-discourse of Conrad’s novella?
(Brac University, 2022-08)This paper aims to conduct a critical analysis of Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and English author Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness to study whether Achebe’s postcolonial novel works as ... -
Learning to survive: African American women’s quest for their rights during the civil rights movement
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-04)The twentieth century marked one of the greatest events in African American history as people fought for their rights which sparked the protest of the African American Civil Rights Movement of America. The African Americans ... -
Muslims and the Australian labour market, 1980-2001
(© 2002 Frank Cass Publishers., 2002-11)The unemployment of Muslims in Australia was 28 and 25 per cent compared to the national total of around nine per cent in 1986 and 1996 respectively (Australian Bureau of Statistics). This article conceptually analyses the ... -
A poetic protest for peace: An analysis of Benjamin Zephaniah‘s poetry
(Brac University, 2021-01)Benjamin Zephaniah‘s poetry is deeply conscious of questions of racism, social injustice, and violence. He writes against these and demands solidarity among people of different backgrounds. This study is a qualitative ... -
A postcolonial study of western systemic oppression in Things Fall Apart and Beloved
(Brac University, 2024-01)This paper explores the postcolonial dimensions of systemic oppression within the western context as depicted in two seminal literary works, Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. The analysis ... -
The theme of racism and discrimination in Richard Wright’s writings
(Brac University, 2023-01)As an American writer, Richard Wright has portrayed his experiences of racism, discrimination, oppression through his writings. Black Boy and Native Son are the most popular novels among those. Black Boy is about his ...