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Rhetoric
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research projects in
Rhetoric currently available to SROP scholars.
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Black Middle-Class Performances: From Jim Crow to the Down Low
| Principle Investigator |
Vershawn Young, Assistant Professor Department(s): Rhetoric College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Interdisplinary Program(s): Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI)Women's Studies; Language, Literacy and Culture |
| Objectives | (2) To analyze how the black middle class has been represented in 20th Century American cultural and artistic products, e.g., film, music, literature, and art. (2) To compare and explain the relationship between black middle-class everyday life performance and representations of those performances. (3) To illuminate and theorize the role of the black middle class in race progress in American and to theorize the effects of the representations on how the black middle class constructs its identity |
| Undergraduate Role | To assist investigator in finding relevant texts and analyzing them. |
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Minimum Qualifications |
(1) Knowledge of contemporary African American literature and
culture--from both public and scholarly perspectives (2) Knowledge and/or interest in performance studies and theories, particularly racial performance |
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Contact Information |
319-335-0186 vershawn-young@uiowa.edu Professor Vershawn Young |