2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse
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| spelling | 16008 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/view.php?ref=16008 https://intelek.unisza.edu.my/intelek/pages/search.php?search=!collection3 General Document Malaysia Library Staff (Top Management) Library Staff (Management) Library Staff (Support) Terengganu Faculty of Languages & Communication English application/pdf 1.5 Server storage Scanned document Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin UniSZA Private Access UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN SAMBox 2.3.4; modified using iTextSharp™ 5.5.10 ©2000-2016 iText Group NV (AGPL-version) Copyright©PWB2025 385 PORTRAYAL OF HEGEMONY AND PLURALISM IN LANGSTON HUGHES’ POETIC DISCOURSE (PHD_2021).pdf 2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse Raed Awad Omar Al Ramahi 2021-09-17 African American poetry—History and criticism Race and power in Langston Hughes’ poetry Discourse analysis of Langston Hughes Social justice in Harlem Renaissance poetry The democratic values of justice, diversity, freedom and equality make the basic principles in the Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution of the United States of America. However, Blacks have suffered from the gender and racial ideologies of hegemonic Whites which have maintained white supremacy. This study aims to examine the ideologies of gender, race, and pluralistic politics in Hughes’ poetry, and show how these ideologies help clarifying Blacks’ suffering. This study is based on interpretive perspective, thus it employed qualitative methodology. The data was generated through purposive sampling. Sixty poems were selected based on their thematic subjects. Critical discourse analysis, particularly Van Dijk and Fairclough’s CDAs were employed in the analysis of data. The findings revealed that those gender and racial ideologies constructed by hegemonic Whites increase Blacks’ suffering mainly through stereotyping. Black women are stereotyped as mammies, matriarchs, jezebels, sapphires and submissive beings. These stereotypes perpetuate Black women’s inferiority through changing their gender roles, making them unable to conform to true femininity and legitimizing Whites’ interference. On the other hand, Black men are stereotyped as violent, alcohol addict, hypersexual and poor. These stereotypes emasculate Black masculinity as Black men are constructed as unqualified patriarchs and rapists, which justify Whites’ suppression of those men. Hughes’ poetic discourse addresses Blacks’ suffering through proposing several pluralistic politics. These politics encompass interest group pluralism, liberal democracy and compromise as negotiation. They contribute to improving the unjust social reality through bringing equality, disseminating power among ethnic groups and constructing Blacks as an interest group able to compete for common good. This thesis argues that Hughes’ poetic discourse not only articulates Blacks’ suffering, but also serves as a discourse of emancipation. It contributes to the revelation of hegemonic social reality that normalizes Blacks’ exploitation and at the same time voices pluralistic politics that help improving the unjust social reality experienced by Blacks in America. Dissertations, Academic Thesis |
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| subject | African American poetry—History and criticism Dissertations, Academic |
| summary | The democratic values of justice, diversity, freedom and equality make the basic principles in the Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution of the United States of America. However, Blacks have suffered from the gender and racial ideologies of hegemonic Whites which have maintained white supremacy. This study aims to examine the ideologies of gender, race, and pluralistic politics in Hughes’ poetry, and show how these ideologies help clarifying Blacks’ suffering. This study is based on interpretive perspective, thus it employed qualitative methodology. The data was generated through purposive sampling. Sixty poems were selected based on their thematic subjects. Critical discourse analysis, particularly Van Dijk and Fairclough’s CDAs were employed in the analysis of data. The findings revealed that those gender and racial ideologies constructed by hegemonic Whites increase Blacks’ suffering mainly through stereotyping. Black women are stereotyped as mammies, matriarchs, jezebels, sapphires and submissive beings. These stereotypes perpetuate Black women’s inferiority through changing their gender roles, making them unable to conform to true femininity and legitimizing Whites’ interference. On the other hand, Black men are stereotyped as violent, alcohol addict, hypersexual and poor. These stereotypes emasculate Black masculinity as Black men are constructed as unqualified patriarchs and rapists, which justify Whites’ suppression of those men. Hughes’ poetic discourse addresses Blacks’ suffering through proposing several pluralistic politics. These politics encompass interest group pluralism, liberal democracy and compromise as negotiation. They contribute to improving the unjust social reality through bringing equality, disseminating power among ethnic groups and constructing Blacks as an interest group able to compete for common good. This thesis argues that Hughes’ poetic discourse not only articulates Blacks’ suffering, but also serves as a discourse of emancipation. It contributes to the revelation of hegemonic social reality that normalizes Blacks’ exploitation and at the same time voices pluralistic politics that help improving the unjust social reality experienced by Blacks in America. |
| title | 2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse |
| title_full | 2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse |
| title_fullStr | 2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse |
| title_short | 2021_Portrayal of Hegemony and Pluralism in Langston Hughes’ Poetic Discourse |
| title_sort | 2021_portrayal of hegemony and pluralism in langston hughes’ poetic discourse |