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Sykes, Elaine – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
Criticizes the stereotypes projected by rap music to both Black youth and non-Black Americans. Argues that rap's images of sexually suggestive dancing, its pervasive use of bad English, and its implications of an easy way out of poverty diminish the value of the collective ethnic victories of the civil rights movement. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Stereotypes, Black Youth, Civil Rights, Criticism
Krug, Linda T. – 1983
Testing Kenneth Burke's theory on dramatistic frames, the attitudes and motivations reflected in the rhetoric of Watergate participants were analyzed in terms of literary forms: epic, tragic, comic, elegiac, satiric, burlesque, grotesque, and didactic. Nixon tried to transcend the Watergate conflict by stressing the greatness of his achievements…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Editorials, Literary Genres, Political Issues
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Lee, Sun-Young; Barrett, Terry – Studies in Art Education, 1991
Argues that studying professional art critics can provide material for studying art criticism in the classroom. Focuses on the published work of Lawrence Alloway. Describes how his work covered a wide range of artists and movements and how he was politically proactive in promoting underrepresented populations of artists. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Art History, Artists
Kahn, Peter H., Jr. – 1993
Cultural context is not the sole source of human knowledge. Postmodern theory, in both its deconstructionist and affirmative approaches, offers an incomplete basis by which to study race, class, and gender, and undermines ethical interaction. Deconstructionism calls for the abandonment of generalizable research findings, asserting that the concept…
Descriptors: Criticism, Cultural Pluralism, Epistemology, Ethics
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Barone, Thomas E. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1987
Replies to Rist's unfavorable evaluation of Barone's own article critiquing the arts program of a black elementary school. Argues that quantitative social science research has unsuccessfully modeled itself on scientific methodology, but camouflages its subjectivity and fictionalizes the entire research undertaking. Crafting an educational…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Literary Criticism
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Fryar, Imani L. B. – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Discusses how the aesthetic concerns of African Americans are reflected in the writing of Black women and introduces the characteristics of African culture as they relate to African-American culture. Emphasizes the intuitive musical quality of Black language as expressed in poetry and fiction. (FMW)
Descriptors: African Culture, Authors, Black Attitudes, Black Literature
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Tetenbaum, Toby Jane; Pearson, Judith – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1989
Examines the moral orientations of 212 male and female characters in 50 works of fiction for school-aged children using a modified version of Lyon's coding scheme. Findings confirm sex role stereotypic characterizations that could influence development of moral decision-making. (FMW)
Descriptors: Books, Characterization, Children, Childrens Literature
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Varona, Frank – Social Studies Texan, 1992
Discusses the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Criticizes contemporary condemnation of Columbus as unproductive. Acknowledges the deaths of countless Native Americans through disease and warfare. Recognizes that the pre-Columbian Americas did not comprise a paradise. Concludes that commemorating the…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Criticism, Culture Conflict, Diseases
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Kincheloe, Joe L. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1991
Discusses the relationship of ideology, social theory, critical analysis, hegemony, and objectivity in the work of educational historians. Comments that the training of educational historians often neglects intensive ideological analysis of historical research. Argues that study of historiographical methodology and consciousness of its dimensions…
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational History, Educational Researchers, Higher Education
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Pitt, Alice – Journal of Moral Education, 1991
Presents a response to Lorraine Code's critique of Carol Gilligan's abortion study. Urges that abortion be read as a socially constructed experience based on more than women's moral decisions. Discusses language and experience to present abortion as an area of contested meaning in historical and ideological constructions of social life. (DK)
Descriptors: Abortions, Consciousness Raising, Criticism, Decision Making
Thomas, Priscilla A. – 1993
This study provides a description of the 20th-century literary criticism associated with the epistolary form in English literature arrived at by bibliometric descriptive analysis. Information gathered from eight different indexes for the period 1900-1991 helps describe the specific features of: authors, titles, format, language, country of…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, English Literature, Higher Education, Information Sources
Van Noate, Judith, Comp. – 1994
This guide is intended to help library patrons of the Atkins Library (at the University of North Carolina Charlotte) find sources of criticism on African-American literature. The guide explains important reference sources in the reference collection of the library and how to find biographical and critical information in books and periodicals. The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Black Literature, Blacks, Childrens Literature
Hansen, Tricia L. – 1993
The primary intent of this paper is to provide an ideological critique of one instance of "union talk," which the paper takes to be representative of organized labor discourse at large. To reach this goal, the question of the need for and value of unions is specifically addressed in the paper, and a review of the studies existing within…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Communities, Employer Employee Relationship
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Balogun, F. Odun – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Reviews three folktales and a children's novella, "Chike and the River," by the Nigerian author and compares them to his adult short stories. Observes that, aside from differences in scale or degree, the style of his children's stories is basically the same as that of his adult works. (FMW)
Descriptors: African Literature, Authors, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis
Sherman, James A.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
Thirty-seven adults with mental retardation and 46 other people from the community participated in videotaped role plays involving 3 social skills (following instructions, accepting criticism, and negotiating to resolve conflicts). There were high positive correlations between the behavioral checklist scores and the evaluations of community…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Rating Scales, Conflict Resolution, Criticism
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