Bücher von Hamada Abdelfattah

Academic Paper from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: Excellent with houner, Mansoura University (Faculty of Arts), course: Phd, language: English, abstract: Zora Neale Hurston used Black American slang to uncover racism against her black folk. She employed not only slang languages of her black folk but also her African culture heritage. Her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" is examined to demonstrate how storytelling and the blues, as aspects of diasporic survival, function in her fiction which depicts how African cultural heritage operates in the United States. She articulates the need for her black folks throughout diaspora to confront racism by employing their African cultural heritage as a vehicle for empowerment. Janie, Hurston¿s protagonist, finds that when she embraces her African heritage not only does she gain great awareness of her selfhood better as African American, but she also discovers that her Africanity and her identity are intertwined.

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject American Studies - Literature, , course: Doctoral Dissertation, language: English, abstract: This thesis examines Zora Neale Hurston's "Dust Tracks on a Road". Empowering the African cultural heritage is a frequent theme in Zora Neale Hurston¿s fiction. According to her, the cultural heritage is not something stagnant or inert; it continues to affect her black folks in the present and the future. Therefore, as she always believes, it is necessary for black Americans to turn to their African roots to inspire strength and guidance. Hurston¿s approach to the cultural heritage coincides with Diane Barthel¿Bouchier¿s belief that heritage can be used as a way of life in order to attain sustainability. To Barthel¿Bouchier, cultural heritage is a ¿living history incorporating social process of both continuity and change¿ (9). Indeed, Hurston¿s fiction is an attempt to make African culture serve life. Her novels and short stories can be read as endeavors to transform the perception of the African roots in the African Americans¿ psyche from a stain that needs to be washed out into a powerful force that can uphold the whole AfröAmerican community.

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: excellent, Mansoura University, course: drama, language: English, abstract: "The Cuban-swimmer" is a seven-scene play in which Milcha Sanchez-Scott depicts the individual¿s need of self assertion as a major theme. Self assertion, according to her, is a metaphor standing for one¿s true identity, a symphony combining one¿s individuality as well as one¿s cultural legacy. The play follows the life of the Suarezs, a displaced Cuban family who rode the ocean to take refuge in the United States. They have migrated from Cuba in search of a secure sense of self-worth. The central character among these people is Margarita Suarez, a nineteen-year-old Cuban girl, who tries to win a swimming race in the ocean as a Cuban not as an American. Margarita takes part in this race in search not only of the ¿Cuban pride¿ but also of her own self-assertion. In her play, Sanchez-Scott uses Margaritäs story as an allegory for the whole immigration experience which Latin Americans had to go through.Milcha Sanchez-Scott was born in a multicultural family. Her father was a Colombian man who lived in Mexico; her mother is Indonesian with Chinese-Dutch roots. Jane T. Peterson holds that ¿her [Milchäs] heritage reflects a diversity of ethnic and cultural influences¿. She is regarded as a playwright of powerfully expressive plays. Her works consistently reflect her concern with racial and political issues, particularly with the Latin woman¿s struggle for spiritual survival. Latin American heritage and the sense of this culture form the ultimate base of Sanchez-Scott¿s material. Much of her writing reveals her concern for Latin women and their families. Peterson is clear about the idea that ¿Milcha Sanchez-Scott¿s work frequently explores woman¿s experiences in Hispanic-American bicultural context¿.