Thursday, April 14, 2011

Symbiosis from The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe

This is a perspective of the short story Symbiosis in the book The Colored Museum.  It doesn't mean all of this is true or correct; but if you keep your mind open, you might be able to see this story in a different light. Hope this helps you understand Symbiosis a little better.

My partner and I did this powerpoint presentation for our English 1B class...hope you enjoy (:

SLIDE 1
}Symbiosis
}Chaneisha Booker
}Melissa Hillman
SLIDE 2
}Symbiosis –
}noun, a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other.
SLIDE 3
}Satire and Symbolism
}Symbolization of black people trying to “be” white.
}Black stereotypes: afro-sheen, converse all-stars, The Temptations, etc.
}Satire because black people try to compress themselves.
}Black people lose their I.D.
}Assimilationism and imagism.
SLIDE 4
}Themes and Conflicts
}Black people try to lose themselves in order to survive.
}Thematic Ideas: dislocation, assimilation, redefining self, CHANGE, trashing.
}Notes- White establishment notions of success that collide with Blackness. The Black Other vs. the White norm.
}Conflicts: 1)character vs. social force The Man vs. assimilationism 2) inner conflict Internalized oppression.
}Refer to Page 37
}Common themes or conflicts in other exhibits: change, assimilation
  SLIDE 5 
}Cultural Allusions
          Motown Background
}Motown Records was founded in 1960 by Berry Gordy Jr.
}“The Motown Sound”
}Base guitar lines, melodic structures,
and call-and-response singing styles.
}Artists
}Martha and the Vandellas, The Temptations, Lionel Richie, etc.
}Biggest Hits:
}“ABC” Jackson 5
}“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Stevie Wonder
}“I Can’t Help Myself” The Four Tops
SLIDE 6
}“My Girl”  The Temptations
 SLIDE 7
}Cultural Allusions
& Black Culture
}Berry Gordy Jr. was able to use music as
a way to reach into the homes of Americans
and subtly create social change.
}The Motown sound unified young people, black and white.
}He used Motown music as a way to bring about racial equality.
}“Motown was the pride of black America.”
}Time.com “Motown” By Gilbert Cruz
SLIDE 8
}Cultural Allusions
identified in exhibit
}“My first jar of Murray’s Pomade.”
}“My first can of Afro-sheen.”
}“My first dashiki.”
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