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Refraction: The Prism Of Cultural Identity And How It Is Impacted By Grief And Storytelling

Allegakoen, S. Aanjali
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These two essays explore the ways in which cultural identities are impacted by external forces within an environment, specifically grief and storytelling. In the first essay, the cultural identity of American Muslims is examined through the lens of the post-9/11 protests against the Córdoba House Muslim Community Center in New York City. The “grief-wrath” that was utilized against the Muslim Community by Islamophobic protesters is then explored in other instances within the United States, relating to the identity formation and expression that can happen in ways that refute discrimination and oppression. The second essay details the ways storytelling can express cultural identity through genre-specific decisions and the mode of blockbuster filmmaking, specifically in the Marvel film Black Panther. The marrying of Afrofuturist and Africanfuturist motifs within the film reveals diasporic nuances that reflect many experiences of those within the Black/African diaspora, in ways that have not been seen in large-scale productions in Hollywood.
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2022-01-01
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Meyer, Leisa
Stow, Simon
Nofil, Brianna
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American Studies
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https://dx.doi.org/10.21220/s2-nnyf-2d66
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https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/9643
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