Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby

This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024.

Opis bibliograficzny
1. autor: Nishat, Monika Kamal
Kolejni autorzy: Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad
Format: Praca dyplomowa
Język:English
Wydane: Brac University 2024
Hasła przedmiotowe:
Dostęp online:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/24171
id 10361-24171
record_format dspace
spelling 10361-241712024-09-24T21:01:44Z Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby Nishat, Monika Kamal Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad Department of English and Humanities, Brac University African American people Intersectionality Microaggression Racism Reverse sexism Racism against Black people. Racism in literature. African Americans--Social conditions. This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-85). The objective of the thesis is to expand the understanding of the theory of intersectionality and microaggression by addressing the issues of intersectionality and microaggression concerning African American men, Mr. Pi, Corey, and Kev from The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby to investigate how the intersection of race, gender, sex, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, profession, and political standpoint generate injustice, violence, and discrimination against them by Whites and even Blacks. The thesis also examines the motivation of the offenders and the counter-reaction of Mr. Pi, Corey, and Kev against microaggression. The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey is a contemporary romance fiction that profoundly emphasizes reverse sexism and the vulnerabilities of Mr. Pi caused by Whites and Black women. The Good House by Tananarive Due belongs to horror fiction that sheds light on Corey who becomes the victim of racial segregation and manipulation of a white spirit who uses Black/White dichotomy to accomplish revenge. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi is a speculative fiction that entails the horrific story of Kev whose life is entrapped by an unfair criminal justice system. The theory of ―Intersectionality‖ focuses on the minor group of people who experience complex social inequalities and violence by the dominant group due to their overlapping social identities. While borrowing the core idea of intersectionality from the existing resources, it has been found that the theorization solely emphasizes the vulnerabilities of Black women mostly by Crenshaw (1989, 1991, 2010, 2013), MacKinnon (2013), Collins (2015), even though the intersectional scholars (Nash 2008, Crenshaw 2017) state the theory has room to expand. Hence, it is high time to shift the focus from Black women to African American men's issues of intersectionality. Additionally, even in the era of post-racism, racial hatred persists in more subtle forms through microaggression. From the existing resources, it has been observed that insufficient scholarly attention has been given to discussing microaggression concerning African American men from literary contexts. To accomplish the research, the theory of intersectionality and microaggression has been used as the core frameworks and oppression olympic, some of the Fanonian and Foucauldian ideas have been used as supporting frameworks for critical analysis. Monika Kamal Nishat B.A. in English 2024-09-24T05:30:48Z 2024-09-24T05:30:48Z ©2024 2024-05 Thesis ID 20303020 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/24171 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 93 pages application/pdf Brac University
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic African American people
Intersectionality
Microaggression
Racism
Reverse sexism
Racism against Black people.
Racism in literature.
African Americans--Social conditions.
spellingShingle African American people
Intersectionality
Microaggression
Racism
Reverse sexism
Racism against Black people.
Racism in literature.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Nishat, Monika Kamal
Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
description This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2024.
author2 Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad
author_facet Noman, Abu Sayeed Mohammad
Nishat, Monika Kamal
format Thesis
author Nishat, Monika Kamal
author_sort Nishat, Monika Kamal
title Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
title_short Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
title_full Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
title_fullStr Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
title_full_unstemmed Unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in The Son of Mr. Suleman, The Good House, and Riot Baby
title_sort unheard voices of black men: analyzing black men‘s issue of intersectionality and microaggression in the son of mr. suleman, the good house, and riot baby
publisher Brac University
publishDate 2024
url http://hdl.handle.net/10361/24171
work_keys_str_mv AT nishatmonikakamal unheardvoicesofblackmenanalyzingblackmensissueofintersectionalityandmicroaggressioninthesonofmrsulemanthegoodhouseandriotbaby
_version_ 1814307752128806912