Raisin in the Sun Pathfinder
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Harlem by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? |
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Fun Fact
$10,000 in 1950 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $106,455.60 in 2019.
Contextual Research Topics
1951 Cicero Race Riot
Colonialism/Imperialism
Fair Housing Act of 1968 and Housing Segregation
Feminist Lens
Gender Roles
Harlem Renaissance
Housing Industry, Chicago Housing Authority
The "Mammy" Stereotype
Colonialism/Imperialism
- Crash Course African Imperialism 3:20 to 8 min, 11:07 on www.youtube.com/watch?v=alJaltUmrGo
Fair Housing Act of 1968 and Housing Segregation
- Fair Housing History www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m227A0QQ_4
- Why Cities Are Segregated www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM (one F bomb in intro)
Feminist Lens
- How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?
- What are the power relationships between men and women?
- What is patriarchy? What is male chauvinism? Sexism?
- What does the play reveal about the operations (economically, politically, socially, or psychologically) of patriarchy?
- What does the play say about women's creativity? intelligence? priorities?
- What role does the work play in terms of women's literary history and literary tradition?
Gender Roles
- What is a matriarchy?
- How are male and female roles defined?
- What constitutes masculinity and femininity? How do characters embody these traits?
- What does it mean to be emasculated?
Harlem Renaissance
- interactive.wttw.com/dusable-to-obama/black-renaissance#renaissance
- Crash Course Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0URpI9nKQ
Housing Industry, Chicago Housing Authority
- What are racially restrictive covenants?
- Racist History of Chicago's Housing Policies www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN_8KIpmZXs (esp. from 2 minutes to the end)
The "Mammy" Stereotype
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