August Wilson: Poet‚ Playwright‚ and So Much More August Wilson is a man who‚ outside of the theatrical world‚ is not very well known. Yet there are those‚ like Paul Carter Harrison‚ who would rank him in "the same ’artistic continuum’ as Langston Hughes‚ Toni Morrison‚ and Thelonius Monk."1 When I began research on August Wilson I asked myself‚ so what? So what if he’s won awards and recognition? What has he done to merit them? What makes this man important enough to do a research paper
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vernacular” language help pave the way for a very successful future. In interviews‚ Wilson was asked where he got his inspiration and he always responded with “the four B’s: Writers Amiri Baraka and Jorge Luis Borgers‚ painter Romare Bearden‚ and the blues” Regarding Bearden‚ Wilson claimed‚ "When I saw his work‚ it was the first time that I had seen black life presented in all its richness‚ and I said‚ ’I want to do that—I want my plays to be the equal of his canvases.’" (Mehling). As a young man
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Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry L. Gates and Nellie Y. McKay. 2nd ed. New York‚ Ny: W.W. Norton &‚ 2004. 604-12. Print. 2. Schramm‚ Susan L.‚ and Rhonda B. Jeffries. "African American Trickster Representations in the Work of Romare Bearden." JSTOR. JSTOR‚ Sept. 2000. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3193835
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least some types of consumer decision making. Consumer research on reference groups has demonstrated congruency between group membership and brand usage (e.g.‚ Bearden and Etzel 1982; Bearden‚ Netemeyer‚ and Teel 1989; Bumkrant and Cousineau 1975; Childers and Rao 1992; Moschis 1985) and has defined several types of social infiuence (e.g.‚ Bearden and Etzel 1982; Park and Lessig 1977).Consumers form associations between reference groups and the brands they use and transfer these meanings from brand to
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10475 – Journal of Management and Marketing Research Target marketing and the product: categorizing products to understand the resulting marketing communication outcome measures Yuvay Jeanine Meyers Howard University ABSTRACT There is an increased expectation for American consumers to be presented with relatable images (Williams‚ Qualls‚ and Grier 1995). The use of Black models is now a commonplace occurrence in African American targeted marketing efforts; however there are a lack of studies
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3. “Money may be able to buy a lot of things‚ but it should never‚ ever be able to buy another human being.” – John F. Kerry‚ Secretary of State - How do traffickers victims? 1. Prey on vulnerable individuals 2. False promises – perpetrators offer help; the reality is something different 3. Kidnapped/abducted Prey on vulnerable individuals: Holly Austin Smith (child sex trafficking survivor) – Smith shares her personal story and how easy she was coerced into the vicious world of human trafficking
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large degree‚ they define themselves by what they have and possess. This continual consumption and acquisition of material possessions attempts to differentiate consumers from others in an effort to develop a distinctive self and social image (Tian‚ Bearden‚ and Hunter 2001). This study evaluates how status consumption and consumers’ need for uniqueness influence brand perceptions of a well established luxury apparel brand and if these lead to purchase intention. This integrates earlier research from
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Rauschenberg’s combines • Roy Lichtenstein’s comic book-inspired paintings • Style and purpose of Vietnam War protest art • What are Jim Crow laws? • Aim of Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail • Romare Bearden’s Prevalence of Ritual: Baptism • Betty Saar’s Liberation of Aunt Jemima and Jeff Donaldson’s Aunt Jemima and the Pillsbury Doughboy • Origins of the Civil Rights movement and Feminism • Virginia Woolf’s theory on why
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References: Bearden‚ WO‚ Ingram‚ TN & LaForge‚ RW 1998‚ Marketing: Principles & Perspectives‚ 2nd Edn‚ Irwin McGraw-Hill‚ USA Chan‚ CT 2007‚ ‘The Body Shop embeds CSR in corporate culture’‚ Starbiz‚ 15 December. Kotler‚ P‚ Brown‚ L‚ Adam‚ S‚ Burton‚ S‚ Armstrong‚ G 2007
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Thousands of hands turned to claws from too many hours wrapped around a controller. Hundreds of phones blinking message and notification alerts‚ set aside or on silent. The whine of blasters‚ groans of zombies‚ thrum of bass guitars‚ roar of car engines‚ slide of swords clashing—play through a hundred bedrooms. Curses mumbled by rough voices‚ burning eyes blinked slowly‚ fingers pried loose from the grip of the living dead and flexed painfully. Too many burritos‚ chips and bowls of cereal set in
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