Overview
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part1/
Respond to the Following:
In the context of American history, there has been speculation about the use of quilts as a means of communication among enslaved people seeking freedom. Tobin and Dobard argued that quilts contained secret codes or symbols that conveyed messages and directions.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1- If the author’s thesis is true and slave quilts incorporated secret codes, how might such a system have been developed and shared among enslaved communities to use quilts as a guide to freedom?
2- What evidence supports or challenges this idea?
3- What are the implications of acknowledging or dismissing the possibility of quilts as a form of resistance and communication?"
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part 2/
1- Define the terms signifier and signified?
2- Describe some of the signifiers of blackness and what is signified?
3- Discuss the meaning of consciousness and double consciousness in relation to blackness?
4- Define Diaspora and also Diaspora studies?
5- Describe some of the social struggles black artists face?
6- Describe the purpose of the image Las Castas?
7- Describe some of the signifier’s in Las Castas?
8- Why are so few artists documented prior to the late 19th century?
9- Describe some of the main concerns of African American artists when producing works of art?
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