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Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston
2019. urn:nbn:hr:162:636851
Jelinčić, Petra
University of Zadar
Department of English

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Jelinčić, P. (2019). Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston (Undergraduate thesis). Zadar: University of Zadar. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:636851

Jelinčić, Petra. "Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston." Undergraduate thesis, University of Zadar, 2019. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:636851

Jelinčić, Petra. "Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston." Undergraduate thesis, University of Zadar, 2019. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:636851

Jelinčić, P. (2019). 'Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston', Undergraduate thesis, University of Zadar, accessed 29 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:636851

Jelinčić P. Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston [Undergraduate thesis]. Zadar: University of Zadar; 2019 [cited 2024 December 29] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:636851

P. Jelinčić, "Aspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston", Undergraduate thesis, University of Zadar, Zadar, 2019. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:636851

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TitleAspects of Blackness and Whiteness in American Popular Culture - example of Whitney Houston
Title (croatian)Aspekti crnine i bjeline u američkoj popularnoj kulturi – primjer Whitney Houston
AuthorPetra Jelinčić
MentorZlatko Bukač (mentor)
Committee memberTomislav Kuzmanović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberMarko Lukić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberZlatko Bukač (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zadar
(Department of English)
Zadar
Defense date and country2019-09-25, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Abstract
Historically, ever since ancient Greeks till modern age, every aspect of blackness was considered as something impure, both socially and emotionally on lower level, while on the other hand, aspects of whiteness were very often emphasized as something pure, intellectually more capable, socially acceptable, superior to every other skin color, and even called the light of the civilization. After the term of race was given the signification of “one of the great divisions of mankind based on physical peculiarities”, the popular culture has also taken the attitude of division between skin color and deciding upon which ethnicity has more capabilities and which deserves to be judged and consider inferior. By the same token, this thesis analyses some of the consequences in the popular culture of that social division, such as double consciousness coined by Du Bois in 1903, and provides examples examining the problematics of the success of one of the most successful and worldly recognized African American singers: Whitney Houston – her music, image, successful marketing, and artificial whiteness. Forthwith, and as the last chapter of this thesis, it is shown and described a broader insight into events and changes surrounding blackness in popular culture from 1990s till 21st century.
Abstract (croatian)
Povijesno gledano, još od vremena starih Grka pa sve do današnjeg vremena, sve povezano s crninom je smatrano nečistim, kako na emocionalno tako i na društveno nižoj razini, dok se s druge strane bjelina često naglašavala kao čistoća, intelektualna sposobnost, društveno prihvatljivija, nadmoćnija nad svim drugim bojama kože te čak nazvana i svijetlom civilizacije. Nakon što je pojam rase označio razdvajanje ljudskog roda na temelju fizičkih posebnosti, popularna kultura je slijedila primjer navedene segregacije. Ovaj rad analizira neke od posljedica razdvajanja ljudskog roda po rasama, kao što je Du Boisov pojam dvostruke svijesti, prvi put spomenut 1903. Isto tako, donosi analizu i opis problematike uspjeha jedne od svjetski najpriznatijih afroameričkih pjevačica kroz sferu njene glazbe, lika, uspješnog marketinga i umjetne bjeline: Whitney Houston. Nadalje, u zadnjem dijelu je predstavljen uvid u događaje i promjene vezane za crninu u popularnoj kulturi od 1990. do 21.stoljeća.
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Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:162:636851
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
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