Illinois Central College “Between the Lines” Program Explores Extreme Portrayals of 1940’s African American Female Characters
Join Illinois Central College’s “Between the Lines” program to discuss “The
1940’s African American Female Character: Gender Equality is Such an Illusion,”
on Tues., March 5 from 7 to 8 pm in the Arbor Hall
Auditorium on the Peoria Campus, located at 5407 N. University St., Peoria.
Andrea Walton will lead the discussion.
Female characters, much like real life, have been
portrayed in seemingly radical (according to present-day norm) ways. Many times
the "ideal woman" is one who submissively accepts her subservient
plight in life, without much resistance. Yet readers find their interests pique
by authors who dare to portray their heroine as one who bucks the system in an
attempt to afford herself the same opportunities as male counterparts. In
Ramona Lowe's “Woman in the Window” and Charles Chesnutt's “Uncle Wellington's
Wives,” these two writers expose some of these extreme portrayals of African American
women during the 1940's.
“Between the Lines” is a lecture series presented by the faculty members of the
English, Humanities and Language Studies Department at ICC. The goal of
the series is to offer literary presentations that will interest students and
people in the community, as well as promote reading literacy and scholarly
study.
The programs are free and open to the public.
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