Je Voulais Être Homme, Rien Qu’Homme: An Analysis of the Intersection of Communism and Masculinity InThe Negritude Movement, 1930-1939

Authors

Kristen Weischedel, The College of WoosterFollow

Abstract

The negritude movement of the 1930s was a political and social movement that sought to reclaim African identity and culture whilst rejecting the French expectation of assimilation. This presentation examines recruitment methods of political and social activism, such as the use of propaganda. These forms of activism used both masculine and communist ideologies to advance their goals which ultimately reveal their concerns collectively and as individuals.

Advisor

Hettinger, Madonna

Second Advisor

Lyles, John

Department

French and Francophone Studies; History

Recommended Citation

Weischedel, Kristen, "Je Voulais Être Homme, Rien Qu’Homme: An Analysis of the Intersection of Communism and Masculinity InThe Negritude Movement, 1930-1939" (2012). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 183.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/183

Disciplines

Social and Cultural Anthropology

Keywords

negritude, racism, masculinity, communism, 1930s, france, paris, assimilation

Publication Date

2012

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis Exemplar