
Explaining Internalized Oppression Using the Film, Claudine
Author(s) -
Teresa A. Booker
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
radical teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-0832
pISSN - 0191-4847
DOI - 10.5195/rt.2019.557
Subject(s) - oppression , gender studies , sociology , art , political science , law , politics
This is a teaching note. Therefore, I did not include an abstract. However, if there were one, it would be this:Lester and Tina Pine’s 1974 film, Claudine, is a fictitious story depicting the dating life of Claudine, a 36-year old African American mother of six who had been married twice (and “almost twice”). This film can be used to explain internalized oppression and how it might manifest itself differently even in individuals from the same families