SOCB47H3 Lecture : socb47 lec 2.docx
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Movie: dangers of a single story: can you name some of the discourses that are mobilized in the representation of. Africa is a place that is poverty and aids. Africa is a beautiful place with great landscapes: to what extent did your response to my initial question draw upon dominant discourses. It is connected with the belief that the main issue is poverty that people face in. The way she would become a writer would be shaped by the books she would read, particular types of characters. Interactions with someone from the us (men are abusive, she didn"t assume that all men in the us are serial killers just by reading a book) she has a broader knowledge that it is not true. Did not know that people like her existed. Americans are separated from africa in all aspects. We are not given enough knowledge about other places, instead we are informed only about the issues.
