Mariah Carey

The Ted talk given by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie describes the dangers of a single story. A single story is told here as a story that is told with the same singular view. Adichie describes how she started reading and writing when she was younger, although her writing only ever contained characters who were white and blue-eyed. She says how the books she read only ever had people like this and who drank ginger beer, Adichie wanted to drink this ginger beer although she had no idea what it was. But…

English so well, and was confused when I said that Nigeria happened to have English as its official language. She asked if she could listen to what she called my ‘tribal music,’ and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey. She assumed that I did not know how to use a stove’” (Adichie 2). Adichie's roommate presumed that she would not be able to speak english, or know how to use a stove. This assumption was purely based off of the color of Adichie’s skin. Her…

pale body; that I definitely was not the thin, dark girl standing towards the back of that restroom. As a product of cable television and Latinx dominated GATE classes, I associated Blackness with: the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, That’s So Raven, Mariah Carey, and the random Black…

Introduction The 1950’s saw the birth of rock and roll. Ever since then, rock has not only survived, but thrived. Artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry paved the way for The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and many others in the 1960s and 1970s. In turn, they made way for the new metal, punk, and grunge artists of the 1980s and 1990s. 1950s jazz, blues, and R&B have served as the basis for eighties and nineties R&B, hip hop, and rap. Pop has continued to develop with the changing minds…

Every star has a specific image and reputation of how they are perceived by people. This specific view, also known as the star text, is “formed by everything that the audience affiliates them with, such as their body of work, promotion, publicity and audience practices” (Jackson). Celebrities change their star text to shift the way they are perceived by the people and to be taken seriously. In the case of Ariana Grande, the Nickelodeon starlet has successfully managed to outgrow her previous…

Korean entertainment companies focus on looks more than talents. IRS 12/4/2015 2E5 Toh Pei Shi (23) Content page Title, Abstract and introduction- Page 3 Main body 1- Page 4 Main body 2-Page 4 to 5 Main body- Page 6 Conclusion and recommendation- Page 6 to 7 Appendix-Page 7 Reference list-Page 8 Title: Korea Entertainment Companies focuses more on look than talents. Abstract: This research is to find out whether Korea entertainment companies really only focus on looks. There are a lot…