This paper unearths the contribution of lexical cohesion to the textuality and overall meaning of Malcolm X’s speech 'The Ballot or the Bullet'. Drawing on Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) and Hoey’s (1991) theory of cohesion, specifically lexical   cohesion, whose main thrust is the role of lexical items in not only contributing to meaning but also serving as cohesive ties, the paper discusses how ...

the present study focuses on malcolm x's autobiographical account of his prison life based on foucault's notions of prison in discipline and punish. the researchers seek to show that the ambivalent nature of imprisonment helped malcolm attain knowledge and power through paradoxical mechanisms. on the one hand, the prison house acts as an oppressive force on the psyche of the black man...

Em tempos em que a luta contra o Racismo é imprescindível e urgente, os discursos de Malcolm X demarcam um período importante homem revertido ao Islam, após seu Hajj (peregrinação Meca) amplia sua perspectiva sobre humano não era homens brancos, sim, exploram outros homens. Passou ser conhecido entre muçulmanos como Al Malik Al-Shabazz (1925-1965), distinção dada toda pessoa faz Hajj. Mais X, f...

h—This study looks at Spike Lee’s Malcolm X as an important text in understanding Afrocentric perspectives that challenge the ideological stereotypes of mainstream Hollywood film. Malcolm X intervenes between Lee, the filmmaker, and the powerful media industry and is emblematic of the larger discussion of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic views in media culture. This film is not only an interesti...