Cultural Identity in Swing Time by https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97 Which feelings are conveyed explicitly? Which can be found implicitly – from reading between the lines? How do the African natives react to the protagonist? How would you describe the protagonist’s sense of cultural identity? en-us 2021-06-26 12:40:15 UTC 2021-06-27 12:55:44 UTC hello@padlet.com 1st visit afolkendt https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626853388 2021-06-27 07:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626853388 5th visit afolkendt https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626853533 2021-06-27 07:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626853533 Last visit afolkendt https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626853667 2021-06-27 07:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626853667 https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995425 belittled and patronized by Lamin]]> 2021-06-27 12:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995425 https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995512 explicitly:
moves around with confidence like she belongs there, feels like part of society
]]> 2021-06-27 12:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995512 Left out & disorientated https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995523 (as she doesn't understand language nor practices)]]> 2021-06-27 12:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995523 overwhelmed https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995738 2021-06-27 12:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995738 Explicit Feelings https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995843 2021-06-27 12:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995843 https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995938 Society welcomes her, close relationships (e.g. sharing the same problem)]]> 2021-06-27 12:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995938 Implicit Feelings https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995978  sadness, enjoyment, feeling of freedom]]> 2021-06-27 12:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626995978 silly and self-conscious" https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996141 2021-06-27 12:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996141 Natives are pitying her and find her hilarious https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996176 2021-06-27 12:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996176 reaction to the protagonist https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996701 surprised, dont't see her as part of the community, honour the guest, accepting her at the same time, no longer a stranger]]> 2021-06-27 12:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996701 https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996733 Feeling of belonging there: identity found, but it's a mix of her two identities (New York & Africa)]]> 2021-06-27 12:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996733 Notices that Lamin behaves differently with her than with the local people --> feels excluded https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996934 2021-06-27 12:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626996934 Protagonist's sense of cultural identity https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626997722 Feels a sense of belonging, village is not strange anymore]]> 2021-06-27 12:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626997722 https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626997967 joy ]]> 2021-06-27 12:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626997967 Sense that she thought she knew what to expect when arriving due to her mixed heritage and yet upon arrival, she is out of place. Something that was central to her identity in Britain (her West African heritage) is insufficient in West Africa. She is suspended between two cultural identities, not really fitting in in either. https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626998068 2021-06-27 12:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626998068 notices differences between herself and the African culture (has more money, wonders about "age-mates") --> feels out of place https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626998200 2021-06-27 12:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626998200 Confused about her own cultural identity – not as 'African' as she thought she was https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626998227 2021-06-27 12:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626998227 more implicit: Lamin makes her listen to the podcast about cost of university tuition in Ghana --> to make her more aware for the problems of african societies (because he thinks she is not aware of that) https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626999471 2021-06-27 12:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1626999471 Realizes her higher social class (the fare for the ship is a lot for Lamin but "nothing" for her https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1627000510 2021-06-27 12:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/afolkendt/4opm7fh5sbo8mu97/wish/1627000510