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“Cora Unashamed” is about a Black woman in a rural Midwestern town who feels trapped by her dependence on her white employers. Through the loss of her own child and the eventual death of the white child she has helped raise, Cora confronts cultural expectations of humility and shame.
- Cora Unashamed Story Analysis
Cora Unashamed. Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in...
- Cora Unashamed Story Analysis
Synopsis. Cast. Home media. References. External links. Cora Unashamed is a 2000 American made-for-television drama film from The American Collection directed by Deborah Pratt, starring Regina Taylor and Cherry Jones. The film was shot on location in October 1999 in central Iowa. Cities such as Ames, Cambridge and Story City were used.
- Alt Films, WGBH
- Langston Hughes (short story), Ann Peacock (teleplay)
Cora was the oldest of a family of eight children—the Jenkins niggers. The only Negroes in Melton, thank God! Where they came from originally —that is, the old folks—God knows. The kids were born there. The old folks are still there now: Pa drives a junk wagon. The old woman ails around the house, ails and quarrels.
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Cora Unashamed. By Langston Hughes, first published in The American Mercury . In a town so small it can hardly be called a town, a black woman serves a rich white family until a series of horrific events causes the single joy in her life to vanish. Author. Langston Hughes.
6 de mai. de 2020 · "Cora Unashamed" by Langston Hughes. 1 Consider what opinion Langston Hughes has about the following topics: 2 Miscegnation (mixing of races particularly referring to marriage, living together, and sexual intercourse) 3 Gender Roles & Motherhood. 4 Social Norms (Standards, Societal Pressure, & Expectations) 5 Hardships & Injustices.
“Cora Unashamed” explores the interdependent relationship between a Black woman and a white employer and confronts the perception that Black survival requires dependence on white society and cooperation with an unjust economic system.
