plesse answer from the attached PDF files part1/ Respond to the Following: In the context of Amer ...

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plesse answer from the attached PDF files part1/ Respond to the Following: In the context of American history, there has been speculation about the use of quilts as a means of communication among enslaved people seeking freedom. Tobin and Dobard argued that quilts contained secret codes or symbols that conveyed messages and directions. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1- If the author’s thesis is true and slave quilts incorporated secret codes, how might such a system have been developed and shared among enslaved communities to use quilts as a guide to freedom? 2- What evidence supports or challenges this idea? 3- What are the implications of acknowledging or dismissing the possibility of quilts as a form of resistance and communication?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- part 2/ 1- Define the terms signifier and signified? 2- Describe some of the signifiers of blackness and what is signified? 3- Discuss the meaning of consciousness and double consciousness in relation to blackness? 4- Define Diaspora and also Diaspora studies? 5- Describe some of the social struggles black artists face? 6- Describe the purpose of the image Las Castas? 7- Describe some of the signifier’s in Las Castas? 8- Why are so few artists documented prior to the late 19th century? 9- Describe some of the main concerns of African American artists when producing works of art? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------