History A-Level

Agency and representation

What Agency and representation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Agency and representation

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Judging each text as an agent of change and as evidence of its moment, weighing authorship, audience and reception.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 2 Changing portrayal of civil rights issues in fiction and film (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 2 Changing portrayal of civil rights issues in fiction and film (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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