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Material Girls in a Material World: The Politics of Black Fashion and Glamour in the African Diaspora
Friday, June 2, 2017: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
BRESL 209 (Hofstra University)
Participants:
Tanisha Ford, University of Delaware
Siobhan Carter-David, Southern Connecticut State University
Tamara Walker, University of Pennsylvania
Brandi Thompson Summers, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kadari Taylor-Watson, Purdue University
Siobhan Carter-David, Southern Connecticut State University
Tamara Walker, University of Pennsylvania
Brandi Thompson Summers, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kadari Taylor-Watson, Purdue University
Session Abstract
Black material culture studies is a growing sub-field that scholars of women, gender, and sexuality are using to critique systems of power, engage in discussions of identity politics, and explore the connections between the intellectual world and material realities of peoples of African descent. In that regard, it is a method and approach to the history of popular culture that allows us to engage in “difficult conversations” about blackness as a commodity, debates over “authentic” blackness, and sexist critiques of gender performance. Moderated by historian Ruth Feldstein, this roundtable will explore the politics of fashion and beauty culture across three continents and spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.
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