Hello everyone! I have noticed when reading some of my fellow colleagues' posts that many have mentioned their senior capstone projects and how they wish to proceed in their research. So I thought, hey, why not do the same. It would be fun and interesting to try to articulate my thoughts on my project. My … Continue reading Night of the Living Dead: A Response to A Black Mass
Just typing out loud
This week, and for every week, I have been thinking a lot about Black performance, specifically the way they perform fashion. For my project I am going to be discussing the evolution of fashion throughout the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and how the fashion reflected the movement itself. I want to show the … Continue reading Just typing out loud
Performativity
As discussed in class, Performativity was a major factor for both the Black Panther Party and the Black Arts Movement. It is something every person does every day, whether or not he/she is aware of it. It is the caricature of our ourselves that we present to the public; the persona we adopt; the image … Continue reading Performativity
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