Anti-Blackness Beyond U.S. and European Narratives II: Culture and Media

Session Submission Type: Invited Session (90 minute)

Description

It has been widely argued that Black popular culture is the foundation of almost all American popular culture. From the earliest periods of mass culture - when Blues, Jazz, and the Harlem Renaissance loomed large - to the contemporary era, many of the most notable American cultural exports have drawn inspiration from various corners of the US Black community. With technological advances and the expansion of global capital, Black culture has transcended national borders to become a global symbol of urban youth culture in virtually every corner of the world. However, despite the global influence of Black culture in entertainment and media over the past few decades, anti-Blackness and the dehumanization of Black people remain pervasive. Black culture is often consumed or appropriated within these systems - with or without the presence of Black people - and whiteness is often constructed as the antithesis of blackness. What does it mean when such ideas travel freely and transform rapidly in countries without broad acknowledgement of the troubling history behind them? This panel invites papers that explore various forms of anti-Blackness and the racialization of Black culture and people within culture and media in understudied regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Rather than focusing on anti-Blackness and racism through the conventional Black–white dichotomy dominating the field that emphasizes U.S. and European discourses, we seek contributions from scholars who engage with these issues through theoretical frameworks and empirical data that move beyond traditional understandings.

Sub Unit

• Special Session

Presider

• Xuemeng Li, CUNY-Hunter College

Individual Presentations

• #BlackinKorea: Performing Black Female Identity to Competing Audiences - Sharon Yoon, University of Notre Dame

• Latinos and the Transnational Emotional Toolkit of Antiblackness - Shantee Rosado, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

• Generating Global Anti-Blackness in the Caribbean Borderlands through the Case of Haiti - Jamella N. Gow, Bowdoin College

• Whose Black Lives Matter in Brazil? Brazilian Mobilization, Framing, and Translation of #BlackLivesMatter - Demetrius Miles Murphy, Boston College

Discussant

• Tristan Ivory, Cornell University

Session Organizers

• Jinwon Kim, Smith College

• Xuemeng Li, CUNY-Hunter College

• Tristan Ivory, Cornell University