Performance and Visual Studies

Danielle Roper, New York University

Liberation through Rhyme: The Use of Rap and US Black Culture in the Afro-Descendant Communities of Cuba and Nicaragua - Sharae M DeWitt

Black Women in Blackface: Hemispheric Blackface and the Myth of Racial Democracy - Danielle Roper, New York University

Miho and ‘Mamiko’ in Brazil: Japanese-Brazilian Musical Collaborations and Representations via New York City - Marc M Gidal, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Rituals of the Body: Perú Negro’s Choreographing and Performing of Afro-Peruvian Identity - Luis F Paredes, Stetson University