Where black bodies lie: historiography, race, and the place of Eros
This essay explores how considering the treatment and location of black bodies in the American figurative and literal imagination forces us to reconsider the place of eros as a mechanism for archival ethics. Through an examination the commentary provided by Lynne Huffer’s essay “Strange Eros” (2016)...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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Theology & sexuality
Año: 2016, Volumen: 22, Número: 3, Páginas: 165-174 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Huffer, Lynne 1960-
/ Foucault, Michel 1926-1984
/ Eros (Término)
/ Negros
/ Cuerpo
/ Política
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | NBE Antropología NCF Ética sexual VA Filosofía ZC Política general |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Eros
B #BlackLivesMatter B black corporeality B Foucault |
| Parallel Edition: | Electrónico
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| Sumario: | This essay explores how considering the treatment and location of black bodies in the American figurative and literal imagination forces us to reconsider the place of eros as a mechanism for archival ethics. Through an examination the commentary provided by Lynne Huffer’s essay “Strange Eros” (2016) and consideration of Michel Foucault’s treatment of the historical a priori, I reveal how eros, while powerful in its potential as a political possibility, is also a strange consideration for black people. With the #BlackLivesMatter movement as a contemporary site of black futurity, I contend that the intersection of eros, political possibility, and black existence point to opportunities for systemic change that will free black bodies - whether gendered, sexed, and/or queered - from the rigid constructions of embodiment upon which they were initially framed. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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