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The Art Of Becoming, Charity J. Jackson
The Art Of Becoming, Charity J. Jackson
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
This study aims to bring attention to the ways in which Black womanhood is curated in the digital landscape by both Black women and non-Black women. Representations of Black women, often coded as negative, circulate mainstream media today, but when the same representations are taken up by non-Black woman bodies, they are regarded differently as unique, profitable, and desirable. In this context, Black womanhood is described as a specific performance assembled through cultural references popularized by Black women. To explore this topic, I analyze two Instagram accounts through visual analysis. The results show how my own curation of my image …
Coloring: An Investigation Of Racial Identity Politics Within The Black Indian Community, Charlene Jeanette Graham
Coloring: An Investigation Of Racial Identity Politics Within The Black Indian Community, Charlene Jeanette Graham
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
Historical interconnections between Native Americans and many people of African descent in America created a group of Black Indians whose lineage continues today. Though largely unrecognized, they remain an important racially mixed group. Through analysis using qualitative feminist methodologies, this thesis examines the history and analyzes the narratives of African-Native American females regarding their racial identity and political claims of tribal citizenship. Their socialization, which includes kin keeping, extended families and the sharing of family stories, allows them to claim native ancestry because of the information usually passed down to them from mothers, grandmothers, aunts and other family members. Their …