Mapping issues of social justice in a globalized world
How do dominant representations of femininity reflect social, racial, and environmental inequalities?
When the politic meets the aesthetic
Selected talks, creative projects and publications
Black Transnational Resistance-NKA
Two years ago, I attended the opening night of the exhibition Radical Love at the Ford Foundation Gallery. I immediately felt at home. I went back the day after. I wanted to be face-to-face with Rashaad Newsome’s collage: Look Back at It which refers Pablo Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon. Yet there is a […]
Animality and Humanity-Routledge
I am delighted and thankful to inform you about my forthcoming monograph (Routledge – August 25, 2022). Animality and Humanity in French Late Modern Representations of Black Femininity examines the evolution of the depictions of black femininity in French visual culture. Drawing on a broad spectrum of archives extending back to the late 18th century – […]
Posing Modernity: A Virtual Journey-CMA Journal
In my review of the virtual exhibition Posing Modernity (Wallach Gallery at Columbia University, New York) – a ground-breaking exhibition on the central role of Black models in the French modern canon – I reflect on our collective screen fatigue. Alone in front of my screen, my connection with these disembodied artworks is […]
Have You Ever Seen the Crowd Goin’ Apeshit? Humanities
“Have You Ever Seen the Crowd Goin’ Apeshit?” That was what Beyoncé and Jay-Z asked their fans in their music video – APES**T – filmed at the Louvre Museum in Paris. My article – “Have You Ever Seen the Crowd Goin’ Apeshit?”: Disrupting Representations of Animalistic Black Femininity in the French Imaginary – investigates Black politics behind the Beyoncé and […]
From Innocence to Experience-The Conversation
A look back at the history of the sexualisation of girlhood in the 19th century in The Conversation. My analysis suggests a socially ingrained phenomenon, that will require sophisticated approaches to address its complex and entrenched nature.
Barbie Fashionistas-Ramona Magazine
I have just published an article about Barbie Fashionistas, and how much her new body has been influenced by a model of black femininity. Have a look at Ramona Magazine, a feminist magazine aimed at female identifying persons.
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