This course will focus on constructions of Black hair and the Black body in media of the 20th and 21st century. The seminar combines primary readings, personal anecdotes, and applied research about the body, its extremities (such as hair), its performance of sexualities and identities in the context of the production of culture and social relations. Additionally, a critique of the readings will afford us the opportunity to explore alternatives to the perpetuated materialist or constructivist binary existing in approaches to the body.  

Wednesdays 4:30-7PM • Dr. Kimberly Moffitt • kmoffitt@umbc.edu