Black Bodies, White Gold: Visualizing Value, Materializing Race in the Atlantic World
Friedman Hall, Room 102 90 George St, Providence, RI, United StatesThis talk examines the visual relationship between the cotton trade and the representation of the black body in American culture, using historical case studies and contemporary art. Juxtaposing contemporary interventions with historical moments, it examines how cotton materially influenced the way black bodies were seen, and how black Americans saw themselves, as both enslaved and […]
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