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Literary critic and black feminist scholar Hortense Spillers and sociologist Gail Lewis discuss the impossibility of black women’s claims to and inclusion in ‘womanhood’, and the implications this has for contemporary black feminist politics. This talk is introduced by sociology professor Akwugo Emejulu and is a primer for her event Fugitive Feminism, 18 – 22 July 2018, co-programmed with the ICA.
Known for her theories of African-American female gender construction, Hortense Spillers’ thought is foundational in acknowledging the irreconcilability of black women’s experience with the hegemonic constructions of ‘gender’ and ‘women.’ Gail Lewis’ robust feminist, postcolonial, poststructuralist and psychoanalytic interests centre on the constitution of subjectivity as racialised and gendered.
Known for her theories of African-American female gender construction, Hortense Spillers’ thought is foundational in acknowledging the irreconcilability of black women’s experience with the hegemonic constructions of ‘gender’ and ‘women.’ Gail Lewis’ robust feminist, postcolonial, poststructuralist and psychoanalytic interests centre on the constitution of subjectivity as racialised and gendered.
02:00 pm
Sat, 09 Jun 2018
Cinema 1
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