Faculty
Arts and Humanities
Supervisor Name
Joel Faflak
Description
The idea that the personal doubles as the political is a modern analysis of socio- political regimes, popularized by second-wave feminism in the 1960s. However, this understanding has become increasingly relevant for a number of ideologies due to the ways in which modern political frameworks (ie. campaigns, policies, legislation, etc.) continue to target marginalized groups while the global social consciousness demands that political leaders rectify social issues in political arenas.
In this research project, I challenge the relationship between the personal and the political for Black artists in order to examine the extent to which Black art is inherently political. I aim to do this by landscaping the current socio-political climate and reframing the definitions of terms such as politics and civic duty to more appropriate understandings before venturing into an analysis of popularly political Black artist.
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The Black Artiste: Politization as Racialization
The idea that the personal doubles as the political is a modern analysis of socio- political regimes, popularized by second-wave feminism in the 1960s. However, this understanding has become increasingly relevant for a number of ideologies due to the ways in which modern political frameworks (ie. campaigns, policies, legislation, etc.) continue to target marginalized groups while the global social consciousness demands that political leaders rectify social issues in political arenas.
In this research project, I challenge the relationship between the personal and the political for Black artists in order to examine the extent to which Black art is inherently political. I aim to do this by landscaping the current socio-political climate and reframing the definitions of terms such as politics and civic duty to more appropriate understandings before venturing into an analysis of popularly political Black artist.