Visual Culture

The History of African American Visual Culture

April 1, 2021March 31, 2021 Mary N. Mitchell art, Black Arts Movement, freedom, race, racism, slavery, Visual Culture

If you were lucky enough to see “The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” an

Blackness, Dehumanized: A Black Feminist Analysis of ‘Bridgerton’

February 2, 2021February 21, 2021 Shaun Armstead black feminism, blackness, popular culture, race, racism, Visual Culture

Since its release on Christmas Day, Bridgerton has attracted international attention for its racial cosmopolitan reenactment of early nineteenth-century Britain.

Art for the People’s Sake: Chicago’s Black Arts Movement

April 16, 2020April 12, 2020 Tracey Johnson art, Black Arts Movement, Black Power, book review, Chicago, Visual Culture

The past five years have brought numerous fifty-year Civil Rights and Black Power Movement commemorations to the fore. Last year,

Introducing the New Black Surrealisms Series

March 2, 2020March 1, 2020 AAIHS Editors #NewBlackSurrealisms, digital media, MEDIA, race, Visual Culture

New Black Surrealisms, guest edited by Tiffany E. Barber and Jerome P. Dent, Jr., extends recent interventions in Black media

Hugging History: Sense and Memory in HBO’s Watchmen

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Ambre Dromgoole #Watchmen, Historical Memory, popular culture, race, spirituality, Visual Culture

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. In episode 2

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