Body as Evidence creates a theoretical mash-up of prose and poetry to illuminate the ways that bodies still matter as sites of political, cultural, and digital resistance. It does so by examining various representations, from popular shows like American Idol to public figures like the Obamas to high-profile cases like the Duke lacrosse rape scandal to current trends in digital culture.
Hobson's study also discusses the women who have fueled and retooled twenty-first-century media to make sense of antiracist and feminist resistance. Her discussions include the electronica of Janelle Monae, M. Spinning knowledge out of this information overload, Hobson offers a global black feminist meditation on how our bodies mobilize, destabilize, and decolonize the meanings of race and gender in an increasingly digitized and globalized world. Hardcover , pages.
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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 04, Stephanie rated it it was amazing. Showing the interwoven nature of narratives, theories, oppression and resistance as both historical and transnational, Body as Evidence calls attention to the dynamic nature of social embodiment. I found Hobson's critiques of whiteness to be particularly useful in this-- rather than neglecting to address whiteness as social construct, as it too often is treated as static, Hobson examines the ways in which whiteness is created and resisted.
Nevertheless, this is put forth in such a way that doe Showing the interwoven nature of narratives, theories, oppression and resistance as both historical and transnational, Body as Evidence calls attention to the dynamic nature of social embodiment. Nevertheless, this is put forth in such a way that does not center it or diminish from the conversations of the black and brown female body.
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Hobson points to diverse examples in cultural narratives, which suggest that new media rely on old ideologies in the shaping of the body politic. Body as Evidence creates a theoretical mash-up of prose and poetry to illuminate the ways that bodies still matter as sites of political, cultural, and digital resistance. It does so by examining various representations, from popular shows like American Idol to public figures like the Obamas to high-profile cases like the Duke lacrosse rape scandal to current trends in digital culture.
Spinning knowledge out of this information overload, Hobson offers a global black feminist meditation on how our bodies mobilize, destabilize, and decolonize the meanings of race and gender in an increasingly digitized and globalized world. Flowing text, Original pages. Web, Tablet, Phone, eReader. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
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