Black Visual Cultural Geographies of the Sexuality of the Sexually Illicit: A Teach-In Curated and Led by Zalika U. Ibaorimi

October 8th @ 06:00PM EST

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“In this lecture, Zalika U. Ibaorimi will engage an examination of the ontology of the Black deviant figure, the “ho.” The “ho” is often rendered excessive/hypervisible/invisible within the context of this figure’s iconography. However, we will use Black queer feminist methods of visual and sonic analysis to excavate the “ho” beyond their conceptualization, by engaging the “ho” on the basis of their being. We will tether their beingness to gestures of shame, desire, and pleasure. As a Black study, we will read materials from video vixens, Black Porn/Sex Work Studies scholars, performance theorists, sex workers, Black literary writers, art historians, sonic theorists, and Black visual culture theorists.”

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