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Center for Visual Cultures Mellon Workshop

'Torture and Spectacle' With Matthew Francis Rarey, Doctoral Candidate in Art History

Event Details

Date
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Time
12-2 p.m.
Location
Description
The spectacle of punishment was central in (re)producing and maintaining the power structure of transatlantic slavery. In discussing the violence perpetrated on enslaved bodies we risk recreating and legitimizing the system that committed such acts. Recent scholarship reveals a virtual minefield, including the ideas that we should cite collective trauma itself as the basis of modern black identity. Advance readings and registration required by email.
Cost
Free

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