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Emancipation’s Daughters: Reimagining Black Femininity and the National Body

Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Virtual Event

In her new book, Emancipation′s Daughters: Reimagining Black Femininity and the National Body (Duke University Press, 2021), Riché Richardson draws on literary texts and cultural representations to show how the work of five iconic black women, Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé, successfully challenged white-centered definitions of American identity and broke down barriers to Black women’s civic participation. 

In a live, virtual Chats in the Stacks book talk, Richardson, professor of African American literature in the Africana Studies and Research Center, discusses how—through a focus on motherhood, families, and children—each of these emblematic women defied dominant stereotypes and helped reconstruct ideas of Black womanhood. However,  Richardson also argues that these ideas were often premised on heteronormativity that excluded black queer and trans women, and she explores new possibilities for inclusive models of blackness, national femininity, and democracy.

A live Q&A will follow the talk. The audience is encouraged to submit their questions in the chat.
 

 

 

Dial-In Information

Please register through the following link:

https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6OY-2AoeRxesOEC_dmTIQg

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Event Type

Author Appearance, Special Event, Presentation

Departments

Cornell University Library, Olin Library, Africana Library, Africana Studies and Research Center

University Themes

Diversity

Tags

book, CUL, olin library, africal, fgsscal, lgbtstudiescal, amstcal

Website

https://www.library.cornell.edu/about...

Contact E-Mail

ef15@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Eveline Ferretti

Speaker

Riché Richardson

Speaker Affiliation

Africana Studies and Research Center

Open To

Free and open to all

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