Where black bodies lie: historiography, race, and the place of Eros
This essay explores how considering the treatment and location of black bodies in the American figurative and literal imagination forces us to reconsider the place of eros as a mechanism for archival ethics. Through an examination the commentary provided by Lynne Huffer’s essay “Strange Eros” (2016)...
| Published in: | Theology & sexuality |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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| In: |
Theology & sexuality
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Huffer, Lynne 1960-
/ Foucault, Michel 1926-1984
/ Eros (Concept of)
/ Blacks
/ Body
/ Politics
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| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics VA Philosophy ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Eros
B #BlackLivesMatter B black corporeality B Foucault |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This essay explores how considering the treatment and location of black bodies in the American figurative and literal imagination forces us to reconsider the place of eros as a mechanism for archival ethics. Through an examination the commentary provided by Lynne Huffer’s essay “Strange Eros” (2016) and consideration of Michel Foucault’s treatment of the historical a priori, I reveal how eros, while powerful in its potential as a political possibility, is also a strange consideration for black people. With the #BlackLivesMatter movement as a contemporary site of black futurity, I contend that the intersection of eros, political possibility, and black existence point to opportunities for systemic change that will free black bodies - whether gendered, sexed, and/or queered - from the rigid constructions of embodiment upon which they were initially framed. |
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| ISSN: | 1355-8358 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2017.1329884 |