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May 21, 2024
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ARTS 450 - Slavery and the Problem of the Visual Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: 4 HU, CD
What aesthetic strategies can we, or should we, use to try to visualize the history of trans-Atlantic slavery? Through a series of case studies spanning the Atlantic world, we will tackle the visual culture of slavery through lenses of trauma, witnessing, memory, racial and gendered subjectivity, and cross-cultural conceptions of enslavement. Specific topics will include the role of public memorials, the paradox of “slave portraiture,” and anti-aesthetic efforts to “flee” visual representation altogether. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: M. Rainey Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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