DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/S541-3A88
Defense Date
2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Media, Art, and Text
First Advisor
Dr. Eric Garberson
Second Advisor
Dr. Pamela Lawton
Third Advisor
Dr. Patricia Herrera
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Fifth Advisor
Wesley Taylor
Abstract
Abstract
Black Queer Futures in Real Time: Multidimensional Identity and Imaginative Media Practice builds theory from cultural artifacts reflecting expressions of Black joy and resilience, rather than Black trauma. Drawing on Black feminist thought, I propose “Black dimensionality” as a generative term to explore the interlocking identities of Blackness and queerness. By centering Black queer performance, creativity, and epistemologies, this project explores how Blackness and queerness exist simultaneously within many physical bodies and spaces, as well as in their digital distillations. I use both empirical and non-empirical qualitative research paradigms: podcast style interviews, analysis of film making, and the generation of a historiography of Blackademics and Black popular culture. By thinking of Blackness and queerness as a tightly linked perspective, we may more effectively generate a multifaceted and nuanced understanding of Black life and our lived experiences. In turn, this knowledge can be productive in bridging scholarship and community, and creating a catalyst for diverse expressions of both individual and shared Black identity and cultural aesthetics.
Rights
© Chaz Antoine Barracks
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-22-2020
Included in
African American Studies Commons, American Studies Commons, Art Practice Commons, Creative Writing Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, Film Production Commons, Interactive Arts Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Visual Studies Commons
Comments
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