This dissertation, a social and cultural history of media and education in postwar Philadelphia, examines the concurrent struggles against racial discrimination on American Bandstand and …
The growing interest in genealogy for African Americans is one expression of a longstanding desire to find answers to questions about ancestors, family, and heritage …
This dissertation is a work of cultural sociology, focused on the relationship between social transformations and the racial self. Specifically, I examine the conditions under …
“Black and Balkan: A Comparison of Caribbean, African, African-American and Balkan History, Theory and Art” is a project on black and Balkan identities and an …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of contemporary Kaapse klopse (“Clubs of the Cape”) practice in Cape Town, South Africa. Situating sound and embodied practice …
“Look, a Negro!” The famous deictic cited by Frantz Fanon indicates both the spectacular and banal appearance of racial blackness in our field of vision. …
“Dissident Desires: Race, Sex and Abolition in 19th Century Brazilian Literature” is a study of the interplay of sex, race and deviancy in the construction …
In this dissertation, I examine topics on racial inequality and education in Malaysia and the U.S. Chapter 1 analyzes the consequences of affirmative action policies …
This dissertation is a study of structures, images and performance of fetishism as cultural and literary strategies in the theater of Nelson Rodrigues. It explores …