Within the Black community, there are interconnected social struggles or forms of discrimination known as intersectionality. Although this is a new term, intersectionality has been an issue in the Black community since the Harlem Renaissance. According to Kimberle Crenshaw, creator of the term, intersectionality acknowledges the unique experiences of discrimination and privilege people go through.… Continue reading Intersectionality in Harlem
Looking through these texts such as “Passing” in 1929 written by Nella Larson, gazing or looking at “the other” is central. Although when it comes to gazing it is shown in a different variety of ways. Two of the ways I would like to speak on and emphasize on are colorism and passing and how… Continue reading Gazing on Colorism and Passing
Across these texts, gazing or looking at “the other” is central. The gaze is represented in passing in different ways but I want to focus on passing/colorism and how it is shown in the readings. Passing (in contest of Harlem Renaissance) Typically involves a person of Black/African American descent appears to be white claiming to… Continue reading blog 5 title: TBA
In Harlem Renaissance literature the gaze is a common trope used to represent feelings of longing and desire. Subjects glance at the foreign or unknown “other”, visually captivated by the things that are different from them. In the eyes of Black characters however, this gaze takes on a more complicated and sometimes even devious meaning.… Continue reading The Wary Gaze: Looking at the “Exotic” and/or Dangerous — Blog Post 5 (Final)
My hot take is focused on one word, furtive. According to the Merriam Webster, furtive means “attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.” In the first page of the novel the author describes Irene Redfield as furtive and after researching the meaning… Continue reading Passing : the Novel (Hot Take)