The Black Body Under Construction: The Hottentot Then and Now

English

Virtual Africa art

In this podcast, Edleeca and Poe unpack the theoretical underpinnings at work in Kim Kardashian’s attempt to “break the Internet.” Exploring the historical and scientific contexts within which black racial constructions of difference evolved, they debate the relevance of these contexts and their employment in justifying past, and present, models of behavioral and sexual deviance.

Bumpers by Ronan Martin.