Cynthia Becker
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3893471 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Cynthia Becker |
| NOMBRES | Cynthia |
| APELLIDO | Becker |
| FIRMA | BECKER C |
| AFILIACIONES | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9594-448X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Iklan Aesthetics in Niger
Silver pendants, camel saddles, and leather bags are typically featured in museums and books as examples of Tuareg art. These finely crafted objects were made for upper-status families or so-called nobles by artisans belonging to a class referred to as inaden. Such an approach emphasizes the striking objects commissioned by men and women who held the highest status in Tuareg society but ignores the objects produced by and for people in the lower …
Confederate Soldiers, Voodoo Queens, and Black Indians
Despite public outrage from some quarters, claiming that the city’s history was being erased, in 2015 the (white) Mayor of New Orleans, with the support of the black-majority City Council, voted to take down four Confederacy statues. Constructed between 1870 and 1910, these Confederate monuments disseminated the Myth of the Lost Cause—that Southern men had fought the American Civil War in defence of a distinctive way of life— thereby failing to a…
Exhibition Reviews
Cultural unity, religious tolerance, and ethnic diversity may seem like lofty goals for an art exhibition, but those are the premises that underlie two blockbuster shows to feature Morocco in Paris: “Medieval Morocco: An Empire from Africa to Spain” (“Le Maroc medieval, un empire de l'Afrique à Espagne”) at the Louvre and “Contemporary Morocco” (“Le Maroc contemporain”) at the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA). Both the medieval and contemporary exhi…
Yelimane Fall
June 01 2014 Yelimane Fall: Senegalese Calligraphy in Action Cynthia Becker, Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker is Associate Professor in the History of Art & Architecture Department at Boston University. She specializes in the history of visual culture from northwestern Africa. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alex Zito Alex Zito Alex Zito received a PhD in African and Islamic Studies from Boston Univ…
New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians
June 01 2013 New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians: Mediating Racial Politics from the Backstreets to Main Street Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at Boston University. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate…
Performing Africa in New Orleans
June 01 2013 Performing Africa in New Orleans Cynthia Becker, Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at Boston University. She specializes in visual culture from northwestern Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria, and Niger. Her current research concentrates on the impact of the trans-Saharan slave trade on visual and performing arts in the Maghreb as well as …
Hunters, Sufis, soldiers, and minstrels
Art, self-censorship, and public discourse
Matriarchal Nomads and Freedom Fighters
(2009). Matriarchal Nomads and Freedom Fighters. Critical Interventions: Vol. 3, Africanity And North Africa, Guest Editors: Jessica Winegar and Katarzyna Pieprzak, pp. 70-101
Exhibition Reviews
Exile, Memory, and Healing in Algeria
A Reply to Helene E. Hagan's Review of Amazigh Arts in Morocco, Women Shaping Berber Identity ( Ijmes 40 [2008]
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Beaded Prayers
Amazigh Textiles and Dress in Morocco Metaphors of Motherhood
We are real slaves, real Ismkhan
Each year in south‐eastern Morocco, descendents of enslaved Sudanic Africans, called Ismkhan, hold a festival in honour of their ancestors. The festival overflows with people who wish to be healed by their baraka, or 'divine blessing'. In south‐eastern Morocco, memories of the trans‐Saharan slave trade are still vivid, and the descendents of people enslaved and carried across the Sahara continue to recognise their slave status by using the term I…
Blackness in Morocco
A groundbreaking study of Blackness in Morocco through the lens of visual representation
We are real slaves, real Ismkhan
Each year in south‐eastern Morocco, descendents of enslaved Sudanic Africans, called Ismkhan, hold a festival in honour of their ancestors. The festival overflows with people who wish to be healed by their baraka, or 'divine blessing'. In south‐eastern Morocco, memories of the trans‐Saharan slave trade are still vivid, and the descendents of people enslaved and carried across the Sahara continue to recognise their slave status by using the term I…
Art, self-censorship, and public discourse
Hunters, Sufis, soldiers, and minstrels
Matriarchal Nomads and Freedom Fighters
(2009). Matriarchal Nomads and Freedom Fighters. Critical Interventions: Vol. 3, Africanity And North Africa, Guest Editors: Jessica Winegar and Katarzyna Pieprzak, pp. 70-101
Yelimane Fall
June 01 2014 Yelimane Fall: Senegalese Calligraphy in Action Cynthia Becker, Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker is Associate Professor in the History of Art & Architecture Department at Boston University. She specializes in the history of visual culture from northwestern Africa. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alex Zito Alex Zito Alex Zito received a PhD in African and Islamic Studies from Boston Univ…
New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians
June 01 2013 New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians: Mediating Racial Politics from the Backstreets to Main Street Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at Boston University. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate…
Amazigh Textiles and Dress in Morocco Metaphors of Motherhood
We are real slaves, real Ismkhan
Each year in south‐eastern Morocco, descendents of enslaved Sudanic Africans, called Ismkhan, hold a festival in honour of their ancestors. The festival overflows with people who wish to be healed by their baraka, or 'divine blessing'. In south‐eastern Morocco, memories of the trans‐Saharan slave trade are still vivid, and the descendents of people enslaved and carried across the Sahara continue to recognise their slave status by using the term I…
Beaded Prayers
Amazigh Textiles and Dress in Morocco Metaphors of Motherhood
A Reply to Helene E. Hagan's Review of Amazigh Arts in Morocco, Women Shaping Berber Identity ( Ijmes 40 [2008]
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Art, self-censorship, and public discourse
Matriarchal Nomads and Freedom Fighters
(2009). Matriarchal Nomads and Freedom Fighters. Critical Interventions: Vol. 3, Africanity And North Africa, Guest Editors: Jessica Winegar and Katarzyna Pieprzak, pp. 70-101
Exhibition Reviews
Exile, Memory, and Healing in Algeria
Hunters, Sufis, soldiers, and minstrels
New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians
June 01 2013 New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians: Mediating Racial Politics from the Backstreets to Main Street Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at Boston University. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate…
Performing Africa in New Orleans
June 01 2013 Performing Africa in New Orleans Cynthia Becker, Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker, a New Orleans native, is associate professor in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at Boston University. She specializes in visual culture from northwestern Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria, and Niger. Her current research concentrates on the impact of the trans-Saharan slave trade on visual and performing arts in the Maghreb as well as …
Yelimane Fall
June 01 2014 Yelimane Fall: Senegalese Calligraphy in Action Cynthia Becker, Cynthia Becker Cynthia Becker is Associate Professor in the History of Art & Architecture Department at Boston University. She specializes in the history of visual culture from northwestern Africa. [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alex Zito Alex Zito Alex Zito received a PhD in African and Islamic Studies from Boston Univ…
Exhibition Reviews
Cultural unity, religious tolerance, and ethnic diversity may seem like lofty goals for an art exhibition, but those are the premises that underlie two blockbuster shows to feature Morocco in Paris: “Medieval Morocco: An Empire from Africa to Spain” (“Le Maroc medieval, un empire de l'Afrique à Espagne”) at the Louvre and “Contemporary Morocco” (“Le Maroc contemporain”) at the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA). Both the medieval and contemporary exhi…
Confederate Soldiers, Voodoo Queens, and Black Indians
Despite public outrage from some quarters, claiming that the city’s history was being erased, in 2015 the (white) Mayor of New Orleans, with the support of the black-majority City Council, voted to take down four Confederacy statues. Constructed between 1870 and 1910, these Confederate monuments disseminated the Myth of the Lost Cause—that Southern men had fought the American Civil War in defence of a distinctive way of life— thereby failing to a…
Iklan Aesthetics in Niger
Silver pendants, camel saddles, and leather bags are typically featured in museums and books as examples of Tuareg art. These finely crafted objects were made for upper-status families or so-called nobles by artisans belonging to a class referred to as inaden. Such an approach emphasizes the striking objects commissioned by men and women who held the highest status in Tuareg society but ignores the objects produced by and for people in the lower …
Blackness in Morocco
A groundbreaking study of Blackness in Morocco through the lens of visual representation
Art (11 obras) · History (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · African history and culture studies (6 obras) · Visual arts (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Hispanic-African Historical Relations (5 obras) · Aesthetics (4 obras) · African Studies and Geopolitics (4 obras) · Art history (4 obras)