Arlene R Keizer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1000364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arlene R Keizer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arlene R |
| FAMILY NAME | Keizer |
| SIGNATURE | KEIZER A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
New Maps for the Diaspora
Incidents in the Lives of Two Postmodern Black Feminists
Incidents in the Lives of Two Postmodern Black Feminists Harryette Mullen and Arlene R. Keizer (bio) In the introduction to Signs and Cities: Black Literary Postmodernism, Madhu Dubey writes, “Although we would expect African-American literature to form a vital resource for debates about postmodernism, it is conspicuously missing, even when these debates are launched in the name of racial difference” (2). The avant-garde writer Harryette Mullen’s…
Our Posteriors, Our Posterity: The problem of embodiment in Suzan-Lori Parks'sVenusand Kara Walker'sCamptown Ladies
This article employs art-historical and cultural-studies analytic practices to argue that visual representation of the black female body, specifically the body of the ‘Hottentot Venus’, throws into question the conceptual nature of Suzan-Lori Parks’s Venus and Kara Walker’s Camptown Ladies. Furthermore, the article contends that the efforts of both playwright and artist to treat Sara Baartman/the ‘Hottentot Venus’ as an abstract concept – the end…
Gone Astray in the Flesh: Kara Walker, Black Women Writers, and African American Postmemory
In the vigorous debate over Kara Walker's art—in particular, her life-size, black-on-white depictions of psychosexual fantasies seeded by American slavery—much attention has been paid to the objections raised by African American artists belonging to a generation older than Walker's. These older artists, including Betye Saar, Faith Ringgold, and Howardena Pindell, as well as commentators like Juliette Bowles, are often highlighted as Walker's main…
Black Subjects: Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery
Writers as diverse as Carolivia Herron, Charles Johnson, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Derek Walcott have addressed the history of slavery in their literary works. In this groundbreaking new book, Arlene R. Keizer contends that these writers theorize the nature and formation of the black subject and engage established theories of subjectivity in their fiction and drama by using slave characters and the condition of slavery as focal points.In…
The Geographyof the Apocalypse: Incest, Mythology, and the Fall of Washington Cityin Carolivia Herron's Thereafter Johnnie
Flickering Shadows
Beloved: Ideologies in Conflict, Improvised Subjects
My father, by his nature, as well as by the habit of transacting business as a skil[l]ful mechanic, had more of the feelings of a freeman than is common among slaves. My brother was a spirited boy; being brought up under such influences, he early detested the name of master mistress. One day, when his father his mistress happened to call him at the same time, he hesitated between the two[,] being perplexed to know which had the strongest claim up…
Crossing the Mangrove
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Crossing the Mangrove
Flickering Shadows
Beloved: Ideologies in Conflict, Improvised Subjects
My father, by his nature, as well as by the habit of transacting business as a skil[l]ful mechanic, had more of the feelings of a freeman than is common among slaves. My brother was a spirited boy; being brought up under such influences, he early detested the name of master mistress. One day, when his father his mistress happened to call him at the same time, he hesitated between the two[,] being perplexed to know which had the strongest claim up…
The Geographyof the Apocalypse: Incest, Mythology, and the Fall of Washington Cityin Carolivia Herron's Thereafter Johnnie
Black Subjects: Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery
Writers as diverse as Carolivia Herron, Charles Johnson, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Derek Walcott have addressed the history of slavery in their literary works. In this groundbreaking new book, Arlene R. Keizer contends that these writers theorize the nature and formation of the black subject and engage established theories of subjectivity in their fiction and drama by using slave characters and the condition of slavery as focal points.In…
Gone Astray in the Flesh: Kara Walker, Black Women Writers, and African American Postmemory
In the vigorous debate over Kara Walker's art—in particular, her life-size, black-on-white depictions of psychosexual fantasies seeded by American slavery—much attention has been paid to the objections raised by African American artists belonging to a generation older than Walker's. These older artists, including Betye Saar, Faith Ringgold, and Howardena Pindell, as well as commentators like Juliette Bowles, are often highlighted as Walker's main…
Incidents in the Lives of Two Postmodern Black Feminists
Incidents in the Lives of Two Postmodern Black Feminists Harryette Mullen and Arlene R. Keizer (bio) In the introduction to Signs and Cities: Black Literary Postmodernism, Madhu Dubey writes, “Although we would expect African-American literature to form a vital resource for debates about postmodernism, it is conspicuously missing, even when these debates are launched in the name of racial difference” (2). The avant-garde writer Harryette Mullen’s…
Our Posteriors, Our Posterity: The problem of embodiment in Suzan-Lori Parks'sVenusand Kara Walker'sCamptown Ladies
This article employs art-historical and cultural-studies analytic practices to argue that visual representation of the black female body, specifically the body of the ‘Hottentot Venus’, throws into question the conceptual nature of Suzan-Lori Parks’s Venus and Kara Walker’s Camptown Ladies. Furthermore, the article contends that the efforts of both playwright and artist to treat Sara Baartman/the ‘Hottentot Venus’ as an abstract concept – the end…
New Maps for the Diaspora
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