Bénédicte Boisseron
Biographic Data
| ID | 1558425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bénédicte Boisseron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bénédicte |
| FAMILY NAME | Boisseron |
| SIGNATURE | BOISSERON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Studies Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9964-8928 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Afro-Dog
Bénédicte Boisseron analisa a interação histórica da população negra nos Estados Unidos com cães — desde a escravidão até os atuais protestos do movimento Black Lives Matter — e oferece um prisma por meio do qual a percepção racial, as noções de bondade ou maldade inerentes e a lei podem ser investigadas mais a fundo
Off-the-Grid
Off-the-Grid Bénédicte Boisseron (bio) When my brother Luc Junior was two years old, dad took him along with mom to Guadeloupe for a visit. It was the late sixties, I wasn't born yet, neither was my sister Sophie. Dad wanted to introduce his native island to mom, and he also carried the hope that Junior would connect with his roots at an early age. Dad was quite detached from his culture in his daily life in France, he didn't even speak Creole at…
Black Ecology in Covid Times
Afro-Dog
The animal-rights organization PETA asked "Are Animals the New Slaves?" in a controversial 2005 fundraising campaign; that same year, after the Humane Society rescued pets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while black residents were neglected, some declared that white America cares more about pets than black people. These are but two recent examples of a centuries-long history in which black life has been pitted against animal life. Does comp…
In Search of Annie Drew
Georges Bataille’s Laughter
This article traces back the origins of Georges Bataille’s philosophy to Henri Bergson’s Le Rire. It seeks to demonstrate that Bataille purposely shaped his philosophy into a ‘reader-unfriendly’ paradoxical writing in an effort to recreate the experience — described in Bergson’s book — of a child unsuccessfully trying to retain a wave. Bataille made his philosophy ( hétérologie) just like Bergson’s laughter: something impossible to grasp, slippin…
The Indirect Language of Love
A Creole Line of Escape
Genet's The Blacks
Genet's The Blacks
A Creole Line of Escape
Georges Bataille’s Laughter
This article traces back the origins of Georges Bataille’s philosophy to Henri Bergson’s Le Rire. It seeks to demonstrate that Bataille purposely shaped his philosophy into a ‘reader-unfriendly’ paradoxical writing in an effort to recreate the experience — described in Bergson’s book — of a child unsuccessfully trying to retain a wave. Bataille made his philosophy ( hétérologie) just like Bergson’s laughter: something impossible to grasp, slippin…
The Indirect Language of Love
Afro-Dog
The animal-rights organization PETA asked "Are Animals the New Slaves?" in a controversial 2005 fundraising campaign; that same year, after the Humane Society rescued pets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while black residents were neglected, some declared that white America cares more about pets than black people. These are but two recent examples of a centuries-long history in which black life has been pitted against animal life. Does comp…
In Search of Annie Drew
Black Ecology in Covid Times
Off-the-Grid
Off-the-Grid Bénédicte Boisseron (bio) When my brother Luc Junior was two years old, dad took him along with mom to Guadeloupe for a visit. It was the late sixties, I wasn't born yet, neither was my sister Sophie. Dad wanted to introduce his native island to mom, and he also carried the hope that Junior would connect with his roots at an early age. Dad was quite detached from his culture in his daily life in France, he didn't even speak Creole at…
Afro-Dog
Bénédicte Boisseron analisa a interação histórica da população negra nos Estados Unidos com cães — desde a escravidão até os atuais protestos do movimento Black Lives Matter — e oferece um prisma por meio do qual a percepção racial, as noções de bondade ou maldade inerentes e a lei podem ser investigadas mais a fundo
Art (6 works) · Literature (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Creole language (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (2 works)