Kevin Pyon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4017553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Pyon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Pyon |
| SIGNATURE | PYON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kinlessness and the (Idea of the) Slave Narrative Tradition
Between Psychoanalysis and History
This essay considers the cultural legacy of Toni Morrison in modern Black horror by exploring the artistic and political lineage between _Playing in the Dark_ (1992) and _Beloved_ (1987) and the film _Candyman_ (2021), co-written and directed by Mia DaCosta. Throughout her career, Morrison sought to unsettle the conventional boundaries between psychoanalytic and historical discourses, a critical and literary endeavor which comprised a connection …
Towards an African-American Genealogy of Market and Religion in Rap Music
This essay provides a new reading of the intersections between religion and rap music in its genealogical consideration of how black laborers’ orientations to the market—from the antebellum slave market to the contemporary music industry—have informed their consequent commodifications of race and religion. The essay (1) traces the informal economy and sacred world of the slaves to the twinned births of the modern black prosperity gospel and hip-h…
Towards an African-American Genealogy of Market and Religion in Rap Music
This essay provides a new reading of the intersections between religion and rap music in its genealogical consideration of how black laborers’ orientations to the market—from the antebellum slave market to the contemporary music industry—have informed their consequent commodifications of race and religion. The essay (1) traces the informal economy and sacred world of the slaves to the twinned births of the modern black prosperity gospel and hip-h…
Towards an African-American Genealogy of Market and Religion in Rap Music
This essay provides a new reading of the intersections between religion and rap music in its genealogical consideration of how black laborers’ orientations to the market—from the antebellum slave market to the contemporary music industry—have informed their consequent commodifications of race and religion. The essay (1) traces the informal economy and sacred world of the slaves to the twinned births of the modern black prosperity gospel and hip-h…
Between Psychoanalysis and History
This essay considers the cultural legacy of Toni Morrison in modern Black horror by exploring the artistic and political lineage between _Playing in the Dark_ (1992) and _Beloved_ (1987) and the film _Candyman_ (2021), co-written and directed by Mia DaCosta. Throughout her career, Morrison sought to unsettle the conventional boundaries between psychoanalytic and historical discourses, a critical and literary endeavor which comprised a connection …
Kinlessness and the (Idea of the) Slave Narrative Tradition
Art (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works) · Commodification (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Economy (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works)