Julie Iromuanya
Biographic Data
| ID | 942485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Iromuanya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie |
| FAMILY NAME | Iromuanya |
| SIGNATURE | IROMUANYA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5751-9140 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Retrofuturist Speculations: Race as Technology in Olaudah Equiano’s Vision of a Future
Since the 1789 publication of his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Written by Himself, Olaudah Equiano’s identity has confounded critics. While competing accounts of his origins certainly raise questions, his autobiography is best read, not as a reflection on transatlantic slavery, but as a retrofuturistic speculation of a future that never was. Within the vein of Africana sc…
Are We All Feminists? The Global Black Hair Industry and Marketplace in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah
The politically voiceless, economically visible, and racially indeterminate middleman minority status as noted by sociologists Edna Bonacich and Pyong Gap Min hardly comes to mind when scholars envision women of Africa and the African Diaspora. Still, when considering the ways the global black hair industry acts as a mechanism for work, production, value, agency, and mobility, we would be remiss if we did not include a discourse on the black hair…
Humor as Deconstructive Apparatus in Bernardine Evaristo's Blonde Roots
Humor as Deconstructive Apparatus in Bernardine Evaristo's Blonde Roots Julie Iromuanya (bio) What I want people to focus on is the idea that if the table were turned historically and Africans had enslaved Europeans, what would that mean in terms of how we a) view that history and b) understand notions of civilization and savagery. Hopefully this parallel universe gives readers a modern and historical context through which to reexamine this issue…
Are We All Feminists? The Global Black Hair Industry and Marketplace in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah
The politically voiceless, economically visible, and racially indeterminate middleman minority status as noted by sociologists Edna Bonacich and Pyong Gap Min hardly comes to mind when scholars envision women of Africa and the African Diaspora. Still, when considering the ways the global black hair industry acts as a mechanism for work, production, value, agency, and mobility, we would be remiss if we did not include a discourse on the black hair…
Humor as Deconstructive Apparatus in Bernardine Evaristo's Blonde Roots
Humor as Deconstructive Apparatus in Bernardine Evaristo's Blonde Roots Julie Iromuanya (bio) What I want people to focus on is the idea that if the table were turned historically and Africans had enslaved Europeans, what would that mean in terms of how we a) view that history and b) understand notions of civilization and savagery. Hopefully this parallel universe gives readers a modern and historical context through which to reexamine this issue…
Are We All Feminists? The Global Black Hair Industry and Marketplace in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah
The politically voiceless, economically visible, and racially indeterminate middleman minority status as noted by sociologists Edna Bonacich and Pyong Gap Min hardly comes to mind when scholars envision women of Africa and the African Diaspora. Still, when considering the ways the global black hair industry acts as a mechanism for work, production, value, agency, and mobility, we would be remiss if we did not include a discourse on the black hair…
Retrofuturist Speculations: Race as Technology in Olaudah Equiano’s Vision of a Future
Since the 1789 publication of his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Written by Himself, Olaudah Equiano’s identity has confounded critics. While competing accounts of his origins certainly raise questions, his autobiography is best read, not as a reflection on transatlantic slavery, but as a retrofuturistic speculation of a future that never was. Within the vein of Africana sc…
Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Politics (2 works)