crystal am nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 9490495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | crystal am nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | crystal am |
| FAMILY NAME | nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
It’s the Pleasure Principle
Rachel Jane Carroll. For Pleasure: Race, Experimentalism, and Aesthetics. New York: NYU Press, 2023. 288 pp.; 6 b/w ills. $30.00 paperWe live in times where pleasure and the good life seem availabl
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The Color of Joy
In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged Black and Latinx communities that suffered disproportionate hospitalizations and deaths, the world watched—on repeat—as Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. Meanwhile, Asian Americans, conflated with the novel coronavirus outbreak in China then beyond, experienced an exponential rise in hate crimes. Smart phones combined with social media displays enabled instantan…
The Black Joy Archive
black joy archive began in May of 2020 in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor & Ahmaud Arbery. Amidst a worldwide pandemic, Black individuals were forced to cope, reckon and process trauma inflicted time-and-time again by the racial epidemic this country has battled and protected for centuries. The archive was created to be a safe space for black folks—with the intention that this space can serve individuals as an ongoing prac…
Repose
In the key chapter of his seminal text, Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon articulates the critical relationship between anti-blackness—which is to say the fact of blackness—and the black body’s orientation to both trauma and and the possibilities of pleasure. Each time he is confronted by his blackness made abject,—“Look a Negro!” “Mama, a Negro!”—he stumbles and is fractured, the pieces falling to the floor; he finds himself “sprawled out, d…
And They Started Sayin’ “Black Power!”
This photo essay attempts to map some of the historical moments that likely influenced the birth of the black panther as an icon and hero in the worlds of both political activism and comic books. From its initial appearance in Alabama to its incarnation in Oakland, the black panther has stood the test of time and remained an index of Black power. This essay examines the births of the Lowndes County Freedom Movement, Marvel's Black Panther charact…
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And They Started Sayin’ “Black Power!”
This photo essay attempts to map some of the historical moments that likely influenced the birth of the black panther as an icon and hero in the worlds of both political activism and comic books. From its initial appearance in Alabama to its incarnation in Oakland, the black panther has stood the test of time and remained an index of Black power. This essay examines the births of the Lowndes County Freedom Movement, Marvel's Black Panther charact…
The Color of Joy
In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged Black and Latinx communities that suffered disproportionate hospitalizations and deaths, the world watched—on repeat—as Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. Meanwhile, Asian Americans, conflated with the novel coronavirus outbreak in China then beyond, experienced an exponential rise in hate crimes. Smart phones combined with social media displays enabled instantan…
The Black Joy Archive
black joy archive began in May of 2020 in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor & Ahmaud Arbery. Amidst a worldwide pandemic, Black individuals were forced to cope, reckon and process trauma inflicted time-and-time again by the racial epidemic this country has battled and protected for centuries. The archive was created to be a safe space for black folks—with the intention that this space can serve individuals as an ongoing prac…
Repose
In the key chapter of his seminal text, Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon articulates the critical relationship between anti-blackness—which is to say the fact of blackness—and the black body’s orientation to both trauma and and the possibilities of pleasure. Each time he is confronted by his blackness made abject,—“Look a Negro!” “Mama, a Negro!”—he stumbles and is fractured, the pieces falling to the floor; he finds himself “sprawled out, d…
It’s the Pleasure Principle
Rachel Jane Carroll. For Pleasure: Race, Experimentalism, and Aesthetics. New York: NYU Press, 2023. 288 pp.; 6 b/w ills. $30.00 paperWe live in times where pleasure and the good life seem availabl
Mortevivum
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