Reading & Media Packets

Black Life / Black Death (47 total: 13 required; 34 optional)

• Ansari, Naila. “The Absence of the Other Flesh: The Dismissal of the Black Lives on the US National Football League Field.” Theatre Journal 70.4 (December 2018): E1- E3.
• Mlondolozi, Zondi. “Haunting Gathering: Black Dance and Afro-Pessimism.” ASAP Journal 5.2 (May 2020): 256-266.
  • Optional
  • Jackson, Gale. Chapter One. “The Way We Do: An Introductory Mapping” in Put Your Hands on Your Hip and Act Like a A Woman: Black History and Poetics in Performance. Lincoln: U Nebraska, P, 2020, 11-45.

Gender and the Materiality of Black Dancing Bodies (41)

• Goldman, Danielle. Chapter Four. “The Breathing Show: Improvisation in the Work of Bill T. Jones” in I Want to Be Ready: Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom.” Ann Arbor: U Michigan P, 2010, 112-138.
• Johnson, Jasmine Elizabeth. “Flesh Dance: Black Women from Behind.” Eds. Susan Manning, Janice Ross, Rebecca Schneider. Futures of Dance Studies. U Wisconsin P. 154-169.
• DeFrantz, Thomas. “The Black Beat Made Visible: Hip Hop Dance and Body Power.” Ed. Andre Lepecki. Of the Presence of the Body: Essays on Dance and Performance Theory. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP. 64-81.

• – Watch: (Roughly 4 minutes total watch time) “Marie Seraphique” and “Slave Ship ‘L’Aurore,’ A 3-D Video” 3-D Videos of Slaving Vessels. Transatlantic Slave Trade. Slavevoyages.org <https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/ship#3dmodel/0/en/> Accessed 8.31.22.

• – View: the nine images available at “Images of People (9 images)” Image Galleries. Resources. Slavevoyages.org. <https://www.slavevoyages.org/resources/images/category/People>

• – Read: (17 pages*) Chapters 16 (XVI), 17 (XVII), 18 (XVIII), 20 (XX) and 21 (XXI) of Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. 1861. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Documenting the American South. Docsouth.unc.edu <https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html> Accessed 8.31.22.

• – Read: (7 pages*) Chapter 7 (VII) and “Air. Uncle Ned” in Brown, Henry. Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself. 1851. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s Documenting the American South. Docsouth.unc.edu. <https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brownbox/brownbox.html> Accessed 8.31.22

• – Read: (11 pages*) Chapter 2 (II) in Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, The African, Written by Himself. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s Documenting the American South. Docsouth.unc.edu <https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano1/equiano1.html> Accessed 8.31.22.

• *Page estimated based on copy and pasting into Word document. Page estimates do not correlate with the pagination indicated on the digital narratives as posted on Docsouth.

• “Erykah Badu ‘On & On’ (Official Video)” [4:50]. Uploaded by Erykah Badu. June 2009. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPCs7vVz6s > Accessed 10/29/19.
• “Solange ‘Almeda’ (Official Video)” [4:57]. Uploaded by solangeknowlesmusic. March 7, 2019. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giKIu5jUvA > Accessed 10/29/19.
• “Erykah Badu – ‘Window Seat’ (Official Video)” [5:37]. Uploaded by Erykah Badu. April 2, 2010. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVp47f5YZg > Accessed 10/29/19.
• “Lauryn Hill- ‘Everything is Everything’ (Official Video)” [4:07] Uploaded by Ms. Lauryn Hill. June 23, 2010. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_dOWYHS7I > Accessed 10/29/19. [FromThe MisEducation of Lauryn Hill ]
• “Erykah Badu – ‘Didn’t Cha Know’ (Official Video)” [4:04]. Uploaded by Erykah Badu. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np21rH7Ldto > Accessed 10/29/19.
• “FKA twigs ‘Pendulum'” [5:00] Uploaded by FKA twigs. January 15, 2015. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8yix8PZKlw > Accessed 10/29/19.
• (In Class) “Sun Ra’s Space is the Place, 1972 Extended” [1:21:17] Uploaded by maudeeb. April 26, 2019. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZso7bNq-dI > Accessed 10/29/19.

Optional Watching

Total Viewing Time: 92 minutes 38 seconds

Jackie “Moms” Mabley [11:02]

• “Jackie ‘Moms’ Mabley performs live 1969.” You Tube. [6:19]
• “Moms Mabley – Don’t Sit on my Bed (1948)” You Tube. [4:43]

Whoopi Goldberg [15:31]

• “Whoopi Goldberg on Broadway 1985.” You Tube. [10:01]
• “Whoopi – A Lesson for Everyone” You Tube. [5:30]

Issa Rae [37:01]

• “Awkward Black Girl – The Stop Sign (S.1, Ep.1)” You Tube. [3:40]
• “Awkward Black Girl – The Job (S.1, Ep. 2)” You Tube. [4:49]
• “Insecure as F**k: Season 1, Episode 1 . . .” You Tube. [28:32]

Robin Thede [5:21]

• “The Hairmaid’s Tale (Bessed Be the Baby Hair) | The Rundown with Robin.” You Tube. [5:21]

A Black Woman’s Comedy Show [18:36]

• “A Black Lady Sketch Show | The Basic Ball (Full Sketch) HBO” You Tube. [4:12]
• “A Black Lady Sketch Show | 227 The Reboot (Full Sketch) HBO.” You Tube. [4:10]
• “A Black Lady Sketch Show: Get the Belt (Full Sketch) HBO.” You Tube. [5:46]
• “A Black Lady Sketch Show | Rome and Julissa (Full Sketch) HBO.” You Tube. [4:28]

Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson on 2 Dope Queens

• “Was it Haunted ?! | Two Dope Queens | HBO.” You Tube. [1:07]
• “We Got Some Dance Moves | 2 Dope Queens | HBO.” You Tube. [1:04]

Additional

Zainab Johnson [5:07]

• “Zainab Johnson – Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow 2018” You Tube. [5:07]

Jackée Harry [14:00]

• First 14 minutes of “227 ‘Trial and Error’ 01April1989” You Tube. [25:07]