Appear to Disappear: Blackness, Affect, and the Political Imaginary

IF 0.1 3区艺术学 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION

CAMERA OBSCURA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1215/02705346-10654955

David Stephens

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Abstract

Abstract This article examines the role of affect in making possible or impossible particular political visions. It uses Johari Idusuyi's 2015 protest at a Donald Trump rally to discuss how individual affects and microaggressions culminate in larger political boundaries that prevent the mass coalescing of Black people and white-dominated conservative politics. In response to the aggression of the Trump campaign and its supporters, Idusuyi is seen reading Claudia Rankine's Citizen: An American Lyric. Despite this personal protest, Idusuyi's affective dissent is amplified via its circulation in the media and becomes symbolic of contemporary political incompatibilities. The essay argues that ultimately, Idusuyi's protest challenges racist notions of Black affective life and exposes a foundational incongruency between Blackness and conservative politics.

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似乎消失:黑暗、情感和政治想象

摘要本文探讨了情感在特定政治愿景实现或不实现中的作用。它利用Johari Idusuyi 2015年在唐纳德·特朗普集会上的抗议来讨论个人影响和微观侵犯如何在更大的政治边界中达到顶峰，从而阻止黑人和白人主导的保守政治的大规模融合。为了回应特朗普竞选团队及其支持者的攻击，Idusuyi读了Claudia Rankine的《公民:一首美国抒情诗》。尽管有这样的个人抗议，但Idusuyi的情感异议通过其在媒体中的传播而被放大，并成为当代政治不相容的象征。本文认为，最终，Idusuyi的抗议挑战了黑人情感生活的种族主义观念，暴露了黑人与保守政治之间的根本不一致。

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期刊介绍： Since its inception, Camera Obscura has devoted itself to providing innovative feminist perspectives on film, television, and visual media. It consistently combines excellence in scholarship with imaginative presentation and a willingness to lead media studies in new directions. The journal has developed a reputation for introducing emerging writers into the field. Its debates, essays, interviews, and summary pieces encompass a spectrum of media practices, including avant-garde, alternative, fringe, international, and mainstream. Camera Obscura continues to redefine its original statement of purpose. While remaining faithful to its feminist focus, the journal also explores feminist work in relation to race studies, postcolonial studies, and queer studies.