ENG 361 BLACK QUIETUDE

Is quietude—as might be found in silence, stillness, or blankness—a universal respite that transcends the determinations of race?  Or do black subjects carry the experience of racialization into their spaces of quiet?  This class considers modes of black quietude through poetry, visual arts, performance art, and theory.  Artists/thinkers may include Gwendolyn Brooks, David Hammons, and Harvey Young.