Nova Crnkinja i maskarada
THE NEW NIGRO WOMAN AND MASQUERADE
Author(s): Eva FedermayerContributor(s): Ivana Ristić (Translator)
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Gender history
Published by: Centar za ženske studije & Centar za studije roda i politike, Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
Keywords: masquerade; gender; race; New Nigro
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the “Negro Renaissance” in 1920s and 1930s. It deals in particular with degrading gender stereotypes determining perception of the Black Woman and her femininity in that time. Those stereotypes were build in opposition with assumed “while femininity” on one hand, and with “black masculinity” on the other, pulling black women in very hard situation of twofold opposition, concerning both their gender, and their race. That is why black women were forced to use excessively strategies of masquerade in forming their identity. The concept of masquerade has been interpreted here as an inherent part of gender roles in Western culture, and it is explored from the point of view of Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray, and Judith Butler.
Journal: Ženske studije : časopis za feminističku teoriju
- Issue Year: 1999
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 175-207
- Page Count: 33
- Language: Serbian