As a part of UTSA’s celebration of Women’s History Month, The Black and Brown Feminisms in Hip Hop Media Conference will be held at the University of Texas at San Antonio, March 4-5, 2011. This student centered interdisciplinary conference will feature unpublished work on women in Hip Hop to exchange ideas, share research, and initiate a sustained conversation by and about Black and Brown Women in Hip Hop media. The conference on March 4 will be followed by a March 5 Hip Hop performance at the university from local Texas and nationally known hip hop artists.

University of Texas at San Antonio - March 4-5, 2011

Black and Latina feminist scholars offer multiple ways of understanding feminist cultures that transcend ideological borders and patriarchal conventions. More recently, Black and Latina feminists have negotiated the positionality of the woman of color in the ever-changing world of Hip Hop since its inception. The Black and Brown Feminisms in Hip Hop Media Conference situates Black and Latina feminist theory in the context of Hip Hop representation to discuss ways Hip Hop music, film, and club industries fetishize, exploit, celebrate, empower and/or disempower Black and Brown women.

This interdisciplinary conference will feature unpublished work on women in Hip Hop to exchange ideas, share research, and initiate a sustained conversation by and about Black and Brown women in Hip Hop media. Vital to this discussion is attention to the blurring lines between Black and Latina feminist studies and a dialogue that attempts to understand an interweaving history of objectification, struggle, and potential for agency. How do we read Black and Brown women in Hip Hop culture? What readings of Black and Brown women other than conventional black feminist readings and Latina feminist analyses are cogent? What theories enable those readings? Finally, what would an investigation into autobiographical stories of video models yield? How would those narratives differ from that of more conventional readings?

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Hotel Information

Hyatt Place San Antonio, northwest/ Medical Center

4303 Hyatt Place Drive

San Antonio, TX- 78230

Phone : 210-561-0099

Please mention Women's Studies Institute for conference rates.