| ID | 187505 |
| Title Proper | Dying Black body in repeat mode |
| Other Title Information | the Black ‘horrific’ on a loop |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ibrahim, Yasmin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | What does it mean to watch a Black man dying in repeat mode? This paper deconstructs the notion of consuming Black death in a loop (or repeat mode) online and its redistribution in the virtual realm centring the Black body in this pornotropic assemblage. The spectacularisation of Black death and its juxtaposition as a banal encounter is examined against the history of slavery and White oppression. The enactment of Blackness as lacking form or ontology redrafts the virtual sphere in enacting a politics of refusal for reconstituting Blackness adduced through its fluidity. The virtual as an unstable and disembodied realm is re-read as a generative graveyard for reclaiming Black consciousness and Black humanism. In countering the ‘Black horrific’ the paper discerns digital platforms’ agentic and sensuous potential as a stage for performative insurgency to resurrect an affective Black body politic through the disembodied formlessness of the virtual sphere. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 29, No.6; Dec 2022: p.711-729 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2022-12 29, 6 |
| Key Words | Blackness ; Black Death ; Black Consciousness ; Black Humanism ; Afropessimism ; Paraontology of Blackness |