H-Afro-Am CFP: Black Performing Arts (PCA National Conference 2019, Washington, DC, April 17-20) Discussion published by Michael Borshuk on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Black Performing Arts: Sound, Movement, Image, Text Popular Culture Association 2019 National Conference Washington Marriott Wardman Park 2660 Woodley Road NW Washington, D.C. 20008 April 17-20, 2019 Call For Proposals: Sessions, Panels, Papers DEADLINE: October 1, 2018 The Black Performing Arts Area provides a scholarly forum to share research pertaining to the black performing and visual arts. Broadly defined, our area focuses on all forms of performing and visual arts, including jazz, blues, gospel, hip hop, rhythm and blues, Caribbean music, dance, poetry,drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and acting. The panels on Black Performing Arts: Sound, Movement, Image, Text will showcase interdisciplinary discussions of cultural identity, art, religion, ritual, power, image, Citation: Michael Borshuk. CFP: Black Performing Arts (PCA National Conference 2019, Washington, DC, April 17-20). H-Afro-Am. 07-18-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2606/discussions/2068090/cfp-black-performing-arts-pca-national-conference-2019-washington Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Afro-Am representation, and the social processes and systems that influence and inform the innovation, production, regulation, and consumption of black performing arts. Additionally, we invite research that examines the role of black music within society, how black performing and visual arts relate to race, class, gender, and sexuality, and the relationship between black performing arts and their broad political and economic context. While our area is open to topic suggestions, theoretical approaches, and historical contexts, we are particularly interested at this time in work engaging any of the following contemporary themes and topics: Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther (as setting for black actors, as representative of black cinematic style, as related to black musical aesthetics) Janelle Monae’s intersectional aesthetics in popular music Childish Gambino’s “This is America” (as song, as visual performance) Atlanta as black aesthetic intervention on television Kendrick Lamar (especially as the first hip-hop artist to win the Pulitzer in music) the return stand-up comedy specials of Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock the rise of Tiffany Haddish as film and television star Robert Glasper, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, and Kamasi Washington’s genre-expanding approach to jazz performance Kara Walker’s The Katastwof Karavan as visual art and as musical performance To submit your panel or presentation; 1. Before creating an account, follow this link for detailed step-by-step instructions on how to submit a paper presentation, or panel/round table discussion. https://pcaaca.org/help/conference/submitting-proposals-conference 2. Be sure to check out the conference hotel information and reserve a room! Inquiries may be directed to the Area Co-Chairs: Citation: Michael Borshuk. CFP: Black Performing Arts (PCA National Conference 2019, Washington, DC, April 17-20). H-Afro-Am. 07-18-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2606/discussions/2068090/cfp-black-performing-arts-pca-national-conference-2019-washington Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-Afro-Am Michael Borshuk Associate Professor, Texas Tech University [email protected] Jonafa Banbury Independent Scholar [email protected] Citation: Michael Borshuk. CFP: Black Performing Arts (PCA National Conference 2019, Washington, DC, April 17-20). H-Afro-Am. 07-18-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2606/discussions/2068090/cfp-black-performing-arts-pca-national-conference-2019-washington Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3.