Event Title
Trying to Break Free: Capitalism's Hold on B-Boys & B-Girls
Location
Science Center A154
Start Date
10-2-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
10-2-2015 2:50 PM
Abstract
People often think that black art forms are only a source of entertainment. However, throughout history, black art has been a way to detail our struggle. Black art is a reflection of the lives we have lived and the ones we wish we could. Black art has always provided a way to make a living in the racist, capitalistic U.S. My research focuses on b-boys and b-girls or "break dancers" in New York City and how it has been used as a means of economic survival. It will also address the criminalization of the art form and how this has resulted in the increase of poor and working class people in prison.
Recommended Citation
Edmund, Donnay, "Trying to Break Free: Capitalism's Hold on B-Boys & B-Girls" (2015). Celebration of Undergraduate Research. 2.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/cour/2015/panel_01/2
Major
Africana Studies; Comparative American Studies
Award
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF)
Project Mentor(s)
Adenike Sharpley, Africana Studies; Dance
Document Type
Presentation
Trying to Break Free: Capitalism's Hold on B-Boys & B-Girls
Science Center A154
People often think that black art forms are only a source of entertainment. However, throughout history, black art has been a way to detail our struggle. Black art is a reflection of the lives we have lived and the ones we wish we could. Black art has always provided a way to make a living in the racist, capitalistic U.S. My research focuses on b-boys and b-girls or "break dancers" in New York City and how it has been used as a means of economic survival. It will also address the criminalization of the art form and how this has resulted in the increase of poor and working class people in prison.
Notes
Session I, Panel 1 - CULTURE: Labor & Exploitation