I found both Moore’s analysis of camp in Poulenc’s Les Biches and Aubade and Dorf’s argument of sapphonics in Socrate both very interesting and helpful in understanding the music for this week. I definitly heard the music in a completely new way after doing the queer readings of these otherwise outwardly appearing heteronormative pieces of […]
Author: Lucas Jimenez-Kloeckl
Based on the articles of Matthew Jordan, André Levinson, Henry Louis Gates and Karen C.C. Dalton, I think it is hard to argue that the majority of parisians respected and loved African American artists as some of us may love some of our favorite artists today. Once I began reading about Negrophilia I came to […]
One of the first thoughts that came to my mind when deciding on Coco Chanel for my paper topic was how she no doubt changed women’s’ fashion forever with her impact on social change and push for women’s’ independence. Chanel’s styles such as trousers and suits for women, popularizing skin tan, the color black, branded […]