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2007 Obermann Humanities Symposium

From Bourgeois
to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances

October 24 & 25, 2007
Old Brick Auditorium
26 E Market St
Iowa City, IA

Directed by
Bridget Harris Tsemo & Vershawn Ashanti Young

featuring keynoters
Amiri Baraka and Michele Wallace

Untitle Face by Nelson Young Jr.

In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of E. Franklin Frazier’s controversial monograph Black Bourgeoisie: The Rise of a New Middle Class in the United States , this symposium is designed to bring together scholars and members of the public to discuss contemporary displays, notions and representations of black middle class performance within the humanities and American culture at large.

Co-sponsored by the departments of African American Studies, American Studies, Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts, Communications Studies, English, Rhetoric, Sociology, and Theatre

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the department of Rhetoric, in advance, at 319-335-0178.