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Title:
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The "H" Word: Perspectives on Hair in the African-
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START DATE:
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5/25/2005
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START TIME:
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7:00 PM
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Duration:
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2 Hours
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Location:
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CBD
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Location Details:
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Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St.
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Event Topic:
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Event Type:
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Lecture/Teach-in
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Contact Name:
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Contemporary Arts Center
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Contact Email:
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info@cacno.org
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Contact Phone:
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528-3805
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DESCRIPTION:
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A panel of cultural studies and humanities experts will discuss themes addressed in the CAC’s current HairStories exhibition.
Panelists include Dr. Clyde Robertson, Director of Africana & Multicultural Studies, Orleans Parish Public Schools; Dr. Danille Taylor, Dean of Humanities, Dillard University; Dr. Nghana Tami Lewis, English Professor, LSU; Dr. Joseph Caldwell, History Professor, UNO; and Dwana Makeda, Professor of African-American History, SUNO, and a licensed cosmetologist. Carol Bebelle, Director of the Ashe Cultural Arts Gallery, will moderate.
Topics will range from the "good hair" versus "bad hair" debate to how hair is used as a metaphor for freedom and enslavement in black women's writing.
FREE admission. Call (504) 528-3805 or visit http://www.cacno.org.
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