Blurred and Faded: Disrupting the Color-Line Through Photography

Blurred and Faded: Disrupting the Color-Line Through Photography explores visual and literary representations of racial mixture. Focusing on Harlem Renaissance photography, this course considers the impact that depictions of racial-mixture have had on systems of racial classification. Over the semester, we will trace the visual resonance of these historical images in our contemporary moment. Readings include Nella Larsen's Passing And Jessie Redman Fauset's Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral.