Dr. Erika D. Edwards, “When Aunt Jemima’s Cousin Gets Cancelled: Black Women Freedom Strategies in Argentina”
November 15,
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Speaker(s):Dr. Erika D. Edwards
"When Aunt Jemima's Cousin Gets Cancelled: Black Women Freedom Strategies in Argentina"
Dr. Erika D. Edwards is an Associate Professor of Latin American History. She received her PhD from Florida International University in Atlantic History with concentrations in Latin America and Pre-colonial Atlantic Africa. She is the author of the award-winning book, Hiding in Plain Sight: Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic, which is a gendered analysis of black erasure and the construction of race in Argentina. Edwards's research advocates for a re-learning of Argentina's black past and the origins of anti-blackness.
