This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
"This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture" is a weekly podcast produced by the Black and African Diaspora Forum United (BADFU) an interracial group of faculty at Monmouth University concerned about issues pertaining to the Black/African American experience. BADFU members will periodically interview scholars, authors, activists, and community leaders on matters related to the history, society, and culture of Black and African American communities in the United States (U.S.) and beyond. These podcast episodes are on a variety of subjects including, but not limited to, higher education, economics, criminal justice, reparations, mental health, history, science, gender, popular culture, women, and politics. A new episode will be released weekly on Monday mornings from September to May during each academic term.
This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
Nella Larsen's Passing
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Black and African Diaspora Forum United (BADFU)
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Season 3
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Episode 12
In this episode, Hettie V. Williams is in discussion with Dr. Anwar Uhuru and Dr. Zaneta Rago-Craft about Nella Larsen’s Passing in literature and on film. Williams is an Associate Professor of African American history in the Department of History at Monmouth University. Dr. Uhuru is an Associate Professor of African American literature at Monmouth University and Dr. Rago-Craft is the inaugural Director of the Intercultural Center. She also identifies as multiracial. Uhuru’s teaching and research interests include Afro-Diaspora literature, critical race theory and gender/sexuality theory. This conversation focuses primarily on race, gender and sexuality in Larsen’s text and in the recent Netflix film adaptation of Passing.