RE220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ethnic Plastic Surgery, Oscar Micheaux, Rachel Dolezal
Document Summary
Suggest that there are other way to think about human identity. Concept applied to embodiment ranges from makeovers to plastic surgery. Contact lenses is not permanent unless the nose. Race and ethnicity to fit in with the race and ethnicity today. Physical, hair type, eye colour, eye shape, hair colour. Is there an ethnical difference between transracial vs transgender surgical transformation. If the body is being changed to match with the out ported expression of that persons identity. Does it matter who is taking on the identity. Coming for a place of privilege she doesn"t experience how black people grew up, it isn"t the same knowledge. Passing > notions of identity shifting ties to real world experiences > market place, jobs, ease. Produced films about people and for people who are african american. Coco cola is about leisure and class. Passing puts a subjectivity judgement on certain behaviours and assumptions people are making about how people are moving the world.
