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MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Perry katie.perry@rochester.edu
585.275.2671
November 5, 2007
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public; parking available in Library Lot.
As a part of the Frederick Douglass Institute Work-in-Progress Seminar Series, predoctoral fellow Ayana Weekley will present a talk examining the discursive representations of African-American women, gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. In this lecture, "Why Can't We Flip the Script: The Politics of Respectability and Silence in Black Women HIV/AIDS Fiction," Weekley will argue that both marriage and the politics of respectability continue to be important literary conventions for black women writers. She also questions their continued importance in discussions of black female sexualities.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:www.rochester.edu/College/AAS/
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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