Aneeka Ayanna Henderson
Assistant Professor at Amherst College
My most recent essay, “The Rebirth of Queer: Mutation, Kinship & Solitude in Dee Rees’s Pariah" is in African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' Jo Metcalf and Carina Spaulding (eds). Ashgate: London. July 2015.
My essay, "Black Political & Popular Culture: The Legacy of Richard Iton" is in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. December 2014.
Disciplines
- African American Studies
- American Studies
- Film Studies
- Humanities
- Literature
- Visual Arts
- Cultural Studies and Ethnic Studies
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Affiliation
Amherst College
Website
https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/ahenderson

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