Index 197 Abdul, Paula, 35 Abu Ghraib, 88, 157–158 Afghanistan, 88, 142, 143, 144, 145 Africa, 13–14, 31, 67, 77–78, 98–101, 140, 148, 153, 173, 192; African(s), 1–2, 10, 13, 28, 31, 67–69, 78, 97–98, 100, 106, 110–111, 115, 123, 131, 148–149, 152–155, 157, 165–167, 172–173, 175, 179n8, 188, 190, 192 African Diaspora, 1, 106, 183n2 Africanist, 77, 99, 101–103 Afro@Digital, 99–100, 107, 185 Afrofuturism, 109 Afzal-Khan, Fawzia, 140–141, 185 Aguilera, Christina, 52 Alexander, Elizabeth, 104–105, 185 Alexander, M. Jacqui, 167, 169, 185, 189 Ali, Aayan Hirsi, 150 Allen, Kris, 38, 39 America’s Got Talent, 24 America’s Next Top Model, 51 American Idol, 15, 21–28, 32, 34–35, 37–39, 41, 89, 179n2, 180n5, 185–187, 192, 193 Anarcha, 67–69 Anastacia, 71 Anderson, Marian, 31, 180n4, 189 Andrews, Helena, 45 Angelou, Maya, 81, 185 Antonia’s Line, 171, 185 Anzaldua, Gloria, 160, 178, 185 Arab Spring, 113, 150 Arch Android, The, 109, 191 Archuleta, David, 21, 26, 36, 37 Aristotle, 100 Armstrong, Louis, 29–30 Aronofsky, Daniel, 170, 188 Arular, 133, 191 Arulpragasam, Maya, 133 AT&T, 24, 38 At the Dark End of the Street, 73, 190 Aunt Jemima, 98 Avatar, 110, 113, 182n11, 185 Ayo, Damali, 59, 185 Baartman, Sara or Saartjie, 49, 50, 65–69, 154, 155 Badran, Margot, 170, 185 Baker, Josephine, 78 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 54, 55, 185 Bakupa-Kanyinda, Balufu, 99, 185 Baldwin, James, 28, 29, 54, 74, 176, 185 Bambara, Toni Cade, 140, 144, 185 Banks, Tyra, 51 Barbados, 82 Baring Witness, 151–153, 194 Barrino, Fantasia, 32, 34–39 Barthes, Roland, 27, 185 Bassett, Angela, 104, 194 Baudrillard, Jean, 4, 23, 25, 102, 181n8, 185 Bell, Sean, 72 Beloved, 191 198 Index Bennett, Paris, 35 Bentley, Gladys, 52–53 BET, 43, 62, 85, 89, 179n6 Beyoncé, 6, 15, 35, 43–47, 51, 53, 57, 61–63, 135, 180n12, 187, 191 Bible, 45, 172, 180n3, 192, 194 Biblical, 169, 171, 173–175 Biemann, Ursula, 119, 193 Bigelow, Kathryn, 104–105, 194 Biggie, 89 Bill, Buffalo, 98 Biophilia, 135, 186 Bitch is the New Black, 45 Björk, 135, 136, 186, 192 “Black and Blue,” 29–30 Black Eyed Peas, 44 Blackberry, 134 Blackness, 3–4, 15, 28–29, 38, 43, 46, 52–53, 57, 59, 60–61, 65–66, 69–71, 73, 77, 82, 93, 95, 97, 99, 103, 105, 107, 109–111, 113, 125, 140, 171–172, 174, 180–181, 189 Blige, Mary J., 31, 35 Blog, 11, 57, 66, 85, 112, 113, 116, 126, 127, 134, 150, 157, 161, 179n1, 180n3, 190, 191, 192, 195 Blogger, 11, 39, 126, 134, 157, 180n5, 188, 190 Blogosphere, 112, 157 Blue Danube, The, 101 Bluest Eye, The, 30, 81, 191 Bolivia, 160 Bollywood, 4, 12, 127 Bono, 31, 99 Book of Eli, The, 170, 186 Bordertown, 120, 186 Bordo, Susan, 47, 186 Borges, Jorge Luis, 23, 102, 117, 179n1, 186 Bowersox, Crystal, 39, 40, 192 Boyle, Danny, 168, 195 Brazil, 15, 195 Brazilian, 10, 12, 14, 15, 71 Brewer, Craig, 79, 189 Brewster, Bobby, 83 Brooks, Daphne, 10, 31, 179n5, 186 Brown, Chris, 82 Brown, James, 52 Brown, William Wells, 68, 187 Buddha, 103 Buddhist, 168, 173 Burger, Chantelle, 111, 193 Burqa, 143–145 Burson, Nancy, ix, 123, 124, 186 Bush, George W., 33, 58 Bush-Cheney, 58 Butler, Judith, 48, 51, 186 Butler, Octavia, 171, 186 Cadillac Records, 57 Cameron, James, 110, 185 Cameroon, 13, 147 Campion, Jane, 79, 190 Canada, 13, 143 Candomblé, 12, 169, 172 Cannes Film Festival, 143 Cansino, Margarita Carmen, 12 Capitalism, 22, 25, 112, 141, 156, 160, 190 Carey, Mariah, 35, 36 Caribbean, 82 Castro, Jason, 37 “Caught Like a Nigger in Cyberspace,” 105–106, 193 Chan, Alex, 113, 186 Chase, Leah, 14 Chenzira, Ayoka, ix, xi, 107–110, 186 Chevron-Texaco, 151, 154 China, 58, 120 Chipko, 160 Christian, 10, 26, 38–39, 50, 129, 168–176, 180, 183n1, 186–187, 194; Christianity, 169, 172–173 Church of Nano Bio Info Cogno, The, x, 128, 130, 193 Cinema, ix, 2–3, 10–12, 77, 93, 95, 97, 100, 105, 107–108, 110, 121, 126, 131, 181, 189, 191, 194 [44.201.64.238] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 02:48 GMT) 199 Index Civil Rights, 4, 31, 57, 59, 71, 73, 80, 100, 175, 191 Clare, Eli, 160, 186 Clarkson, Kelly, 24, 34–36 Clinton, Bill, administration, 8 Clinton, Hillary, 6 Clotel, or The President’s Daughter...