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Cécile Bishop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Liberal Studies at New York University, specializing in postcolonial francophone literatures and visual culture. Her research critically examines representations of race in French-speaking contexts, with emphasis on the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. She challenges politicized interpretations in postcolonial studies through formalist approaches.
Her research explores intersections of aesthetics, race, and power dynamics. Key interests include: Francophone literatures; photography as a tool of racial representation; colonial and postcolonial visual archives; and the role of aesthetic form in shaping perceptions of dictatorship and identity in Africa and France.
Bishop's publications analyze how visual media (photography, portraiture) encode racial identities. Her 2014 book Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship argues that political interpretations paradoxically foster new formalism. Current project Forms of Blackness investigates material and interpretive practices that make race 'visible' in France.
No scientific awards, grants, or supervised students are mentioned in available sources.
