an image from takethisdance.com. Nice metaphor for ID. Are we who we gaze at (on the screen) or are we who we imagine ourselves to be? The construction of identity in the media is one of gazing ... as seen on TV talk-shows, game-shows, nationalism, patriotic or even voyeuristic in nature.
What about the global gaze of Hip-Hop as part of a larger performative aspect of identity refashioning that has become a part of global commodification of American? or just cultural tourism via the monitor or screen?
Who's ID are we?
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