- Collection:
- Spelman College Faculty Publications
- Title:
- "Let Yo Booty Do that Yoga": Black Goddess Politics
- Creator:
- Kumar, Rebecca, Spelman College
- Date of Original:
- 2018-01-15
- Subject:
- Spelman College--Faculty
African American scholars
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- When African American pop star Janelle Monae released her single Yoga in the spring of 2015, Indian American bloggers were quick to accuse her of Orientalism and irreverent appropriation. For instance, Sonya Devi on her Bharatanatyam-dedicated Tumblr lamented, I just cringe watching nonsense like this. Yoga is thousands of years old, and THIS is the Western take on it? She describes the lyrics baby bend over, let yo booty do that yoga as trash and asks of Monae, Has this girl ever taken a Yoga class, researched what it actually is, or the history and spiritual significance of it? Ugh. Devi concludes with a caution: People of color, we are not exempt from cultural appropriation.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/sc.fac.pubs:2022_kumar_rebecca
- Rights Holder:
- Spelman College
- Original Collection:
- Scholar and Feminist Online
- Holding Institution:
- Spelman College
- Rights:
-
