Charles Athanasopoulos

Charles Athanasopoulos studies race and Blackness in American culture, focusing on how images, rhetoric, and popular media (such as film, music, and street art) shape and are shaped by anti-Black violence and resistance movements like Black Lives Matter. Their work draws on rhetoric and communication studies, critical race theory, and discourse analysis to examine topics like 'Black iconoclasm' (the breaking or rejection of racialized images and icons) and rhetorical theory drawing on thinkers like Frantz Fanon. Much of this research engages with cultural criticism, cinema studies, and public discourse around race in the United States.

Publication output was minimal or absent from 2017-2019, remained low but steady from 2020-2023, then sharply increased in 2024 with nine publications, suggesting a recent surge in activity, likely tied to a book or major project.

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