Blackfishing on Instagram: Influencing and the Commodification of Black Urban Aesthetics

This article examines blackfishing, a practice in which cultural and economic agents appropriate Black culture and urban aesthetics in an effort to capitalize on Black markets. Specifically, this study analyzes the Instagram accounts of four influencers (Instagram models) who were accused of blackfi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wesley E. Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-08-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211038236