Carving Out New Spaces of Resistance: An Analysis of the Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
This study examines the youtube series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and how it challenges representations of Black women in media, television and film. I argue that the director of the series, Issa Rae challenges predominant images of Black womanhood through her character "J". T...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/208 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1268&context=scripps_theses |
| Summary: | This study examines the youtube series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and how it challenges representations of Black women in media, television and film. I argue that the director of the series, Issa Rae challenges predominant images of Black womanhood through her character "J".
Through a historical framework I examine the mammie, jezebel, sapphire and the tragic mulatta as predominant images of Black women. I argue that these images function within oppressive institutions to maintain a social heirarchy in which Black women are inferior. Moreover, my content analysis examines how the character "J" negates these predominant images of Black womanhood through her use of rap as a coping mechanism, sexual agency and the ability to negotiate racism in the workplace |
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