ISBN:
9781793636003
Language:
English
Pages:
238 Seiten
,
23 cm
DDC:
791.430232082
Keywords:
Women motion picture producers and directors
;
African American motion picture producers and directors
;
Women television producers and directors
;
African American television producers and directors
;
Women television writers
;
Women, Black, in motion pictures
;
Women, Black, in popular culture
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures
;
Stereotypes (Social psychology) on television
Abstract:
This book intertwines analysis of film and television programs made by, for, and about Black women and interviews with over one hundred Black women to discuss how they are fighting back against the racist and sexist stereotypes of Black women purported by mainstream media. Black Women Shattering Stereotypes: A Streaming Revolution focuses on the work, voices, and perspectives of Black women in popular film and television. Kay Siebler argues that within the past five years, in response to the digital age and the number of racist stereotypes being purported in dominant culture, Black women creators are making entertainment media that fights back against these racist and sexist narratives and celebrates the realities of being Black and being a woman in today's world. When Black women are behind the camera, writing, directing, and producing, Siebler finds, the representations of Black women change dramatically in empowering and important ways. Focusing on films and series produced since 2015 that are made by, for, and about Black women, Siebler analyzes the portrayals of Black women and their culture in Bessie, Self Made, Hidden Figures, Harriet, Insecure, Being Mary Jane, Twenties, and Chewing Gum, among others. Siebler intertwines these analyses with in-depth interviews with over one hundred Black women throughout the book, offering a variety of perspectives across the broad spectrum of demographics that are-and are not-being represented in mainstream media.
Abstract:
Cover -- Black Women Shattering Stereotypes -- Black Women Shattering Stereotypes: A Streaming Revolution -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Where We Have Come From: Racist Stereotypes on TV and in Film -- Research Focus and Process -- Research Protocol and Results -- Chapters' Overviews -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Natural Hair: A Marker of Black Female Resistance and Empowerment -- Hair as an Act of Resistance -- Love the Child -- Love Her Hair -- The Bedtime Bonnet -- The History of Hair -- Natural's Back -- Natural Hair as a Journey -- Get Your Hands Out of My Hair -- Chapter 2 -- #TeamLightSkin versus #TeamDarkSkin -- Colorism Defined and Manifested -- The Blacker the Berry -- Team Light Skin -- Note -- Chapter 3 -- All the Single Ladies -- Owning Her Sexuality Means She Comes First -- Cringey Sex -- Can't Keep a Man or Don't Want to Keep a Man? -- Scratching That Itch -- Just One of the (Butch Dyke) Girls -- Am I a Hoe? Is That a Bad Thing? -- The Politics of Dating White -- A Wedding at the End of the Aisle -- #MeToo and Consent -- Faux Black Female Sexuality Cast as Sex Work -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Black Women Are Not Always Womanist -- Feminist/Womanist -- Romantic Relationships -- AfroCentrism in Being Mary Jane and Insecure -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 -- "I'm Talking to You" -- History of Direct Address/Breaking the Fourth Wall -- She's Gotta Have It -- Chewing Gum -- Girlfriends and Insecure -- Insecure -- Grown-ish -- High Fidelity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 -- Funny Women -- The Grandmother of Today's Comics -- Goldberg and Sykes -- The Ferocity of Leslie Jones -- Sketch Comedy -- The Oral Tradition of Storytelling -- 2 B 2 Dope Queens -- Being Awkward, Black, and Female -- What about That Audience? -- Funny Films -- Conclusion -- Note -- Chapter 7 -- History Lessons.
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