Mediated Misogynoir

Erasing Black Women's and Girls' Innocence in the Public Imagination

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Mediated Misogynoir

Erasing Black Women's and Girls' Innocence in the Public Imagination

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To be considered innocent is to be viewed as vulnerable to harm and worthy of protection from harm. An innocent person’s pain is recognized, acknowledged, and addressed. Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women’s and Girls’ Innocence in the Public Imagination interrogates contemporary media culture to illuminate the ways the intersections of anti-blackness and misogyny, i.e., misogynoir, converge to obscure public perceptions of Black women and girls as people with any claim to innocence. When pained images of Black female bodies appear on media devices, the socio-political responses are telling, not only in their lack of urgency, but also in their inability to be read empathetically. By examining viral videos, memes, and recent film and television, Kalima Young makes a striking case for the need to create a new Black feminist media studies framework broad enough to hold the complexity and agency of Black women and girls in a digital age invested in framing them as inherently adulterated and impure.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Viral Misogynoir
Chapter 2: Misogynoir and Media Culture
Chapter 3: Monstrous Misogynoir
Chapter 4: Surviving Misogynoir: The R. Kelly Fallout
Chapter 5: The Urgency of Now

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Published 10 Jan 2024
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 158
ISBN 9781793606655
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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