Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century
Haydel, Sheryl Kennedy; Stamps, David; Mann, Robert
Synopsis "Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century"
Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century presents original scholarly essays, drawn from a range of theory-based applications and methodologies, that analyze media representations, effects, and practices relating to Black communities and their varying identities, with particular attention to attributes such as gender, sexuality, class, and ability status. By surveying newsprint, television, social media, podcasts, and more, this innovative collection explores intersections of identities and perspectives while centering the role of Black media creators, including producers, journalists, and influencers, to highlight Black representation across genres of mass media. With a commitment to elevating marginalized voices, Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century advocates for the historical, present, and future value of Black media creators as intellectuals, workers, innovators, thought brokers, and champions of change in the United States. CONTENTSIntroductionSheryl Kennedy Haydel Part 1. Black Identities in Traditional Media: News Coverage, Broadcast Television, and More Journalism, Protest News, and Black PerspectivesDanielle K. Brown Staying with Black: How Black Identity and Representation Shape News CoverageGheni Platenburg How the Black Women of HBO's Lovecraft Country Circumvent StereotypesAisha Powell and Ashley Leveille And the Category Is: The FX Series Pose, Intersectionality, and Black Trans RepresentationDavid Stamps Going Beyond Traditional Television: Black Millennials, Black Gen Z, and NetflixSharifa Simon-Roberts Sexual Scripts, Politics of Pleasure, and Representations of Sexiness in Savage X FentyN'Dea I. Drayton Part 2. Black Identities in Digital Media: Social Media, Podcasts, and More Digital Wake WorkKáLyn "Kay" Coghill If You Know, You Know: Black Digital Culture and the Right to OpacityJasmine Banks, Eden Harrison, and Pyar Seth The Techno-Discourse of Kimberlé Crenshaw's Intersectionality Matters PodcastRachel Grant Digitized: The Visual Rhetoric of Black Feminist Storytellers on InstagramMaurika Smutherman and Doris Wesley #SayHerName: An Intersectional Analysis of Black Twitter in the Case of Jannie LigonsTaryn K. Myers Digital Nostalgia: Blackness, Beauty Culture, and Digital Feminized Labor on InstagramMel Monier
