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

Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Womens and Girls Innocence in the Public Imagination explores how anti-blackness and misogyny intersect to obscure public perceptions of Black women and girls as innocent. Kalima Young argues for a new Black feminist media studies framework to recognize the complexity and agency of Black women and girls in a digital age.

Format: Hardback
Length: 158 pages
Publication date: 15 June 2022
Publisher: Lexington Books

Being deemed innocent is often associated with vulnerability and the need for protection from harm. The suffering of an innocent individual is acknowledged, recognized, and addressed. Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Womens and Girls Innocence in the Public Imagination delves into contemporary media culture to shed light on how the intersections of anti-blackness and misogyny, specifically misogynoir, contribute to obscuring public perceptions of Black women and girls as possessing any claim to innocence. The impact of painful images of Black female bodies in the media becomes evident when socio-political responses fail to exhibit urgency and fail to be empathetically interpreted. Through an examination of viral videos, memes, and recent film and television, Kalima Young compellingly argues for the necessity of developing a new Black feminist media studies framework that can adequately capture the complexity and agency of Black women and girls in the digital age, where they are often portrayed as inherently adulterated and impure.

Being deemed innocent is often associated with vulnerability and the need for protection from harm. The suffering of an innocent individual is acknowledged, recognized, and addressed. Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Womens and Girls Innocence in the Public Imagination delves into contemporary media culture to shed light on how the intersections of anti-blackness and misogyny, specifically misogynoir, contribute to obscuring public perceptions of Black women and girls as possessing any claim to innocence. The impact of painful images of Black female bodies in the media becomes evident when socio-political responses fail to exhibit urgency and fail to be empathetically interpreted. Through an examination of viral videos, memes, and recent film and television, Kalima Young compellingly argues for the necessity of developing a new Black feminist media studies framework that can adequately capture the complexity and agency of Black women and girls in the digital age, where they are often portrayed as inherently adulterated and impure.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793606631