Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
African-American Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Jonathan Gayles
Second Advisor
Dr. Sarita Davis
Third Advisor
Dr. Osizwe Raena Harwell
Abstract
The study examines how race and gender stereotypes in popular culture shape the perception of the Black superheroine. This study also explores stereotypes and gender roles and how they impact Black female and male college students’ ages 18-38 and their imagination of the Black superheroine. As the status of popular culture grows, the generation of today’s college student still remains regular consumers. Thus it was necessary to use a convenience sample of thirty-two African American male and female college-age students from four African American Studies undergraduate courses at Georgia State University that took part in a Superheroine questionnaire, in which they designed their own Black superheroine. This research employs an interpretative textual analysis research design to collect and analyze the data in which significant themes, phrases, and sentences are extracted.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/4075069
Recommended Citation
Gipson, Grace D., ""Who Says Storm Is The Only Black Superheroine?": An Interpretative Textual Analysis Of The Black Superheroine." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2013.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/4075069