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Abstract
Despite the popularity and success of television shows focused solely on Black women friendships, little research has explored the nuances of these relational depictions and how they might differ as the mediascape has progressed. The present study is a critical discourse analysis of mediated narratives of Black women friendships in television. To conduct this analysis, intersectionality was employed as a theoretical lens, and bell hooks’ concept of Homeplace was utilized as a model for relational maintenance. Two shows, Living Single and Insecure, were analyzed to uncover the communicative practices used by the characters to construct and maintain Homeplace. It was found that these two shows deployed the four main pillars of the Homeplace model. Beyond the original pillars, additional pillars were found as recurrent practices to help maintain Homeplace as well.
