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The Art of Becoming

Jackson, Charity J
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This study aims to bring attention to the ways in which Black womanhood is curated in the digital landscape by both Black women and non-Black women. Representations of Black women, often coded as negative, circulate mainstream media today, but when the same representations are taken up by non-Black woman bodies, they are regarded differently as unique, profitable, and desirable. In this context, Black womanhood is described as a specific performance assembled through cultural references popularized by Black women. To explore this topic, I analyze two Instagram accounts through visual analysis. The results show how my own curation of my image on Instagram account as a Black woman and Emma Hallberg’s, a white Swedish woman accused of “Blackfishing,” curation of her Instagram account are shaped by the performance of Black womanhood in digital space.

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2021-05-13
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Research Projects
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Black womanhood, Blackfishing, Black identity, Racial and gender performance, Racial
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Jackson, Charity J. "The Art of Becoming." 2021. Thesis, Georgia State University. https://doi.org/10.57709/22717606
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2021-04-29
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