Date of Award
Spring 5-13-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Tiffany King
Second Advisor
Dr. Chamara Kwakye
Third Advisor
Dr. Jade Petermon
Abstract
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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/22717606
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Charity J., "The Art of Becoming." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/22717606
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