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

To be considered innocent is to be viewed as vulnerable to harm and worthy of protection from harm. An innocent person's pain is recognized, acknowledged, and addressed. Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women's and Girls' Innocence in the Public Imagination interrogates contemporary media culture to illuminate the ways the intersections of anti-blackness and misogyny, i.e., misogynoir, converge to obscure public perceptions of Black women and girls as people with any claim to innocence. When pained images of Black female bodies appear on media devices, the socio-political responses are telling, not only in their lack of urgency, but also in their inability to be read empathetically. By examining viral videos, memes, and recent film and television, Kalima Young makes a striking case for the need to create a new Black feminist media studies framework broad enough to hold the complexity and agency of Black women and girls in a digital age invested in framing them as inherently adulterated and impure.

Author: Kalima Young
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 06/17/2022
Pages: 158
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781793606631
ISBN10: 1793606633
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Media Studies

About the Author
Dr. Kalima Young is assistant professor in the department of Electronic Media and Film at Towson University.