1st Edition
Representations of Black Women in the Media The Damnation of Black Womanhood
By Marquita Marie Gammage
Copyright 2016
168 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
168 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
168 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In 1920 W.E.B. Du Bois cited the damnation of women as linked to the devaluation of motherhood. This dilemma, he argues, had a crushing blow on Black women as they were forced into slavery. Black womanhood, portrayed as hypersexual by nature, became an enduring stereotype which did not coincide with the dignity of mother and wife. This portrayal continues to reinforce negative stereotypes of... Read more
Introduction 1. From Sara Baartman to Michelle Obama 2. From the Auction Block to Hip Hop 3. The Reality of Reality TV 4. Ain’t I a Woman, Cause I Damn Sure Ain’t a Man 5. "I am Mom-in-Chief" 6: Redefining Black Womanhood-An Africana Womanist Approach Conclusion
Biography
Marquita Marie Gammage is Assistant Professor in the Africana Studies Department at California State University, Northridge, USA
