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Mediated Misogynoir

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

Kalima Young

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.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 158 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-0663-1 • Hardback • June 2022 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-7936-0665-5 • Paperback • January 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
978-1-7936-0664-8 • eBook • June 2022 • $37.50 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Media Studies

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

Chapter 1: Viral Misogynoir

Chapter 2: Misogynoir and Media Culture

Chapter 3: Monstrous Misogynoir

Chapter 4: Surviving Misogynoir: The R. Kelly Fallout

Chapter 5: The Urgency of Now

With Mediated Misogynoir, Kalima Young bravely confronts the viral images of Black women and girls being brutalized by police that I avoided to protect my heart. In her unsparing account, Young shows that the viral images of a white police officer throwing Dajerria Becton to the ground share an indifference to Black women’s suffering that underpins F. Gary Gray’s casual use of violence towards Black women in Straight Out of Compton and the Black community’s complicity in blaming the Black girls who survived R. Kelly’s abuse. Young lets none of us off the hook as she details the denial of innocence that renders Black women and girls victimizable within US culture. Mediated Misogynoir is a vital and timely book that is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how popular media normalizes violence toward Black women and girls.


— Antonia Randolph, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill


In this volume, Young offers both an interdisciplinary exploration of the manifestations of misogynoir in traditional and social media and interpretations of media content that reproduce racial and gender violence against Black women. Grounded in theory and personal experiences, the text reveals how various constituents of US society, including those in Black communities, participate and are complicit in the oppression of Black women happening in movies, television shows, and viral posts on social media. The book presents many useful terms and frameworks for understanding mediated misogynoir. Recommended for undergraduates through faculty.


— Choice Reviews


Mediated Misogynoir

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

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • 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.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 158 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-1-7936-0663-1 • Hardback • June 2022 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    978-1-7936-0665-5 • Paperback • January 2024 • $39.99 • (£30.00)
    978-1-7936-0664-8 • eBook • June 2022 • $37.50 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Media Studies
Author
Author
  • Dr. Kalima Young is assistant professor in the department of Electronic Media and Film at Towson University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Viral Misogynoir

    Chapter 2: Misogynoir and Media Culture

    Chapter 3: Monstrous Misogynoir

    Chapter 4: Surviving Misogynoir: The R. Kelly Fallout

    Chapter 5: The Urgency of Now

Reviews
Reviews
  • With Mediated Misogynoir, Kalima Young bravely confronts the viral images of Black women and girls being brutalized by police that I avoided to protect my heart. In her unsparing account, Young shows that the viral images of a white police officer throwing Dajerria Becton to the ground share an indifference to Black women’s suffering that underpins F. Gary Gray’s casual use of violence towards Black women in Straight Out of Compton and the Black community’s complicity in blaming the Black girls who survived R. Kelly’s abuse. Young lets none of us off the hook as she details the denial of innocence that renders Black women and girls victimizable within US culture. Mediated Misogynoir is a vital and timely book that is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how popular media normalizes violence toward Black women and girls.


    — Antonia Randolph, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill


    In this volume, Young offers both an interdisciplinary exploration of the manifestations of misogynoir in traditional and social media and interpretations of media content that reproduce racial and gender violence against Black women. Grounded in theory and personal experiences, the text reveals how various constituents of US society, including those in Black communities, participate and are complicit in the oppression of Black women happening in movies, television shows, and viral posts on social media. The book presents many useful terms and frameworks for understanding mediated misogynoir. Recommended for undergraduates through faculty.


    — Choice Reviews


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