Media Racism: The Impact of Media Injustice on Black Women’s Lives
Description
As contemporary media continues to be a battleground for the portrayal of Black Women, Gammage explores the troubling proliferation of racially informed media depictions of the lives of Black Women, providing essential insights into the intersection of race, gender, and media representation in today’s world.
Media Racism: The Impact of Media Injustice on Black Women’s Lives establishes a critical framework for examining the role of media in shaping the lives of Black Women. It confronts the alarming scarcity of research dedicated to understanding the significance of media in perpetuating life disparities aamong this demographic. Through meticulous research and analysis, tables, and figures, Gammage sheds light on the multifaceted effects of media racism, encompassing physical, mental, cultural, political, and social dimensions.
“A powerful, well-researched indictment of racist media in the United States.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“Gammage provides the contemporary critique needed to examine media misogynoir, and the historically racist treatment of Black womanhood translated on television, film, and through digital media.“
-Kandace Harris, Ph.D.
“In this groundbreaking work, Gammage identifies and challenges racist media representations of African American women. Media Racism is grounded with social data on the life expectancies, as she analyses the behaviors of constructed Black women in media endorsed by white supremacist cultural ideas and the media’s role in perpetuating and perpetrating the racialization of women’s health and well-being.”
-Nah Dove, Ph.D.
