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The Problem with Pussy Power: A Feminist Analysis of Spike Lee's Chi-Raq
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Layman, Amanda
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1490453172203067
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2017, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Communication.
Abstract
Applying feminist media theory to the 2015 Spike Lee film Chi-Raq, this thesis explores portrayals of black-female power and sexuality. In three layers this thesis examines: the language used by and toward women of color, the gender roles and power constructs within the film, and finally the either/or dichotomous thinking associated with the four controlling images of Black womanhood, particularly the role of the Jezebel as a promiscuous and socially dangerous character. This thesis seeks to understand how sexualized portrayals of Black women, despite the power associated with their sexuality, are limiting and problematic.
Committee
Mary E. Triece, Dr. (Advisor)
Kathleen D. Clark, Dr. (Committee Member)
Kathleen Endres, Dr. (Committee Member)
Pages
56 p.
Subject Headings
Communication
Keywords
feminism
;
communication
;
rhetorical criticism
;
rhetoric
;
Black feminist thought
;
feminist media theory
;
feminist standpoint theory
;
power
;
sexuality
;
film
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Layman, A. (2017).
The Problem with Pussy Power: A Feminist Analysis of Spike Lee's Chi-Raq
[Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1490453172203067
APA Style (7th edition)
Layman, Amanda.
The Problem with Pussy Power: A Feminist Analysis of Spike Lee's Chi-Raq.
2017. University of Akron, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1490453172203067.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Layman, Amanda. "The Problem with Pussy Power: A Feminist Analysis of Spike Lee's Chi-Raq." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1490453172203067
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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