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"Average at Best:" Tracing Themes of Scientific Racism and "Defectiveness" in Historical Scientific Discourses on Black Female Bodies in Contemporary Narratives of Black Beauty Aesthetics in Social Media
"Average at Best:" Tracing Themes of Scientific Racism and "Defectiveness" in Historical Scientific Discourses on Black Female Bodies in Contemporary Narratives of Black Beauty Aesthetics in Social Media
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211151156
- ISBN
- 9798382630298
- DDC
- 305
- 서명/저자
- Average at Best: Tracing Themes of Scientific Racism and Defectiveness in Historical Scientific Discourses on Black Female Bodies in Contemporary Narratives of Black Beauty Aesthetics in Social Media
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 130 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Carpentier, Francesca Dillman.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Scientific representations of the Black woman's body have historically resulted in real physical harm for Black women. These historic representations weaponized medical discourse against Black women to label them as socially and medically defective through the constructs of deviance and diagnosis. I argue that contemporary digital discourse continues to weaponize medical discourse against Black female bodies to label them as defective. The purpose of this study is to examine how historical narratives of Black women's inherent and physically manifested defectiveness can be seen within contemporary narratives of Black women in social media and in Black women's contemporary expressions of bodily autonomy in terms of control over their own physical appearance.In this study, I use qualitative methods to examine patient, doctor, and commentator narratives on the social media platform, YouTube, in videos that center around cosmetic surgery aimed at gaining a specific body shape associated with Black bodies. Specifically, I examine YouTube videos from Black female content creators about personal journeys with the surgical procedure known as the Brazilian butt lift, or BBL, YouTube videos featuring surgical consultations or other discussions between Black female patients and doctors about BBL, and YouTube videos featuring discussions of Black women's bodies, specifically the Black body shape. Analyses are centered on themes of beauty, anatomical standards, and defectiveness. A major finding was the continued corporeal oppression and commodification of Black women and their simultaneously gendered and racialized aesthetics. The open forum provided by social media platforms like YouTube provides space for this oppression and commodification to continue. I connect these narratives from the analyzed YouTube videos to 19th century pseudomedical research perpetuating narratives of Black women's moral deficiency as physical manifestations, in addition to beliefs in an essentialized version of the Black female anatomy.
- 일반주제명
- African American studies
- 일반주제명
- Womens studies
- 일반주제명
- Black studies
- 일반주제명
- Film studies
- 일반주제명
- Fashion
- 키워드
- Black women
- 키워드
- Cosmetic surgery
- 키워드
- Social media
- 기타저자
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Journalism (Mass Communication)
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aScientific representations of the Black woman's body have historically resulted in real physical harm for Black women. These historic representations weaponized medical discourse against Black women to label them as socially and medically defective through the constructs of deviance and diagnosis. I argue that contemporary digital discourse continues to weaponize medical discourse against Black female bodies to label them as defective. The purpose of this study is to examine how historical narratives of Black women's inherent and physically manifested defectiveness can be seen within contemporary narratives of Black women in social media and in Black women's contemporary expressions of bodily autonomy in terms of control over their own physical appearance.In this study, I use qualitative methods to examine patient, doctor, and commentator narratives on the social media platform, YouTube, in videos that center around cosmetic surgery aimed at gaining a specific body shape associated with Black bodies. Specifically, I examine YouTube videos from Black female content creators about personal journeys with the surgical procedure known as the Brazilian butt lift, or BBL, YouTube videos featuring surgical consultations or other discussions between Black female patients and doctors about BBL, and YouTube videos featuring discussions of Black women's bodies, specifically the Black body shape. Analyses are centered on themes of beauty, anatomical standards, and defectiveness. A major finding was the continued corporeal oppression and commodification of Black women and their simultaneously gendered and racialized aesthetics. The open forum provided by social media platforms like YouTube provides space for this oppression and commodification to continue. I connect these narratives from the analyzed YouTube videos to 19th century pseudomedical research perpetuating narratives of Black women's moral deficiency as physical manifestations, in addition to beliefs in an essentialized version of the Black female anatomy.
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■653 ▼aDigital beauty aesthetics
■653 ▼aRacial aesthetics
■653 ▼aSocial media
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