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Bitches Be Like...: Memes as Black Girl Counter and Disidentification Tools

Memes are a popular source of online media. As such, they become tools that can distribute racialized and gendered narratives. While memes are often a source of shaming and devaluing Black girls, my research also explores how they can be used as tools to counter and disidentify with narratives. Using Hip-Hop feminism and trap feminism as frameworks, I analyze several memes to not only exemplify the hegemonic narratives of Black girlhood that circulate via memes, but to illuminate the possibilities for resistance and transformation via this technology.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:scholarworks.gsu.edu:wsi_theses-1059
Date12 August 2016
CreatorsBowen, Sesali
PublisherScholarWorks @ Georgia State University
Source SetsGeorgia State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceWomen's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses

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