The Representation of African American Women in Hollywood Films

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dc.contributor.advisor Gümüş, Agah
dc.contributor.author Jumoke, Abdulwahab Halima
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-12T07:57:29Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-12T07:57:29Z
dc.date.issued 2016-06
dc.date.submitted 2016
dc.identifier.citation Jumoke, Abdulwahab Halima. (2016). The Representation of African American Women in Hollywood Films. Thesis (M.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies, Famagusta: North Cyprus. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11129/3587
dc.description Master of Arts in Communication and Media Studies. Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Communication, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies, 2016. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agah Gümüş. en_US
dc.description.abstract The study „The Representation of African American Women in Hollywood Films‟ was conducted to examine the portrayal of African American women in Hollywood films from 2005 to 2015 from a feminist and black feminist stand point. The depiction of African American women in various stereotypical ways have become a serious issue, as it has been concluded in the mind of viewers that African American women are exactly the way they are been portrayed in the mainstream. Using the qualitative methodology of research, critical analysis was used to collect primary data to understand the content and better explain the messages contained in the three movies (The Help, I can do bad all by myself and Joyful noise) used for this research. The secondary data was collected from online journals, books, e-books, websites and motion pictures. The secondary data was used to support this study and also find related literature to this study. The findings of this study showed that aggression, over possession, stubbornness, annoyance, sex objectification, intervention patriarchy, sexism and self-discrimination with copious examples revealed in the selected films shows the true definition of how African American women are represented. Based on the analysis, African American women in the three movies were portrayed multiple times in the mammy, jezebel, and sapphire historical stereotype. Keywords: Hollywood, feminist, stereotypes, critical analysis, representation, patriarchy, sex symbols en_US
dc.description.abstract ÖZ : Mevcut çalışma, “Afro- Amerikan Kadınların Hollywood Sinemasında Temsili” dir, Hollywood sinemasında 2005-2015 yılları arasında Afro-Amerikan kadınların nasıl tasvir edildiğini (betimlendiğini) feminist ve siyah feminist perspektifinden incelemektedir. Özellikle ana akım medyada Afro-Amerikan kadınların tasvir edilme biçimi, izleyicilerin zihninde bir algı oluşturmuş ve bu nedenle Afro-Amerikan kadınların çeşitli stereotiplerle (önyargısal) tasvir edilme biçimi önemli bir sorun haline gelmiştir. Kalitatif (niteliksel) metodolojinin kullanıldığı çalışmada, metin analizi yöntemi ile birincil veri toplanmış ve seçilen 3 filmin (The Help, I can do bad all by myself and Joyful noise) analizi bu doğrultuda yapılmıştır. Online dergi, kitap, elektronik kitap, web siteleri ve hareketli görüntülerden ikincil veri toplamak için yararlanılmıştır. İkincil veriler hem mevcut çalışmayı desteklemek hem de bu çalışma ile ilgili alanyazından (literatürden) faydalanmak için kullanılmıştır. Saldırganlık, inatçılık, sıkıntı, seks nesnesi haline gelme, cinsiyetçilik, ataerkillik ve kendi kendine ayrımcılık Afro-Amerikan kadınların seçilen filmlerde çeşitli örnekler üzerinden temsil edilme –tanımlanma biçimleridir. Yapılan analizler ışığında, Afro-Amerikan kadınlar seçilen üç filmde birçok kez dadı (mammy), Jezebel (ahlaksız kadın) ve sapphire sterotipleri üzerinden tasvir edilmiştir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Hollywood, feminist, stereotip-önyargısal, metinsel analiz, temsiliyet, ataerkillik, seks sembolleri en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Women in Hollywood Films en_US
dc.subject African American women - Representation in Cinema - Films en_US
dc.subject African American women in motion pictures en_US
dc.subject Hollywood en_US
dc.subject feminist en_US
dc.subject stereotypes en_US
dc.subject critical analysis en_US
dc.subject representation en_US
dc.subject patriarchy en_US
dc.subject sex symbols en_US
dc.subject Communication and Media Studies en_US
dc.title The Representation of African American Women in Hollywood Films en_US
dc.type masterThesis en_US
dc.contributor.department Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Communication, Dept. of Communication and Media Studies en_US


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