The Representation of African American Women in Hollywood Films

dc.contributor.advisorGümüş, Agah
dc.contributor.authorJumoke, Abdulwahab Halima
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T07:57:29Z
dc.date.available2018-04-12T07:57:29Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.date.submitted2016
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Communication, Dept. of Communication and Media Studiesen_US
dc.descriptionMaster 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.abstractThe 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 symbolsen_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ : 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 sembollerien_US
dc.identifier.citationJumoke, 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.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/3587
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectWomen in Hollywood Filmsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican American women - Representation in Cinema - Filmsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican American women in motion picturesen_US
dc.subjectHollywooden_US
dc.subjectfeministen_US
dc.subjectstereotypesen_US
dc.subjectcritical analysisen_US
dc.subjectrepresentationen_US
dc.subjectpatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectsex symbolsen_US
dc.subjectCommunication and Media Studiesen_US
dc.titleThe Representation of African American Women in Hollywood Filmsen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesis

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