자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017161062

International Standard Book Number  

9798382630298

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

305

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Prince, Contia' Janetta.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

130 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Carpentier, Francesca Dillman.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

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.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

African American studies.

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Multimedia communications.

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Womens studies.

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Black studies.

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Film studies.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Fashion.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Black women

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Brazilian butt lift

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Cosmetic surgery

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Digital beauty aesthetics

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Racial aesthetics

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Social media

Added Entry-Corporate Name  

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Journalism (Mass Communication)

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.

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joongbu:654504