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'Don't Try and Play Me Out!': The Performances and Possibilities of Digital Black Womanhood

Posted on:2018-02-14Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Syracuse UniversityCandidate:Sawyer, LaToya LydiaFull Text:PDF
GTID:1445390002990859Subject:Rhetoric
Abstract/Summary:
This dissertation explores the practices and possibilities of Black women's identity performances on social media. Despite claims that the United States is now "post-racial," in recent years there have been several examples of negative perceptions and hostile receptions to Black women's discourse and literacy practices on- and offline. Simultaneously, we have seen hashtags (...
Keywords/Search Tags:Black
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