No Longer Your Best Black Friend (BBF): The Roles and Expectations of Black Women in Contemporary Television

There are still certain expectations held about black women and certain roles that they are expected to fit into. This is heavily prevalent in the film and television industry. This study aims to analyzes the black female lead characters in Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Chewing Gum, and Insecure in the conceptual frame work of Houston Baker’s mastery of form and deformation of master. Before the analysis of the shows, secondary research was performed to provide historical context of black women’s history and their stereotypes.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Kansas

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Warren, Michaela

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pennington, Dorothy

• African American studies
• Gender studies
• Film studies
• black women
• deformation of mastery
• history
• mastery of form
• stereotypes
• television

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright held by the author.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:16231

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/29564