Black Spectatorship is a theoretical framework within media studies that examines the distinct modes of engagement, interpretation, and identification through which Black audiences critically negotiate racial representation in visual culture, distinguishing itself by centering Black subjectivity as an analytic for understanding power, visibility, and resistive reading practices.
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Feminist television criticism: a reader
Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 317 citations
the oppositional gaze black female spectators
bell hooks · 2014 · 205 citations
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University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
3 h-index
3 publications
109 citations
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, United States
3 h-index
3 publications
49 citations
Duke University
Durham, United States
3 h-index
4 publications
123 citations
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Buffalo, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
29 citations
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
73 citations
Howard University
Washington, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
72 citations
African Studies Centre
Leiden, Netherlands
2 h-index
2 publications
597 citations
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
24 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 7 publications · 975 citations
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- Critical Studies in Media Communication
CSMC · 4 publications · 384 citations
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- Transformative Works and Cultures
4 publications · 227 citations
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- Journal of Sport and Social Issues
JSSI · 3 publications · 76 citations
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- Media Culture & Society
3 publications · 64 citations
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