Reading the Black Woman’s Body Via Instagram Fame

Edwards, Erica B.; Esposito, Jennifer

doi:10.1093/ccc/tcy011

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“…Edwards and Jennifer Esposito point out, "In as much as Instagram offers an opportunity for women to compose liberated conceptions of self and creates opportunities for economic self-empowerment, it also serves as a powerful mediator, upholding systems of domination," (Edwards & Esposito, 2018). This study highlights the conflicting messages about what is appropriate to share online as someone identifying as a black woman.…”

Section: Femininity and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 88%

“…The photo went viral, spurring a debate of what is appropriate dress code in the classroom and how much skin women are permitted to show online before being labeled in a negative manner. The study concluded that the cultural artifact provides an example of female bodies, and specifically black bodies being policed under the influences of structural oppression and the male gaze (Edwards & Esposito, 2018). The conflicting messages on the #teacherbae post highlight the dissonance between society's expectations around the exploitation of women's bodies, and the paradox of body exposure in definitions of femininity.…”

Section: Femininity and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Post-feminism is a complicated movement that brings up a fair amount of controversy. The basic idea of post-feminism is that earlier forms of feminism are no longer relevant due to the changing attitudes of society (McRobbie, 2011), and that women can be hyper-feminine and hyper-sexualized and use that as a source of power and choice (Edwards & Esposito, 2018). It privileges the individual over the collective and suggests that women can make choices independent of structural oppression.…”

Section: Femininity and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Modesty is also frequently discussed in terms of the display of women's bodies. Modern society hypersexualizes the female body, and overt sexuality is viewed as a positive expression of femininity by post-feminists, however the act of displaying one's body still adheres to the male gaze (Edwards & Esposito, 2018). This is complicated to grapple with because dressing and presenting conservatively based on pressures from society also stems back to patriarchal ideals, but this time it is through repression of female sexuality.…”

Section: Defining Femininitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Phone Eats First: An Investigation of Femininity Represented in Instagram Posts of Food

Basirico¹

2019

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This paper provides an analysis of women’s online identity curation through Instagram posts involving food, and how those posts can both perpetuate and subvert traditional notions of femininity. This hints at the double standards that still exist for women despite the seemingly democratizing nature of social media, which I argue prevent any post from truly subverting these patriarchal values. First, I examine existing research which I’ve separated into three different categories: Femininity and Food, Femininity and Social Media, and Food and Social Media, and I explain my understanding of femininity as a concept based on these texts. Then using my working definition, I perform a textual analysis on two contrasting Instagram posts of food, both of which were posted by women. I recognize elements of the posts that read as feminine as well as those which appear to contradict traditional gender roles. I then conducted a focus group with individuals who identify as female and regularly use Instagram to understand the perspectives of women who interact with these types of posts. I showed them the same photos that I already analyzed in my textual analysis to see what they noticed comparatively to the conclusions I drew. This is not meant to be a representative sample or to produce any concrete data, but rather allows for a discussion about Instagram in a setting that mimics the interactive and community-based platform. My research is significant because having a better understanding of identity creation is essential to interacting critically with the media we produce and consume, and identity will always be intertwined with cultural artifacts such as food.

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Section: Femininity and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Femininity and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Femininity and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defining Femininitymentioning

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Phone Eats First: An Investigation of Femininity Represented in Instagram Posts of Food

Basirico¹

2019

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“…Instagram in particular is a space where “the discursive meets the material” (Edwards & Esposito, 2018, p. 1) and racialized, feminine bodies occupy a liminal space characterized by exploitation and liberation (Limkangvanmongkol & Abidin, 2018). Black women’s bodies are subject to fetishization and commodification on the platform, processes exacerbated by the inherently commercial terrain of influencing.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blackfishing on Instagram: Influencing and the Commodification of Black Urban Aesthetics

Stevens

2021

Social Media + Society

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This article examines blackfishing, a practice in which cultural and economic agents appropriate Black culture and urban aesthetics in an effort to capitalize on Black markets. Specifically, this study analyzes the Instagram accounts of four influencers (Instagram models) who were accused of blackfishing in late 2018 and is supplemented with a critical analysis of 27 news and popular press articles which comprise the media discourse surrounding the controversy. Situated within the literature on cultural appropriation and urban redevelopment policies, this study explores how Black identity is mined for its cultural and economic value in the context of digital labor. I assert that Instagram’s unique platform affordances (including its racial affordances) and the neoliberal logics which undergird cultural notions of labor facilitate the mechanisms by which Black identity is rendered a lucrative commodity vis-à-vis influencing.

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Platenburg²

2021

Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender

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Reading the Black Woman’s Body Via Instagram Fame

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Phone Eats First: An Investigation of Femininity Represented in Instagram Posts of Food

Phone Eats First: An Investigation of Femininity Represented in Instagram Posts of Food

Blackfishing on Instagram: Influencing and the Commodification of Black Urban Aesthetics

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