Media Racism - by Marquita Gammage (Paperback)

About the Book

Media Racism is a groundbreaking exploration of the pervasive issue of media racism and its profound impact on the lives of Black women.

Book Synopsis

An illuminating examination of how media distorts, diminishes, and misrepresents Black women.

Media Racism: The Impact of Media Injustice on Black Women's Lives, by Marquita Gammage, Ph.D., reveals the subtle and overt ways racism in media shapes public perception, policy, and lived experience for Black women. The book provides a:

• Field-shaping critique of media practices and representation.
• Focused analysis on gender, race, and cultural impact.
• Rich examples drawn from television, film, and digital platforms.
• Influential contribution that expands and deepens media studies.

Kirkus Reviews call it, "A powerful, well-researched indictment of racist media in the United States."

An essential study, Media Racism confronts the biases of media industries and affirms the centrality of Black women's voices.

https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marquita-m-gammage/media-racism/

Review Quotes

"A powerful, well-researched indictment of racist media in the United States."-Kirkus Reviews

https: //www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marquita-m-gammage/media-racism/

"Gammage provides the contemporary critique needed to examine media misogynoir, and the historically racist treatment of Black womanhood translated on television, film, and through digital media."

Kandace Harris, PhD

"In this groundbreaking work, Gammage identifies and challenges racist media representations of African American women. Media Racism is grounded with social data on the life expectancies, as she analyses the behaviors of constructed Black women in media endorsed by white supremacist cultural ideas and the media's role in perpetuating and perpetrating the racialization of women's health and well-being."

Nah Dove, PhD