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9. How Is It Okay to Be a Black Nerd?

verfasst von : Johnathan Charles Flowers

Erschienen in: Age of the Geek

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Flowers offers an insightful look at the figure of the black nerd in American popular culture and its relation to black masculinity. Focusing on four characters across multiple television and cinematic genres, the chapter discusses how the image of the black nerd serves to reinforce dominant images of black masculinity in popular culture. Flowers also explores the implications of the narrow range of representations of the black nerd for understanding the construction of black masculinity in African-American culture. “How Is It Okay to Be a Black Nerd?” concludes with a discussion of the lack of female representations of the black nerd in American popular culture, and its implications for the black community.

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Titel: How Is It Okay to Be a Black Nerd?
verfasst von: Johnathan Charles Flowers
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Age of the Geek
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65743-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-65744-8

Copyright-Jahr: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65744-8_9