Class Year
2020
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2018
Department 1
Africana Studies
Department 2
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Abstract
This paper examines the usage of films like Set it off (1996) and Girl’s Trip (2017) and their sisterhood as friends as a way to dismantle tropes typically used towards Black Women. It is through the story lines of each movie that the main characters contradict certain female tropes and go against the societal norms that women are suppose to follow. Meanwhile, dismantling these tropes leads to the empowerment of sisterhood in these communities.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Negron, Elaine, "Black Feminism: Dismantling Tropes and Embracing Sisterhood" (2018). Student Publications. 685.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/685
Included in
Gender and Sexuality Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons
Comments
Written for AFS 250: Black Feminism in Film and Hip-Hop