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Vibing with Blackness: Critical Considerations of Black Panther and Exceptional Black Positionings

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This article considers different ways in which Blackness is represented as exceptional in the 2018 film Black Panther. It also considers other iterations of Black visibility and legibility in the current popular culture context which appears to privilege Black narratives in interesting ways. The essay uses conceptual lenses from diaspora studies, Afro science fiction and Black feminist studies to critically engage the film and to critically question the notion of Black exceptionalism.

Source: Arts

DOI: 10.3390/arts7040085

Author: Derilene (Dee) Marco

Institution: University of the Witwatersrand

Language: English

Topic: Cultural Identity and Representation

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,689