Representation of Anti-racism and Reconstruction of Black Identity in Black Panther

Q1 Arts and Humanities
Wang Jiaxi, Changsong Wang
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The black superhero film is an important research object for anti-racism development. Under the White supremacy framework, Black people and culture have been devalued and neglected for a long time. The all-Black lead Marvel film Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler in 2018, employs a well-defined system to present the appeals on anti-racist and reconstruct the filmic Black identity. This study explicitly analyses the approach through which the images of Black people and Black culture are represented, and it attempts to understand how this film reconstructs Black people’s sense of self-identity. This study focuses on the physical appearance of Black superheroes and material culture, the spatial narrative of Black Panther’s fictional spatial world Wakanda, and the Black spirit depicted in the film. Cultural identity, cinematic representation theory, and social identity theory are used to interpret how Black Panther reconstructs Black identity and represents Black culture. This study discovers that Black superheroes are portrayed as powerful, justice, and wise as White people, and Wakanda provides a utopia for a non-racist world. Meanwhile, Black culture is depicted elegantly and proudly to reconstruct Black people’s recognition of cultural and social identity.
《黑豹》中反种族主义的再现与黑人身份的重建
黑人超级英雄电影是反种族主义发展的重要研究对象。在白人至上的框架下,黑人和黑人文化长期被贬低和忽视。瑞安·库格勒于2018年执导的漫威电影《黑豹》由全黑人主演,该片采用了一个明确的系统来表达反种族主义的诉求,并重建电影中的黑人身份。本研究明确分析了黑人形象和黑人文化的表现方式,并试图理解这部电影是如何重建黑人的自我认同感的。本研究的重点是黑人超级英雄的外表和物质文化,黑豹虚构的空间世界瓦坎达的空间叙事,以及电影中描绘的黑人精神。文化认同、电影表征理论和社会认同理论被用来解释《黑豹》如何重建黑人身份并代表黑人文化。这项研究发现,黑人超级英雄被描绘成像白人一样强大、正义和智慧,而瓦坎达为非种族主义世界提供了一个乌托邦。同时,对黑人文化进行优雅而自豪的描绘,以重建黑人对文化和社会身份的认同。
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Media Watch
Media Watch Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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期刊介绍: Journal of Media Watch is a double blind peer-reviewed tri-annual journal published from India. It is the only journal in the discipline from Asia and India listed in many leading indexing platforms. The journal keeps high quality peer evaluation and academic standards in all levels of its publication. Journal of Media Watch reflects empirical and fundamental research, theoretical articulations, alternative critical thinking, diverse knowledge spectrum, cognizant technologies, scientific postulates, alternative social synergies, exploratory documentations, visual enquiries, narrative argumentations, innovative interventions, and minority inclusiveness in its content and selection. The journal aims at publishing and documenting research publication in the field of communication and media studies that covers a wide range of topics and sub-fields like print media, television, radio, film, public relations, advertising, journalism and social media and the cultural impact and activation of these media in the society. It aims at providing a platform for the scholars to present their research to an international academic community with wide access and reach. Published topics in Media Watch enjoy very high impact and major citation. The journal is supported by strong international editorial advisory support from leading academicians in the world.
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