On "Getting Yassmined": How the Australian Media Polices the Bodies of Women of Color

Leticia Anderson; Kathomi Gatwiri

On "Getting Yassmined": How the Australian Media Polices the Bodies of Women of Color

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Abstract

In this chapter, we consider the ways in which women of color are predominantly represented within white mainstream Australian media. We do so particularly through analysis of two case studies. The first case considers the response to a caricature of world tennis champion Serena Williams published in an Australian newspaper in 2018. The second example explores the controversy following a social media post by media personality Yassmin Abdel-Magied that led to her exiting Australia in 2017. We frame our enquiry through a critical intersectional feminist analysis, drawing out the ways in which different aspects of minoritized identities can combine to produce unique, challenging experiences for women of color when they are represented or seek to represent themselves within white Western media.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Minority Women and Western Media
Subtitle of host publication	Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices
Editors	Maha Bashri, Sameera Ahmed
Place of Publication	Lanham, MD, USA.
Publisher	Lexington Books
Chapter	4
Pages	61-80
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9781498599863
ISBN (Print)	9781498599856
Publication status	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

women of color
mainstream media
Australian media
feminist analysis

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Minority Women and Western Media: Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices. ed. / Maha Bashri; Sameera Ahmed. Lanham, MD, USA.: Lexington Books, 2020. p. 61-80.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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