Date of Award
Spring 2025
Document Type
Thesis
Submission Date
May 2025
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Abstract
African American literature in the early 20th and 21st centuries have been employed as a method of protest against the deleterious stereotyping of Ebonic (read: Black American) people in the United States, addressing and challenging the monolithic notions that define Ebonic people in life and media. In the process of expressing these protests, challengers to racist social norms utilize the Ebonic female body and image for the benefit of their personal interests through a combination of hypersexuality and violence. This thesis addresses the lack of accountability in these political lenses and assesses the ways in which authors objectify and abuse the Ebonic female body through a specific lens of Black feminism.
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Ian P. MacDonald
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Ashlan, "MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE: CONNECTING HYPERSEXUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN IN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE" (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 19.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/19