O amor entre pessoas negras na imagem midiática sob a ótica de Bell Hooks

Abstract

This paper aims to understand bell hooks' perspective on how the mass media selects and presents images revolving around romantic relationships between Black people in different social contexts, such as family, heterosexual relationships, and the portrayal of Black masculinity and love by the mass media. In her various discussions in the book Salvation: Black People and Love, through some specific chapters, the author dedicates herself to thinking about love as a social issue within the Black community. As she develops this debate, it becomes clear that the mainstream media, using the racist and stereotypical lenses of white supremacy, almost always depicts Black people as dysfunctional and rarely as loving. bell hooks analyzes these representations and their consequences in the lives of Black people. The work is a bibliographical research, which arose from the search for works that covered the depicted theme. Consequently, the primary sources used were the books Salvation: Black People and Love and Black Looks: Race and Representation by bell hooks, and, as secondary sources, texts and articles that provided any information considered necessary for understanding the proposed problem.