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The Misrepresentation of Jamaicans in Cool Runnings & Luke Cage
Table of Contents:
0:00 Cool H(and) Luke
1:04 Why ACCURATE Representation Matters
4:53 Cool Runnings: The Disney Disaster
6:50 Luke Cage: The Marvel Massacre
11:07 Jamaican Me Crazy
15:35 Run fi Cova
19:58 Caged Bird Cries
Sources:
Davis, J.L. & Gandy, J., Oscar, H. (1999). Racial identity and media orientation: Exploring the
nature of constraint. Journal of Black Studies, 29(3), 367-397.
Gu, J. (2016, October 10). Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ is landmark for social relevance, Black
representation. Daily Cal
Harry, O. (2006). Jamaican Creole. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36(1),
125-131. Doi: 10.1017/S002510030600243X
hooks, b. (2009). Reel to real: Race, class and sex at the movies. New York, NY: Routledge
Mastro, D. (2009). Effects of racial and ethnic stereotyping. In J. Bryant & M. B. Oliver (Eds.),
Media effects: Advances in theory and research (3rd ed., pp. 325–341). Hillsdale, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
Vickerman, M. (1999). Representing West Indians in film: Ciphers, coons, and criminals.
Western Journal of Black Studies, 23(2), 83-96.
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT & COMMUNITY: patreon.com/Foreignmaninaforeignland
The Misrepresentation of Jamaicans in Cool Runnings & Luke Cage
Table of Contents:
0:00 Cool H(and) Luke
1:04 Why ACCURATE Representation Matters
4:53 Cool Runnings: The Disney Disaster
6:50 Luke Cage: The Marvel Massacre
11:07 Jamaican Me Crazy
15:35 Run fi Cova
19:58 Caged Bird Cries
Sources:
Davis, J.L. & Gandy, J., Oscar, H. (1999). Racial identity and media orientation: Exploring the
nature of constraint. Journal of Black Studies, 29(3), 367-397.
Gu, J. (2016, October 10). Marvel’s ‘Luke Cage’ is landmark for social relevance, Black
representation. Daily Cal
Harry, O. (2006). Jamaican Creole. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36(1),
125-131. Doi: 10.1017/S002510030600243X
hooks, b. (2009). Reel to real: Race, class and sex at the movies. New York, NY: Routledge
Mastro, D. (2009). Effects of racial and ethnic stereotyping. In J. Bryant & M. B. Oliver (Eds.),
Media effects: Advances in theory and research (3rd ed., pp. 325–341). Hillsdale, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
Vickerman, M. (1999). Representing West Indians in film: Ciphers, coons, and criminals.
Western Journal of Black Studies, 23(2), 83-96.
