The Depiction of African American Women in Hollywood Movies
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2019
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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This study highlights The depiction of African American Women in Hollywood Films. It aims
to explore how black females are showcased in Hollywood films after the end of the civil
rights movement in 1968 . The study took a place during the academic year2018-2019
in this study we attempts to use conceptual content analysis within the black feminist
thoughts .it was used in order to understand the content and better explain the messages
contained in the three movies : hidden figures 2016, for or Colored Girls 2010,and the color
purple1989.also data was collected from online journals, books, e-books, websites and motion
pictures in order to support this study .The findings of this study showed that African
American women are always represented in negative way in Hollywood .