Kennesaw State University DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University Master of Arts in American Studies Capstones Interdisciplinary Studies Department Summer 7-28-2017 The Anti-Black Hero: Black Masculinity Media Representation as Seen in Netflix Series Luke Cage and Fox Series Empire Meya Joyell Hemphill Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mast_etd Part of the American Popular Culture Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Political History Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons, and the Visual Studies Commons Recommended Citation Hemphill, Meya Joyell, "The Anti-Black Hero: Black Masculinity Media Representation as Seen in Netflix Series Luke Cage and Fox Series Empire" (2017). Master of Arts in American Studies Capstones. 14. http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mast_etd/14 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master of Arts in American Studies Capstones by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE ANTI-BLACK HERO: BLACK MASCULINITY MEDIA REPRESENTATION AS SEEN IN NETFLIX SERIES LUKE CAGE AND FOX SERIES EMPIRE A Thesis Presented to The Academic Faculty By Meya Hemphill In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in American Studies Kennesaw State University July 2017 Hemphill 2 Table