Cienna Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6813738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cienna Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cienna |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA, |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1998-3700 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Angry Black femmes and the affective economy of digital blackface
This article explores how digital blackface functions as a contemporary form of gendered and racialized appropriation, targeting Black femme affect and expression as cultural and emotional resources within platform economies. Using two case studies—the Twitter counter-campaign #YourSlipIsShowing (2014) and the Black TikTok Strike (2021)—I examine how Black femmes respond not only through critique but also through practices of strategic withdrawal…
From Colorism to Conjurings
Colorism creates relentless tension and pressure in the lives of Black women. Pop-star Beyoncé Gisele Knowles-Carter is an interesting case in the discussion of colorism because her career has expressed a rich intimacy to Southern Black culture and female empowerment while also playing into tropes of the mulatta “fancy girl,” whose relative proximity to whiteness adheres social value within mainstream culture. Finding aesthetic and thematic paral…
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From Colorism to Conjurings
Colorism creates relentless tension and pressure in the lives of Black women. Pop-star Beyoncé Gisele Knowles-Carter is an interesting case in the discussion of colorism because her career has expressed a rich intimacy to Southern Black culture and female empowerment while also playing into tropes of the mulatta “fancy girl,” whose relative proximity to whiteness adheres social value within mainstream culture. Finding aesthetic and thematic paral…
Angry Black femmes and the affective economy of digital blackface
This article explores how digital blackface functions as a contemporary form of gendered and racialized appropriation, targeting Black femme affect and expression as cultural and emotional resources within platform economies. Using two case studies—the Twitter counter-campaign #YourSlipIsShowing (2014) and the Black TikTok Strike (2021)—I examine how Black femmes respond not only through critique but also through practices of strategic withdrawal…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 work) · Black women (1 work) · Blackface (1 work) · Critical Race Theory in Education (1 work) · Cultural Studies (1 work) · Cultural Studies (1 work) · Femininity (1 work)