Quasi‐color consciousness
Casting, race, and sexual violence in Netflix's Bridgerton
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10196347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Lynn (0009-0007-2763-6526, Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 308-319 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Popular Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3840 • E-ISSN: 1540-5931 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jpcu.13375 |
| OpenAlex | W4401975121 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 28 |
The hit Netflix series Bridgerton (2020–) updates the period drama for the twenty‐first century with its racially diverse cast. Despite the series' potential for subverting racial hierarchies, this article argues that Bridgerton does not fully account for racist social structures, replicates racial stereotypes, and, most crucially, delegitimizes Black men as victims of sexual violence. These representational quandaries stem from Bridgerton 's use of the casting and narrative practice “quasi‐color consciousness.” Quasi‐color consciousness provides more nuanced language beyond colorblind casting to account for television producers' efforts (and shortcomings) to create racially diverse contemporary television programming
Consciousness · Criminology · Race (biology · Sexual violence · Sociology · Women of color · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |