Ozark matters
Implications about Black lives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2389490 |
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| Authors | Sarah Demekech Graham (0000-0002-4144-5642, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 314-321 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/11771801241248853 |
| OpenAlex | W4396773579 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
By referring to the White settler post-racial imaginary of the USA, this article examines the slippage, transferability, and political interplay of racial representations into an analysis of the character of Ruth Langmore, a White adolescent woman portrayed in the Netflix series Ozark (2017-2022). Establishing the history of popular culture in the USA as emergent from Blackface, I argue that Ruth is coded, through an eschatological association, fashion styling, and ambient sound, as Black at various points throughout the series. I analyse screengrabs from pop culture and quotes from the showrunner, executive directors, and musical director to demonstrate that the destruction of the Black body is inherited, restricting the survival of Black and Indigenous peoples. Readers are advised that this article contains spoilers about the series Ozark (2017-2022
Art · Art history · Blackface · Indigenous · Musical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Imaginary · Transferability · Visual arts · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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