TY - BOOK ID - 138235939 TI - Branding Black womanhood : media citizenship from Black power to Black girl magic PY - 2022 SN - 1978829930 1978829922 PB - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women, Black KW - Women, Black, in popular culture. KW - Self-perception in women. KW - Communication in marketing. KW - Branding (Marketing) KW - Public opinion. KW - CaShawn Thompson, Black Girls Are Magic, Black women, niche market, commercial, mainstream brands, mass media, black power, profit, Essence brand, empowerment, business enterprise, commercial gatekeepers, image economy, Black Womanhood, Self-branding, Susan L. Taylor, marketing, Black Female Empowerment, Content Creators, content creation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138235939 AB - "CaShawn Thompson crafted Black Girls Are Magic as a proclamation of Black women's resilience in 2013. Less than five years later, it had been repurposed as a gateway to an attractive niche market. Branding Black Womanhood: Media Citizenship from Black Power to Black Girl Magic examines the commercial infrastructure that absorbed Thompson's mantra. While the terminology may have changed over the years, mainstream brands and mass media companies have consistently sought to acknowledge Black women's possession of a distinct magic or power when it suits their profit agendas. Beginning with the inception of the Essence brand in the late 1960s, Timeka N. Tounsel examines the individuals and institutions that have reconfigured Black women's empowerment as a business enterprise. Ultimately, these commercial gatekeepers have constructed an image economy that operates as both a sacred space for Black women and an easy hunting ground for their dollars"-- ER -