Aspiration and the Violence of Gentrification in Marvel's Luke Cage.

This article analyzes the cultural politics of gentrification as they are deployed in the Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage. Based on the comic book character, Luke Cage, who was created in response to the popularity of the 1970s blaxploitation films, and the Black Power movement, the television ser...

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Publicado en:Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 163 - 173
Autor principal: Martinez, Miranda J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Apr2022
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      ab: This article analyzes the cultural politics of gentrification as they are deployed in the Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage. Based on the comic book character, Luke Cage, who was created in response to the popularity of the 1970s blaxploitation films, and the Black Power movement, the television series portrays a Black superhero who defends contemporary Harlem and its people from crime and exploitation. Critically recognized and widely watched during its first airing from 2016 to 2018, Luke Cage was a breakthrough television series that not only centered a Black superhero but directed itself to Black experience and public dialogue during the time of Black Life Matters. The Harlem portrayed in Luke Cage is both a specific community, and a virtual invocation of Black community aspiration, and the structural violence of gentrification. The violent emotions and displacement of gentrification that are presented in the series represent a form of intramural dialogue between the Black creatives working on the show and the broader Black public that is engaging with the long-time debates around the meaning and future of Harlem.
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