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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Published in:	Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 163 - 173
Main Author:	Martinez, Miranda J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Apr2022
Subjects:	Luke Cage (TV program) Gentrification Violence Politics & culture Black Lives Matter movement
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost