I'd rather be a cyborg than a celebrity: Black feminism in the digital music industry

IF 1.5 Q2 COMMUNICATION Frontiers in Communication Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI:10.3389/fcomm.2023.1332643
Parise Carmichael-Murphy
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This essay argues that Black feminist artists in the digital music industry embrace cyborg politics to disrupt celebrity conventions in ways that draw attention to the complexity of identity and oppression. I draw attention to Black feminism as a movement for challenging intersecting oppressions, particularly for Black women, as well as a drive to celebrate Black women's contributions to the music industry. Donna Haraway's conceptualization of the “cyborg” can offer significant insight into how artists in the digital music industry transcend boundaries of identity to renegotiate the ideas of celebrity and fame. The cyborg is a fluid being that embraces the interconnectedness and interplay between technology and the body. By embracing cyborg politics, those who occupy space in the music industry and online can resist the commodification of their bodies to machinery alone and retain their humanity in the celebrity machine.
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我宁愿做机器人,也不愿做名人:数字音乐产业中的黑人女性主义
本文论证了数字音乐产业中的黑人女权艺术家拥抱电子人政治,以引起人们对身份和压迫复杂性的关注的方式打破名人惯例。我提请大家注意,黑人女权主义是一场挑战交叉压迫(尤其是对黑人女性而言)的运动,也是一场颂扬黑人女性对音乐产业所做贡献的运动。唐娜-哈拉维(Donna Haraway)对 "电子人"(cyborg)的概念化可为我们提供重要启示,让我们了解数字音乐产业中的艺术家如何超越身份界限,重新谈判名人和名气的概念。生化人是一种流动的存在,拥抱技术与身体之间的相互联系和相互作用。通过拥抱生化人政治,那些在音乐产业和网络中占据一席之地的人可以抵制将他们的身体商品化为机器的做法,在名人机器中保留他们的人性。
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