Author: Mythili Rajiva, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa - Personal Website, ResearchGate

Abstracts:
- »”In her analysis of Jessica Jones, Rajiva argues that although the show has been lauded by critics and academics, it problematically and predictably centers white women, fetishizes and pathologizes Black masculinity, and all but disappears Black femininity. Rajiva provocatively suggests that the show is about more than violent white patriarchy; it is also a story about white feminism’s ghosts and the “sorry/not sorry performance of white feminist guilt.”« (Source: Stephanie Patrick and Mythili Rajiva. »Introduction.« The Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media: Turning to the Margins. Edited by Stephanie Patrick et al. Cham 2022: 16-17)

- »Netflix Jessica Jones has been lauded by both critics and academics as a feminist #MeToo text that calls out North American rape culture. But a more critical reading demonstrates that the show perpetuates a white feminist ethos where black masculinity is fetishized and pathologized, and black femininity is virtually disappeared. In this chapter, the author argues that JJ is not only a story about rape culture or sexual violence that, predictably, centers white women, it is also a story about white feminism’s ghosts. The author draws upon black feminist theories as well as theories of haunting to explore the following: (1) the unintentional staging of whiteness as terror, (2) the failed project of disappearing the black woman to re-center the white woman, and (3) the sorry/not sorry performance of white feminist guilt.« (Source: SpringerLink)

Contents:

	5.1 Introduction (p. 79)
	5.2 Theory and Method (p. 80)
	5.3 Jessica Jones and #MeToo (p. 82)
	5.4 “Everyone’s a Little Racist”: AKA Whiteness as Normalized Terror (p. 84)
	5.5 “Can’t Handle a Dead wife, huh?”: AKA the Black Woman as Cipher (p. 87)
	5.6 “I Was Never the Hero That You Wanted Me to Be”: AKA White Feminist Apologia (p. 90)
	5.7 Conclusion (p. 95)
	References (p. 97)

Wikipedia: History of the Americas: History of the United States | Television: Netflix television dramas / Jessica Jones (TV series) | Sex and the law: Rape / Rape in the United States