Insecure: feminismo negro, narrativa seriada e a territorialidade das vozes de mulheres nas canções

• Ano de defesa: 2025
• Autor(a) principal: Cypriano, Dyone Arruda
• Orientador(a): Alves, Gabriela Santos
• Banca de defesa: Silva, Maria Lucia da , Opolski, Débora Regina
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Mestrado em Comunicação e Territorialidades
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Territorialidades
• Departamento: Centro de Artes
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Representatividade; Feminismo negro; Mulheres negras
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: Comunicação
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/20664

The objective of this dissertation is to analyze and reflect on the protagonism of Black women in the American fictional television series Insecure, focusing particularly on its first season, released in 2016, and on the insertion of songs featuring female voices throughout the episodes. The study examines not only the leading roles of Issa Dee, played by Issa Rae, and Molly Carter, played by Yvonne Orji, but also the supporting characters Kelli Prenny and Tiffany DuBois, analyzing their dramatic actions, highlighting spoken/sung melodies (especially in rap style), and how songs are integrated into the episodes or the season’s narrative arc. The theoretical framework of this research is grounded in contemporary strands of Black feminism, drawing on both American and Brazilian thinkers such as bell hooks and Lélia Gonzalez, among others. The methodology, with a qualitative approach, employs film and sound analysis of the Insecure series corpus. This analysis focuses on narrative elements that address a range of themes and issues central to the experiences of Black women, including loneliness, silencing, labor struggles, sexism, the search for care and belonging, and the complexities of relationships. To that end, the research concentrates on sung speech/voice-melody, the selection of frames, and the choice of songs featuring female voices. The breakdown of these elements will help reveal the complex experience of Black women and their representation in serial fiction.