Imaani Jamillah El-Burki

Imaani Jamillah El-Burki is a media scholar whose work investigates intersectionality. Her research examines the ways in which media representations of various social groups become visual, textual and linguistic expressions of both dominant and peripheral definitions of difference. She further investigates the relationship between media representation, media framing and individual and collective identity; social policy; and existing social hierarchies.

Publications

Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age
Defining Identity and the Changing Scope of Culture in the Digital Age
Alison Novak, Imaani Jamillah El-Burki. © 2016. 316 pages.
Since the popularization of Internet technologies in the mid-1990s, human identity and collective culture has been dramatically shaped by our continued use of digital...
It's No Secret Justin Wants to Be Black: Comedy Central's Justin Bieber Roast and Neoliberalism
It's No Secret Justin Wants to Be Black: Comedy Central's Justin Bieber Roast and Neoliberalism
Imaani Jamillah El-Burki, Rachel R. Reynolds. © 2016. 14 pages.
Research shows that media representations of race, gender and social class designed for consumption by the millennial generation create a world of symbolic equality via...