Publication

This essay explores how West Indian adolescent girls living in New York use cultural products such as music, fashion and television in forming their gender, racial and ethnic identities. In particular, it explores the meanings surrounding these girls' consumption of the television program "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Furthermore, it focuses on evaluations they made of particular female hip hop artists and the styles of dress associated with hip hop music as either "positive" or "negative." The author concludes by theorizing "positive" and "negative" consumption.