Ask the expert: How does Black horror help us understand cultural anxieties? | MSUToday
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 24, 2023
The genre of horror, specifically Black horror, has been gaining attention in mainstream media in the past decade. Films by Black writers and directors featuring Black actors — think “Us” and “Get Out” by writer and director Jordan Peele — explore themes of race and gender through a different lens while opening larger dialogues about belonging and identity.
Kinitra Brooks, associate professor of English at Michigan State University, has written about Peele’s influence and researches the ways Black women are represented . . .
