Josh's Reviews > Iconic: Decoding Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman

Some good observations and explorations but overall it was difficult to follow the author's main points. The writing is awkward at spots and evidence is sometimes over-interpreted which loses the trust of the reader. The first chapter claims that the book will focus on the ways in which black women use various strategies in order to subvert or counteract negative stereotypes and images. But the book spends much more on pointing out examples of negative stereotypes themselves than on the strategies employed to push back against these images. However, I enjoyed the chapters on how Michelle Obama did (to an extent, successfully) was able to portray herself in a new way.