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ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.07.014

Trauma and Recovery: An Intersectional Examination of Arabella in I May Destroy You

Chen Liang

Department of Comparative Literature, King's College London, London, UK.

*Corresponding author: Chen Liang

Published: August 22,2023

Abstract

The BBC & HBO series I May Destroy You brings to attention current attitudes surrounding sexual violence from both a racial and gender perspective and ex-plores the boundaries of sexual freedom of black characters in London, whose dimensions are expanded by the intervention of social media effects, race, gender and sexual orientation. Intersectionality is evident in the series I May Destroy You, and the stories are closely related to the Millennials. This paper focuses on the trauma and recovery journey of the main character Arabella who has intersecting identities. She is black, working-class, creative, a woman and a survivor. Based on Jennifer C. Nash's understanding of intersectionality, this paper applies the intersectional lens to analyze I May Destroy You specifically to show how this research paradigm can be used to evaluate Arabella’s multiple oppression because of her black female identity, such as being exploited by a white-led campaign and sexually assaulted by racially diverse men.

Keywords

Intersectionality, Trauma, Recovery

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How to cite this paper

Trauma and Recovery: An Intersectional Examination of Arabella in I May Destroy You

How to cite this paper: Chen Liang. (2023) Trauma and Recovery: An Intersectional Examination of Arabella in I May Destroy YouJournal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science7(7), 1320-1324.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.07.014