Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
6-2021
Document Type
Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.S.
Program
Data Analysis & Visualization
Advisor
Lisa M. Rhody
Keywords
topic modeling, text analysis
Abstract
The following capstone project creates a web application titled Black Women in Romance, which incorporates methods of text analysis commonly used in the digital humanities and uses an intersectional feminist approach when collecting, analyzing, and interpreting text data. Black women are underrepresented in the publishing industry and their work is often discounted due to the negative reputation that follows the romance genre. Black Women in Romance gives visibility to Black women in the genre by creating a web application with a curated catalog of romance novels written by Black women. The application is based on a topic model algorithm using 393 romance novels divided into 30 topics, which are assigned labels based on human interpretation. The intended audience for this project is readers who are interested in romance or in discovering new authors and books based on topics of interest.
Recommended Citation
Lugo Aracena, Vianny C., "Black Women in Romance" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/4416
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