Black Women in Popular Culture: An Introduction to the Reader’s
Journey
Adria Y. Goldman and Alexa A. Harris
Part I: Television and Film
Chapter 1: Scandalous: Olivia Pope and Black Women in Primetime
History, Joshua K. Wright
Chapter 2: Meet the Braxtons and the Marys: A Closer Look at
Representations of Black Female Celebrities in WE TV’s Braxton
Family Values and Mary, Mary, Adria Y. Goldman
Chapter 3: Visible But Devalued Through the Black Male Gaze:
Degrading Images of the Black Woman in Tyler Perry’s Temptation,
Christopher K. Jackson
Part II: The Music Industry
Chapter 4: “Don’t Make Me Hop After You…:” Black Womanhood and the
Dangerous Body in Popular Film, LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
Chapter 5: Learning to Conquer Metaphysical Dilemmas: Womanist and
Masculinist Perspectives on Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls, Robin
M. Boylorn and Mark C. Hopson
Chapter 6: Mother Appreciation Rap (MAR) as a Genre and
Representation of Black Motherhood, VaNatta S. Ford and Natasha R.
Howard
Chapter 7: I Am Not My Sister’s Keeper: Shifting Themes in Female
Rap Videos (2005-2011), Natasha R. Howard
Chapter 8: “Bey Feminism” vs. Black Feminism: A Critical
Conversation on Word-of-Mouth Advertisement of Beyoncé’s Visual
Album, Elizabeth Y. Whittington and Mackenzie Jordan
Chapter 9: Black Women and Gender Violence: Lil’ Wayne’s “How to
Love” as Progressive Hip Hop, Joshua Daniel Phillips and Rachel
Alicia Griffin
Part III: Advertising, Print, and Digital Media
Chapter 10: Apparitions of the Past and Obscure Visions for the
Future: Stereotypes of Black Women and Advertising During a
Paradigm Shift, Joanna L. JenkinsChapter 11: Writing (about) the
Black Female Body: An Exploration of Skin Color Politics in
Advertising within Ebony and Essence, Simone Puff
Chapter 12: Black Millennial Women as Digital Entrepreneurs: A New
Lane on the Information Superhighway, Alexa A. Harris
Chapter 13: The Classification of Black Celebrity Women in
Cyberspace, Andre Nicholson
Chapter 14: Identity as a Rite of Passage: The Case of Chirlane
McCray, Sheena C. Howard
Adria Y. Goldman is assistant professor of communication at Gordon
State College.
VaNatta S. Ford is assistant professor of communication studies at
Columbia College.
Alexa A. Harris is a communications consultant in Washington,
DC.
Natasha R. Howard is assistant professor of communication at Bronx
Community College.
Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues crosses
all media platforms while providing substantive historical
background and cutting-edge cultural studies. From film and
cable to convergence, from advertising to hip hop and rap, this
collection deftly takes its audience on the digital and cyberspace
highway to better understand the rich crossroads of diversity,
identity, and culture.
*Barbara B. Hines, Howard University*
In this collection, the reader finds expansive discussions and
analyses of the Black experience as depicted in popular culture.
The chapters are unique in perspective and filled with probing
issues in communication that affect cultural values, belief
systems, and self-esteem issues. The foci are far reaching,
capturing the interest of a wide audience. Students and scholars
will see a number of methodologies, as well as state-of-the art,
provocative, cutting-edge research. This book will make a valuable
contribution to the discipline. I applaud Drs. Goldman, Ford,
Harris, and Howard for their excellent work in editing this
volume.
*Melbourne S. Cummings, Howard University*
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