Racialism and the Media: Black Jesus, Black Twitter, and the First Black American President

ISBN-13: 9781433172885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 160 str.

Venise T. Berry

Opis

Racialism and Media: Black-ish, Black Twitter and the First Black American President is an exploration of how the nature of racial ideology has changed in our society.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations - Acknowledgments - Introduction: Racialism and the Media - Contemporary Zip Coons: The Problem with Funny - Ghettofabulous: How Low Can You Go? - Advertising and Black Folks: Whassup? - Black-ish and the Changing Nature of Black Identity - Balancing Stereotypes: Black Male and Female Roles on Prime-Time Television - A Satirical Parody: Black Jesus in the Hood-Deconstructing Intersectionality in Crash - Black Twitter, Interpretive Communities, and Cultural Capital - President Barack Obama: Biased Frames and Microaggressions - Science Fiction and Fantasy: Going Where Few Blacks Have Gone Before - About the Author - Index.

O autorze

Venise T. Berry is an Associate Professor in African American Studies and Journalism at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Her professional media career began in radio news but has expanded into teaching, media research and criticism, as well as fiction and non-fiction writing. She is published widely in academic circles with numerous journal articles based on her research in the area of media, African Americans and pop culture. To learn more visit: www.veniseberry.com.