Black culture & experience : contemporary issues /
Berry, Venise T.,editor.
Dayo, Ayo,editor.
Rife, Anita,editor.
Black Culture and Experience: Contemporary Issues offers a holistic look at Black culture in the twenty-first century. It is a collection of work that creates a synergy among authors and leads to a valuable resource on contemporary issues. Part One examines institutional, societal, and political issues like identity politics; the Rooney Rule; prosperity gospel; inequality in the criminal justice system; the American dream; the future of Black and Africana studies; and President Obama's double consciousness. Part Two investigates social, cultural, and community issues such as the Affordable Care Act; Black women and obesity; Black men's experience in marriage and relationships; sexual decision making; interracial relationship; and cultural racism. Part Three explores media, pop culture, and technology issues including the rise of urban fiction; hip hop and feminism; race in Super Bowl commercials; the construction of Black Diasporic identities; Whiteness in Black-oriented films; Black masculinity in Django Unchained; and the power of Black Twitter. This anthology contains works from leading scholars, authors, and other specialists who have been brought together to highlight key issues in black culture and experience today. The goal is to help readers understand where we are and where we still need to go, what is working and what we still need to work on, what is right and what is still wrong. -- from back cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: From slavery to the presidency / Venise T. Berry -- Part 1: Institutional, societal, and political issues -- Chapter One: Black racial identity: Promoting academic achievement and excellence, resisting stereotypes, and the myth of acting white / Tabbye M. Chavous, Seanna Leath, and Bridget L. Richardson -- Chapter Two: The NFL's Rooney Rule: A Theoretical analysis of its societal influence / John A. Fortunato and Jerome D. Willliams -- Chapter Three: In God's favor: Prosperity gospel in the 21st century / Kayla Renée Wheeler -- Chapter Four: Race and racism: Inequalities in the criminal justice system / Stephana Colbert -- Chapter Five: Attaining wealth: The African American struggle for the "American Dream" / LaToya T. Brackett -- Chapter Six: Learning from history: Contemporary issues in Black and Africana studies / De Anna Reese and Malik Simba -- Chapter Seven: To form a more perfect union: Frames of double consciousness in presidential candidate Barack Obama's race speech / Anita Fleming-Rife -- Part 2: Social, cultural, and community issues -- Chapter Eight: Pain, chronic disease, and the ACA: Implications for better healthcare in the black community / Staja Q. Booker and Tamara A. Baker -- Chapter Nine: Big, black, and beautiful women: Health at every size offers a new paradigm / E-K Daufin -- Chapter Ten: Birds of a feather? Black men's experiences and behavior in marriage and romantic relationships / Armon R. Perry, Derrick R. Brooms, and Siobhan E. Smith -- Chapter Eleven: Fifty shades of brown: Understanding the social, sensual, and sexual lives of black American women / Asher Pimpleton and Nikita Murry -- Chapter Twelve: Interracial relationships: Attitudes among heterosexual college-educated African American women / Danielle M. Wallace and Sonja Peterson-Lewis -- Chapter Thirteen: Cultural racism and violence in African American communities / William Oliver -- Part 3: Media, pop culture, and technology issues -- Chapter Fourteen: The rise of urban fiction / Kristina Graaf and Vanessa Irvin -- Chapter Fifteen: An affair to remember: Hip hop and the feminist perspective / Donnetrice C. Allison -- Chapter Sixteen: (Un)Comfortable contact? Viewing race and interaction in 25 years of Super Bowl commercials through the lens of social distance / Ernest L. Wiggins and Kenneth Campbell -- Chapter Seventeen: The construction of Black diasporic identities in news discourse on immigration in the U.S. Black press / Ilia Rodríguez -- Chapter Eighteen: Now you see me: The visibility of whiteness in black context films / Omotayo O. Banjo -- Chapter Nineteen: Black masculinity and representation in popular culture: A case study of Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained / Tammie Jenkins -- Chapter Twenty: Bridging the digital divide: The case of black Twitter as a 21st-Century platform for cultural expression / George L. Daniels, Theadoris Morris, and Ellisa Bray.
Black Culture and Experience: Contemporary Issues offers a holistic look at Black culture in the twenty-first century. It is a collection of work that creates a synergy among authors and leads to a valuable resource on contemporary issues. Part One examines institutional, societal, and political issues like identity politics; the Rooney Rule; prosperity gospel; inequality in the criminal justice system; the American dream; the future of Black and Africana studies; and President Obama's double consciousness. Part Two investigates social, cultural, and community issues such as the Affordable Care Act; Black women and obesity; Black men's experience in marriage and relationships; sexual decision making; interracial relationship; and cultural racism. Part Three explores media, pop culture, and technology issues including the rise of urban fiction; hip hop and feminism; race in Super Bowl commercials; the construction of Black Diasporic identities; Whiteness in Black-oriented films; Black masculinity in Django Unchained; and the power of Black Twitter. This anthology contains works from leading scholars, authors, and other specialists who have been brought together to highlight key issues in black culture and experience today. The goal is to help readers understand where we are and where we still need to go, what is working and what we still need to work on, what is right and what is still wrong. -- from back cover.
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