Scripting the Black masculine body
Subtitle: identity, discourse, and racial politics in popular media
By: Ronald L. Jackson II.
Series: SUNY series, the negotiation of identity
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780791466254; 9780791466261
Subjects: African American men -- Social conditions; Masculinity -- Political aspects -- United States; Body, Human -- Social aspects -- United States; Body, Human -- Political aspects -- United States; African Americans -- Race identity; African Americans in popular culture; African Americans and mass media; Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States; Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: "Scripting the Black Masculine Body traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in popular cultural productions. From early blackface cinema through contemporary portrayals of the Black body in hip-hop music and film, Ronald L. Jackson II examines how African American identities have been socially constructed, constituted, and publicly understood, and argues that popular music artists and film producers often are complicit with Black body stereotypes. Jackson offers a communicative perspective on body politics through a blend of social scientific and humanities approaches and offers possibilities for the liberation of the Black body from its current ineffectual and paralyzing representations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : origins of Black body politics; title: Scripting the Black body in popular media : exploring process; title: Black masculine scripts; title: "If it feels this good gettin' used" : exploring the hypertext of sexuality; title: Towards an integrated theory of Black masculinity; title: Epilogue : the revolution will not be televised.