Empire and Black Images in Popular Culture
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781476673677
Subjects: Television programs
Description: "FOX's musical drama Empire has been hailed as the savior of broadcast television, drawing 15 million viewers weekly. A "hip-hopera" inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear and 1980s prime-time soap Dynasty, the series is at the forefront of a black popular culture Renaissance yet has stirred controversy in the black community"--