Audience, agency and identity in Black popular culture
By: by Shawan M. Worsley.
Series: Studies in African American history and culture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415804868
Subjects: African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 20th century; African-American arts -- 20th century; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; African Americans -- Race identity; Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States; Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States; Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Race, racism and Black popular culture; title: Making the past accountable : the wind done gone and stereotypes of Black women; title: Audience reception through the lens of a $10 million dollar lawsuit; title: Unholy narratives and shameless acts : Kara Walker's side-long glance; title: Racist visual images? : museum comment books and viewer response; title: Troubling blackness : the source magazine and the hip-hop nation; title: The narrative disrupted : reading letters, rewriting identity; title: Conclusion : reframing debates and analyses of controversial Black culture.