Audience, agency and identity in Black popular culture / Shawan M. Worsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worsley, Shawan M.

Series:

Studies in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in popular culture--History--20th century.

African Americans in popular culture.

African American arts--20th century.

African American arts.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans--Race identity.

Racism in popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

Racism in popular culture.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Rap (Music)--Social aspects.

Hip-hop.

Social aspects.

History.

United States.

Hip-hop--Social aspects--United States.

Rap (Music)--Social aspects--United States.

Rap (Music).

Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

xvi, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Contents:

Race, racism and Black popular culture

Making the past accountable : The wind done gone and stereotypes of Black women

Audience reception through the lens of a $10 million dollar lawsuit

Unholy narratives and shameless acts : Kara Walker's side-long glance

Racist visual images? : museum comment books and viewer response

Troubling Blackness : The source magazine and the hip-hop nation

The narrative disrupted : reading letters, rewriting identity

Conclusion : reframing debates and analyses of controversial Black culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415804868

0415804868

OCLC:

311758643