Womanist and Black feminist responses to Tyler Perry's productions / edited by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, Tamura A. Lomax, and Carol B. Duncan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manigault-Bryant, LeRhonda S., 1977- editor.

Lomax, Tamura A., editor.

Duncan, Carol B. (Carol Bernadette), 1965- editor.

Series:

Black religion, womanist thought, social justice

Black religion/womanist thought/social justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perry, Tyler--Criticism and interpretation.

Perry, Tyler.

African Americans in motion pictures.

African American women in motion pictures.

Christianity in motion pictures.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xviii, 277 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

African American playwright, actor, television producer, and filmmaker Tyler Perry is an American cultural phenomenon. Perry has made over half a billion dollars through the development of films, plays, and television series that center storylines about black women, black communities, and black religion, the success of a Tyler perry production, coupled with Perry's participation in a range of media and in multiple rotesas creator and actor, position him as a significant site of black religious and cultural expression, and thus critical inquiry and refiection womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler perry's prodvctions examines perry's works from interdisciplinary perspectives and provides a necessary response to Perry's current prominence regarding black representation, black religion, and black cultural production Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Filmography 15

Part II Theology, Spirituality, and Black Popular Religious Imaginations 25

1 Tyler Perry Reads Scripture / Nyasha Junior Junior, Nyasha 57

2 Signifying Love and Embodied Relationality: Toward a Womanist Theological Anthropology / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl A. 41

3 Jesus Will Fix It, Alfred While: the Purpose and ROle of Gospel Music in Tyler Perry Productions / Lisa M. Allen-McLaurin Allen-McLaurin, Lisa M. 57

4 Screening God / Andrea C. White White, Andrea C. 73

Part III Theorizing Intersecting Identities and (Re)Envisioning Black Womanhood 89

5 "A People That Would Take Care of Ourselves": Tyler Perry's Vision of Community and Gender Relations / Yolande M.S. TOmlinson TOmlinson, Yolande M.S. 91

6 "It Ain't Where You Comin' from, Honey': Class, Social Mobility, and Marriage in Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion / Carol B. Duncan Duncan, Carol B. 107

7 Mad Black Bitches and Ladylike Saints: Representations of African American Womanhood in Tyler Perry films / Tomura A. Lomax Lomax, Tomura A. 125

8 (Re)Mediating Black Womanhood: Tyler Perry, Black Feminist Cultural Criticism, and the Politics of Legitimation Whitney Peoples 147

Part IV The Politics of Performance 163

9 Pause, Auntie Momma! Reading Religion in Tyler Perry's Fat Drag / LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant Manigault-Bryant, LeRhonda S. 165

10 Madea vs. Medea: Agape and the Militarist or Murderous Maternal / JOy James James, JOy 187

Part V Black Women as Religio-Cultural Capital 201

11 Tyler Perry and the (Mis)Representation of Religious Morality / Terrion L. Williamson Williamson, Terrion L. 203

12 "Do You Want to be Well?" the Gospel Play, Womanist Theology, and Tyler Perry's Artistic Project / Robert J. Patterson Patterson, Robert J. 217

13 Talking Back and Taking My "Amens" With Me: Tyler Perry and the Narrative Colonization of Black Women's Stories / Brittney Cooper Cooper, Brittney 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes a filmography of Tyler Perry's films and television series.

ISBN:

9781137429551

1137429550

OCLC:

875398575