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Empire and black images in popular culture / Joshua K. Wright.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.77.E47 W75 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Joshua K., 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Empire (Television program : 2015).
- African Americans on television.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 232 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the Empire state of mind: the birth of a cultural phenomenon
- The Lyon family hustle: a new look at the black family on tv
- Boom, boom, boom, boom: lucious Lyon and the black outlaw's American dream
- The name's Cookie, ask about me: the fierce and flawed feminism of Cookie Lyon
- My three sons: reflections on black masculinity in Empire
- Lee Daniels doesn't care about black people!
- Representation vs. exploitation
- The Empire effect: the revolution will be televised.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781476673677
- 1476673675
- OCLC:
- 1007064686
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