Challenging misrepresentations of black womanhood : media, literature and theory / edited by Marquita M. Gammage, Antwanisha Alameen-Shavers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gammage, Marquita Marie, 1983- editor.

Alameen-Shavers, Antwanisha, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Anthem Africana studies ; 1.

Anthem Africana studies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Social conditions.

African American women.

African Americans in mass media.

Women in mass media.

African American women in literature.

African American women in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

<P><span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Marquita Gammage; Part I: Historical Conceptualizations; Historical Miseducation on Black Womanhood, Donnetrice Allison; Part II: Motherhood and Mother-Right under Question; The Virility of the Haitian Womb: The Biggest Threat to the Dominican Right, Daly Guilamo; "Black Women Are Genius!": The Image of Celebrated Black Motherhood in Stand-Up Comedy?, Antwanisha Alameen-Shavers; Self-Perceptions and Strategies of Self-Determination among Black Women Student Parents on Campus, Sureshi M. Jayawardene and Serie McDougal III; Part III: Media, Literature and Public Perceptions of Black Womanhood; Exploring Contemporary Stereotypes of Black Womanhood in Claudia Rankine's 'Citizen: An American Lyric', Raquel Kennon; Ladyhood in Distress: Black Politics in Nicole Sconiers's 'Escape from Beckyville', Jalondra A. Davis; Representing the Black Woman as Immoral and Abandoning the Black Family: A Cultural Analysis of 21st Century Television Dramas Starring Black Women, Marquita Gammage; Part IV: Politics and Public Implications; Sapphires Gone Wild: The Politics of Black Women's Respectability in the Age of the Ratchet, De Anna J. Reese and Delia C. Gillis; Michelle Obama Laughs: Political Meme Warfare and the Regurgitation of the Mythological Black Woman, Kiedra Taylor; Part V: Advocacy, Activism and Affirmation of Black Womanhood; Kawaida Womanism as an Interpretative Framework for Understanding Africana Womanhood: Analyzing African American Women's Self-Perceptions, Marquita Gammage; List of Contributors; Index."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":771,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"11":3,"12":0}">List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction, Marquita Gammage; Part I: Historical Conceptualizations; Historical Miseducation on Black Womanhood, Donnetrice Allison; Part II: Motherhood and Mother-Right under Question; The Virility of the Haitian Womb: The Biggest Threat to the Dominican Right, Daly Guilamo; "Black Women Are Genius!": The Image of Celebrated Black Motherhood in Stand-Up Comedy?, Antwanisha Alameen-Shavers; Self-Perceptions and Strategies of Self-Determination among Black Women Student Parents on Campus, Sureshi M. Jayawardene and Serie McDougal III; Part III: Media, Literature and Public Perceptions of Black Womanhood; Exploring Contemporary Stereotypes of Black Womanhood in Claudia Rankine's 'Citizen: An American Lyric', Raquel Kennon; Ladyhood in Distress: Black Politics in Nicole Sconiers's 'Escape from Beckyville', Jalondra A. Davis; Representing the Black Woman as Immoral and Abandoning the Black Family: A Cultural Analysis of 21st Century Television Dramas Starring Black Women, Marquita Gammage; Part IV: Politics and Public Implications; Sapphires Gone Wild: The Politics of Black Women's Respectability in the Age of the Ratchet, De Anna J. Reese and Delia C. Gillis; Michelle Obama Laughs: Political Meme Warfare and the Regurgitation of the Mythological Black Woman, Kiedra Taylor; Part V: Advocacy, Activism and Affirmation of Black Womanhood; Kawaida Womanism as an Interpretative Framework for Understanding Africana Womanhood: Analyzing African American Women's Self-Perceptions, Marquita Gammage; List of Contributors; Index.</span></p>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version :

ISBN:

9781783089383

1783089385

9781783089390

1783089393

Publisher Number:

40029044074

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