Representations of Black womanhood on television : being Mara Brock Akil / edited by Shauntae Brown White and Kandace L. Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

White, Shauntae Brown, editor.

Harris, Kandace L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Akil, Mara Brock, 1970---Criticism and interpretation.

Akil, Mara Brock.

Women television producers and directors--United States.

Women television producers and directors.

United States.

African American television producers and directors.

African American women screenwriters.

African American women on television.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

Being Mara Brock Akil examines the body of work of the showrunner who produced Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane, and Love Is___ . Grounded in Black Feminist Thought, this book analyzes themes that define Black womanhood and examine audience reception and social media interaction.

Contents:

Introduction: being Mara / Kandace L. Harris

Representations of black womanhood. "Girlfriends

there, through thick and thin!": African American female sisterhood and the quest for happiness / Tina M. Harris & Katie D. Scott

The complex girlfriend: Toni Childs as a hybrid controlling image on Girlfriends / Shavonne R. Shorter

Real, respectable, or both: respectability on Being Mary Jane through the words of Mara Brock Akil / Natasha R. Howard

"Girl, you know I got you": the ideology of sisterhood on Being Mary Jane / Shauntae Brown White

What love is and is not: a critical discourse analysis / Roslyn M. Satchel

Audience reception/social media interaction. Relating to the game: making meaning among fans / Lisa M. Paulin

Race, gender, and participatory dynamics: Facebook representations of Being Mary Jane / Mia Moody-Ramirez

Social TV and stereotypes: the social construction of #beingmaryjane on Twitter / Morgan W. Smalls

@maraakil: an analysis of Mara's balance of life, family and production on Instagram / Candace P. Parrish

Afterword: what representations and racial messages television teaches our children / Ronald L. Jackson, II.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Representations of black womanhood on television

ISBN:

9781498592666

149859266X

OCLC:

1100427021

Publisher Number:

40029305771