Postracial Resistance Black Women, Media, and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity / Ralina L. Joseph

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, Ralina L. 1974- Author.

Series:

Critical cultural communication.

Critical cultural communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and women.

African Americans and mass media.

African American women--Social conditions.

African American women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages).

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

New York New York University Press [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Introduction -- Of course I'm proud of my country! : Michelle Obama's post-racial wink -- Because often it's both : racism, sexism, and Oprah's handbags -- I just wanted a world that looked like the one I know : the strategically ambiguous respectability of a Black woman showrunner -- No, but I'm still black : women of color community, hate-watching, and racialized resistance -- They got rid of the naps, that's all they did : women of color critiques of respectability politics, strategic ambiguity, and race hazing -- Do not run away from your blackness : Black women television workers and the flouting of strategic ambiguity -- Coda : have a seat at my table -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. “Of Course I’m Proud of My Country!”

2. “Because Often It’s Both”

3. “I Just Wanted a World That Looked Like the One I Know”

4. “No, But I’m Still Black”

5. “They Got Rid of the Naps, That’s All They Did”

6. “Do Not Run Away from Your Blackness”

Coda

Acknowledgments

Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-1842-9

OCLC:

1049568112