The Evolution of Black Women in Television

Mammies, Matriarchs and Mistresses
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-89022-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Television Studies

This book seeks to interrogate the representation of Black women in television. Cheers explores how the increase of Black women in media ownership and creative executive roles (producers, showrunners, directors and writers) in the last 30 years affected the fundamental cultural shift in Black women’s representation on television, which in turn parallels the political, social, economic and cultural advancements of Black women in America from 1950 to 2016. She also examines Black women as a diverse television audience, discussing how they interact and respond to the constantly evolving television representation of their image and likeness, looking specifically at how social media is used as a tool of audience engagement.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheers, Imani M

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Black Women Behind the Lens

2. Maternal Mammies and Mainstream Matriarchs

3. Multidimensional Mistresses

4. Black Women as a Television Audience

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Imani M. Cheers is Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA.