Double Negative The Black Image and Popular Culture |
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Author:
| Gates, Racquel J. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4780-0054-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
Publisher: | Duke University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Racquel J. Gates examines the potential of so-called negative representations of African Americans in film and TV, from Coming to America to Basketball Wives and Empire, showing how such representations can strategically pose questions about blackness, black culture, and American society in ways that more respectable ones cannot.
Racquel J. Gates examines the potential of so-called negative representations of African Americans in film and TV, from Coming to America to Basketball Wives and Empire, showing how such representations can strategically pose questions about blackness, black culture, and American society in ways that more respectable ones cannot.