Joshua K. Wright

Empire and Black Images in Popular Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

"FOX's musical drama Empire has been hailed as the savior of broadcast television, drawing 15 million viewers weekly. A "hip-hopera" inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear and 1980s prime-time soap Dynasty, the series is at the forefront of a black popular culture Renaissance yet has stirred controversy in the black community"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781476673677
• ISBN-10: 1476673675
• Artikelnr.: 49662832

Autorenporträt

Joshua K. Wright, Ph.D., is an associate professor of history in the Global Studies Department at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. He is the host of Woke History, a new podcast series streaming on the National Public Radio (NPR) One app.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Empire State of Mind-The Birth of a Cultural Phenomenon 1.
The Lyon Family Hustle: A New Look at the Black Family on TV 2.
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom: Lucious Lyon and the Black Outlaw's American Dream 3.
The Name's Cookie, Ask About Me: The Fierce and Flawed Feminism of Cookie Lyon 4.
My Three Sons: Reflections on Black Masculinity in Empire 5.
Lee Daniels Doesn't Care About Black People! Representation vs. Exploitation 6.
The Empire Effect: The Revolution Will Be Televised! Chapter Notes Bibliography Index