Representations of Black Womanhood on Television

Being Mara Brock Akil
Herausgeber: Brown White, Shauntae; Harris, Kandace L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the body of work of Mara Brock Akil, 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9781498592666
• ISBN-10: 149859266X
• Artikelnr.: 56729171

Autorenporträt

Edited by Shauntae Brown White and Kandace L. Harris - Contributions by Imani M. Cheers; Kandace L. Harris; Tina M. Harris; Natasha R. Howard; Ronald L. Jackson II; Mia Moody-Ramirez; Candace P. Parrish; Lisa M. Paulin; Roslyn M. Satchel; Katie D. Scott;

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Being Mara Chapter 1: 'Girlfriends - There, Through Thick and
Thin!': African American Female Sisterhood and the Quest for Happiness
Chapter 2: Professional Success, Personal Turmoil: The Black Working Woman
Image in Girlfriends Chapter 3: Real, Respectable, or Both: Respectability
on Being Mary Jane through the Words of Mara Brock Akil Chapter 4: 'Girl,
You Know I Got You:' The Ideology of Sisterhood on Being Mary Jane Chapter
5: What Love Is and Is Not: A Critical Discourse Analysis Chapter 6:
Navigating The Game of Life: Women Viewers & The Game Chapter 7: Social
Networks, Television and Black Women: An Analysis of Facebook
Representations of Being Mary Jane Chapter 8: Social TV and Stereotypes:
The Social Construction of #BeingMaryJane on Twitter Chapter 9: @MaraAkil:
An Analysis of the Mara's Balance of Life, Family and Production on
Instagram Afterword