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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781498592666
• ISBN-10: 149859266X
• Artikelnr.: 56729171

Autorenporträt

Kandace L. Harris is special assistant to the president and associate professor of mass communication and media studies at Shaw University. Shauntae Brown White is coordinator of the Women's and Gender Studies program and associate professor in the Department of Mass Communication at North Carolina Central University.

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