Representations of Black Womanhood on Television

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Being Mara Brock Akil examines the body of work of 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: 6. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781498592680
• ISBN-10: 1498592686
• Artikelnr.: 61182288

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