Scripting the Black masculine body : identity, discourse, and racial politics in popular media / Ronald L. Jackson II.
"Scripting the Black Masculine Body traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in popular cultural productions. From early blackface cinema through contemporary portrayals of the Black body in hip-hop music and film, Ronald L. Jackson II e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2006]
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| Series: | SUNY series, negotiating identity.
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| Summary: | "Scripting the Black Masculine Body traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in popular cultural productions. From early blackface cinema through contemporary portrayals of the Black body in hip-hop music and film, Ronald L. Jackson II examines how African American identities have been socially constructed, constituted, and publicly understood, and argues that popular music artists and film producers often are complicit with Black body stereotypes. Jackson offers a communicative perspective on body politics through a blend of social scientific and humanities approaches and offers possibilities for the liberation of the Black body from its current ineffectual and paralyzing representations."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 179 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-169) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0791466264 9780791466261 0791466256 9780791466254 |