With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues provides such a comprehensive analysis. Using an array of theoretical frameworks and methodologies, this collection features cutting edge research from scholars interested in the relationship among media, society, perceptions, and Black women. The uniqueness of this book is that it serves as a compilation of "hot topics" including ABC's Scandal, Beyonce's Visual Album, and Oprah's Instagram page. Other themes have roots in reality television, film, and hip hop, as well as issues of gender politics, domestic violence, and colorism. The discussion also extends to the presentation and inclusion of Black women in advertising, print, and digital media.
Black Women in Popular Culture: An Introduction to the Reader's Journey Adria Y. Goldman and Alexa A. Harris Part I: Television and Film Chapter 1: Scandalous: Olivia Pope and Black Women in Primetime History, Joshua K. Wright Chapter 2: Meet the Braxtons and the Marys: A Closer Look at Representations of Black Female Celebrities in WE TV's Braxton Family Values and Mary, Mary, Adria Y. Goldman Chapter 3: Visible But Devalued Through the Black Male Gaze: Degrading Images of the Black Woman in Tyler Perry's Temptation, Christopher K. Jackson Part II: The Music Industry Chapter 4: "Don't Make Me Hop After You...:" Black Womanhood and the Dangerous Body in Popular Film, LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant Chapter 5: Learning to Conquer Metaphysical Dilemmas: Womanist and Masculinist Perspectives on Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls, Robin M. Boylorn and Mark C. Hopson Chapter 6: Mother Appreciation Rap (MAR) as a Genre and Representation of Black Motherhood, VaNatta S. Ford and Natasha R. Howard Chapter 7: I Am Not My Sister's Keeper: Shifting Themes in Female Rap Videos (2005-2011), Natasha R. Howard Chapter 8: "Bey Feminism" vs. Black Feminism: A Critical Conversation on Word-of-Mouth Advertisement of Beyonce's Visual Album, Elizabeth Y. Whittington and Mackenzie Jordan Chapter 9: Black Women and Gender Violence: Lil' Wayne's "How to Love" as Progressive Hip Hop, Joshua Daniel Phillips and Rachel Alicia Griffin Part III: Advertising, Print, and Digital Media Chapter 10: Apparitions of the Past and Obscure Visions for the Future: Stereotypes of Black Women and Advertising During a Paradigm Shift, Joanna L. JenkinsChapter 11: Writing (about) the Black Female Body: An Exploration of Skin Color Politics in Advertising within Ebony and Essence, Simone Puff Chapter 12: Black Millennial Women as Digital Entrepreneurs: A New Lane on the Information Superhighway, Alexa A. Harris Chapter 13: The Classification of Black Celebrity Women in Cyberspace, Andre Nicholson Chapter 14: Identity as a Rite of Passage: The Case of Chirlane McCray, Sheena C. Howard
