03666nam 2200781 a 450 991078200920332120230207225531.01-282-48505-997866124850531-60473-151-6(CKB)1000000000533846(EBL)515662(OCoLC)320323356(SSID)ssj0000193810(PQKBManifestationID)11189367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193810(PQKBWorkID)10226336(PQKB)10875192(MiAaPQ)EBC515662(MdBmJHUP)muse13728(Au-PeEL)EBL515662(CaPaEBR)ebr10218392(CaONFJC)MIL248505(EXLCZ)99100000000053384620060407d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLockstep and dance[electronic resource] images of black men in popular culture /Linda G. Tucker1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20071 online resource (204 p.)Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-57806-906-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index.Includes discography: p. 184.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 WRITING HOME: Whiteness, Blackness, and the Showdown in the Big House; 2 THE LEGACY OF TYPE: Minstrelsy, Lynching, and White Lore Cycles; 3 COURT GESTURES: Cultural Gerrymandering and the Games That Black Men Play; 4 THE LAST BLACKFACE?: Forays into Film's Empty Space of Representation; 5 ""HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME"": Black Men, (Bad) Rap(s), and the Return of the Black Brute; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Discography; IndexLockstep and Dance: Images of Black Men in Popular Culture examines popular culture's reliance on long-standing stereotypes of black men as animalistic, hypersexual, dangerous criminals, whose bodies, dress, actions, attitudes, and language both repel and attract white audiences. Author Linda G. Tucker studies this trope in the images of well-known African American men in four cultural venues: contemporary literature, black-focused films, sports commentary, and rap music. Through rigorous analysis, the book argues that American popular culture's representations of black men preserve racial hieMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.African Americans in popular cultureAfrican AmericansRace identityAfrican American menPublic opinionAfrican American menSocial conditionsStereotypes (Social psychology)United StatesRacism in popular cultureUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsAfrican Americans in popular culture.African AmericansRace identity.African American menPublic opinion.African American menSocial conditions.Stereotypes (Social psychology)Racism in popular culturePopular culturePublic opinion305.896/073Tucker Linda G1490859MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782009203321Lockstep and dance3712324UNINA