03962nam 2200805Ia 450 991081770160332120230207230429.01-135-23564-31-282-28347-297866122834750-203-86657-6(CKB)1000000000784005(EBL)446960(OCoLC)444700377(SSID)ssj0000107510(PQKBManifestationID)11124962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000107510(PQKBWorkID)10009389(PQKB)11082812(MiAaPQ)EBC446960(Au-PeEL)EBL446960(CaPaEBR)ebr10330930(CaONFJC)MIL228347(EXLCZ)99100000000078400520090501d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAudience, agency and identity in Black popular culture[electronic resource] /by Shawan M. WorsleyNew York Routledge20091 online resource (159 p.)Studies in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-84616-1 0-415-80486-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Race, Racism and Black Popular Culture; 2 Making the Past Accountable: The Wind Done Gone and Stereotypes of Black Women; 3 Audience Reception through the Lens of a 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit; 4 Unholy Narratives and Shameless Acts: Kara Walker's Side-Long Glance; 5 Racist Visual Images?: Museum Comment Books and Viewer Response; 6 Troubling Blackness: The Source Magazine and the Hip-Hop Nation; 7 The Narrative Disrupted: Reading Letters, Rewriting Identity8 Conclusion: Reframing Debates and Analyses of Controversial Black CultureNotes; Bibliography; IndexAudience, Agency and Identity in Black Popular Culture analyses black cultural representations that appropriate anti-black stereotypes. Using examples from literature, media, and art, Worsley examines how these cultural products do not rework anti-black stereotypes into seemingly positive images. Rather, they present anti-black stereotypes in their original forms and encourage audiences not to ignore, but to explore them. Shifting critical commentary from a need to censor these questionable images, Worsley offers a complex consideration of the value of and problems with these alterStudies in African American history and culture.African Americans in popular cultureHistory20th centuryAfrican American arts20th centuryAfrican AmericansIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican AmericansRace identityRacism in popular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryStereotypes (Social psychology)United StatesHip-hopSocial aspectsUnited StatesRap (Music)Social aspectsUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican Americans in popular cultureHistoryAfrican American artsAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican AmericansRace identity.Racism in popular cultureHistoryStereotypes (Social psychology)Hip-hopSocial aspectsRap (Music)Social aspectsPopular cultureHistory305.896/07300904305.896073Worsley Shawan M1652978MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817701603321Audience, agency and identity in Black popular culture4003970UNINA