LEADER 03666nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910782009203321 005 20230207225531.0 010 $a1-282-48505-9 010 $a9786612485053 010 $a1-60473-151-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533846 035 $a(EBL)515662 035 $a(OCoLC)320323356 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11189367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226336 035 $a(PQKB)10875192 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515662 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13728 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515662 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218392 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248505 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533846 100 $a20060407d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLockstep and dance$b[electronic resource] $eimages of black men in popular culture /$fLinda G. Tucker 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 225 1 $aMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-906-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index. 320 $aIncludes discography: p. 184. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aLockstep and Dance: Images of Black Men in Popular Culture examines popular culture's reliance on long-standing stereotypes of black men as animalistic, hypersexual, dangerous criminals, whose bodies, dress, actions, attitudes, and language both repel and attract white audiences. Author Linda G. Tucker studies this trope in the images of well-known African American men in four cultural venues: contemporary literature, black-focused films, sports commentary, and rap music. Through rigorous analysis, the book argues that American popular culture's representations of black men preserve racial hie 410 0$aMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies. 606 $aAfrican Americans in popular culture 606 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity 606 $aAfrican American men$xPublic opinion 606 $aAfrican American men$xSocial conditions 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology)$zUnited States 606 $aRacism in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aAfrican Americans in popular culture. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xRace identity. 615 0$aAfrican American men$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aAfrican American men$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) 615 0$aRacism in popular culture 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a305.896/073 700 $aTucker$b Linda G$01490859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782009203321 996 $aLockstep and dance$93712324 997 $aUNINA