Lockstep and dance images of black men in popular culture
Lockstep 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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798374206719 |
| Sumario: | Lockstep 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 |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183) and index. Includes discography: p. 184. |
| ISBN: | 9781282485051 9786612485053 9781604731514 |
