Adria Y. Goldman is assistant professor of communication at Gordon State College.VaNatta S. Ford is assistant professor of communication studies at Columbia College.Alexa A. Harris is a communications consultant in Washington, DC.Natasha R. Howard is assistant professor of communication at Bronx Community College.

• Black Women in Popular Culture: An Introduction to the Reader’s JourneyAdria Y. Goldman and Alexa A. HarrisPart I: Television and FilmChapter 1: Scandalous: Olivia Pope and Black Women in Primetime History, Joshua K. WrightChapter 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. GoldmanChapter 3: Visible But Devalued Through the Black Male Gaze: Degrading Images of the Black Woman in Tyler Perry’s Temptation, Christopher K. JacksonPart II: The Music IndustryChapter 4: “Don’t Make Me Hop After You…:” Black Womanhood and the Dangerous Body in Popular Film, LeRhonda S. Manigault-BryantChapter 5: Learning to Conquer Metaphysical Dilemmas: Womanist and Masculinist Perspectives on Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls, Robin M. Boylorn and Mark C. HopsonChapter 6: Mother Appreciation Rap (MAR) as a Genre and Representation of Black Motherhood, VaNatta S. Ford and Natasha R. HowardChapter 7: I

Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues crosses all media platforms while providing substantive historical background and cutting-edge cultural studies. From film and cable to convergence, from advertising to hip hop and rap, this collectiondeftly takes its audience onthe digital and cyberspace highway to better understand the rich crossroads of diversity, identity, and culture.