Representations of Black Womanhood on Television

Being Mara Brock Akil

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Av Shauntae Brown White, Kandace L. Harris, Shauntae Brown White, Kandace L Harris

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Being Mara Brock Akil: Representations of Black Womanhood on Television examines the body of work of Mara Brock Akil, the showrunner who produced Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane, and Love Is__. The contributions to this volume are theoretically anchored in Patricia Hill Collin’s Black Feminist Thought, with a focus on how Brock Akil’s shows intentionally address Black humanity and specifically provide context for Black women’s lived experiences and empathy for Black womanhood by featuring woman-centered characters with flaws, strength, and complexity. Shauntae Brown White and Kandace L. Harris have compiled a volume that analyzes themes that define Black womanhood and examines audience reception of and social media interaction with Brock Akil’s work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-07-01
Mått160 x 230 x 21 mm
Vikt490 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor212
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498592666

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Introduction: Being MaraChapter 1: ‘Girlfriends - There, Through Thick and Thin!’: African American Female Sisterhood and the Quest for HappinessChapter 2: Professional Success, Personal Turmoil: The Black Working Woman Image in GirlfriendsChapter 3: Real, Respectable, or Both: Respectability on Being Mary Jane through the Words of Mara Brock AkilChapter 4: ‘Girl, You Know I Got You:’ The Ideology of Sisterhood on Being Mary JaneChapter 5: What Love Is and Is Not: A Critical Discourse AnalysisChapter 6: Navigating The Game of Life: Women Viewers & The GameChapter 7: Social Networks, Television and Black Women: An Analysis of Facebook Representations of Being Mary JaneChapter 8: Social TV and Stereotypes: The Social Construction of #BeingMaryJane on TwitterChapter 9: @MaraAkil: An Analysis of the Mara’s Balance of Life, Family and Production on InstagramAfterword

Representations of Black Womanhood on Television: Being Mara Brock Akil is a powerful collaboration of Black female scholars shining light on a storyteller that has centered Black female voices for more than two decades. This text is both a picture and celebration of a Black woman who dared to dream. As such this volume marks its place in history and is guaranteed to be a resource for scholars and creatives interested in shining light on people in the shadows.