Scripting the Black Masculine Body

Ronald L. Jackson II is Professor of Media and Cinema Studies, as well as Professor and Head of African American Studies, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the editor of African American Communication and Identities: Essential Readings.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionRace and Corporeal Politics1. Origins of Black Body Politics2. Scripting the Black Body in Popular Media: Exploring Process3. Black Masculine Scripts4. "If It Feels This Good Gettin’ Used": Exploring the Hypertext of Sexuality in Hip-Hop Music and Pimp Movies5. Toward an Integrated Theory of Black MasculinityEpilogueThe Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedNotesReferencesIndex

"This topic is central to the field of communication, and Jackson is advancing a significant amount of innovation into the discussion of the Black body. He integrates historical and contemporary illustrations into his argument, grasps existing scholarship, and does so with an engaging writing style." — Mark P. Orbe, author of Constructing Co-Cultural Theory: An Explication of Culture, Power, and Communication"Jackson raises concerns that are at the heart of communication scholarship, and his questions are central to the study of popular culture, the reproduction of racism, and the cultivation of complex identities." — Oscar H. Gandy Jr., author of Communication and Race: A Structural Perspective