Scripting the Black Masculine Body: Identity, Discourse, and Racial Politics in Popular Media (Negotiating Identity)

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Traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in hip-hop music and film.

Winner of the 2007 Everett Lee Hunt Award presented by the Eastern Communication Association

Scripting the Black Masculine Body traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in popular cultural productions. From early blackface cinema through contemporary portrayals of the Black body in hip-hop music and film, Ronald L. Jackson II examines how African American identities have been socially constructed, constituted, and publicly understood, and argues that popular music artists and film producers often are complicit with Black body stereotypes. Jackson offers a communicative perspective on body politics through a blend of social scientific and humanities approaches and offers possibilities for the liberation of the Black body from its current ineffectual and paralyzing representations.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ State University of New York Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2006
Edition ‏ : ‎ Annotated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 189 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0791466264
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0791466261
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.43 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,130,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #553 in Men’s Gender Studies #2,410 in Communication & Media Studies #3,080 in African American Demographic Studies (Books)
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