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Empire and black images in popular culture /

"FOX's musical drama Empire has been hailed as the savior of broadcast television, drawing 15 million viewers weekly. A "hip-hopera" inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear and 1980s prime-time soap Dynasty, the series is at the forefront of a black popular culture Renaissance y...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Joshua K., 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the Empire state of mind: the birth of a cultural phenomenon
  • The Lyon family hustle: a new look at the black family on tv
  • Boom, boom, boom, boom: lucious Lyon and the black outlaw's American dream
  • The name's Cookie, ask about me: the fierce and flawed feminism of Cookie Lyon
  • My three sons: reflections on black masculinity in Empire
  • Lee Daniels doesn't care about black people!
  • Representation vs. exploitation
  • The Empire effect: the revolution will be televised.