Postracial Resistance : Black Women, Media, and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity /

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Introduction -- Of course I'm proud of my country! : Michelle Obama's post-racial wink -- Because often it's both : racism, sexism, and Oprah's handbags -- I just wanted a world that looked like the one I know : the strategically ambiguous respectability of a Black woman showrunn...

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Main Author: Joseph, Ralina L. 1974- (Author, VerfasserIn)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York New York University Press [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soziale Situation
Schwarze Frau
Massenmedien
Mass media and women
African Americans and mass media
African American women > Social conditions
African American women > Social conditions.
Mass media and women.
African Americans and mass media.
USA
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Introduction -- Of course I'm proud of my country! : Michelle Obama's post-racial wink -- Because often it's both : racism, sexism, and Oprah's handbags -- I just wanted a world that looked like the one I know : the strategically ambiguous respectability of a Black woman showrunner -- No, but I'm still black : women of color community, hate-watching, and racialized resistance -- They got rid of the naps, that's all they did : women of color critiques of respectability politics, strategic ambiguity, and race hazing -- Do not run away from your blackness : Black women television workers and the flouting of strategic ambiguity -- Coda : have a seat at my table -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author
Physical Description:1 online resource: Illustrationen
ISBN:9781479818426

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