Real Sister : : Stereotypes, Respectability, and Black Women in Reality TV /

Real Sister : : Stereotypes, Respectability, and Black Women in Reality TV / / ed. by Jervette R. Ward.

From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for their negative representation of African American women as loud, angry, and violent. Yet even as these programs appear to be rehashing old stereotypes of black women, th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Adelabu, Detris Honora,
Davis, Cynthia,
Jefferson-James, Latoya,
Jones, Sharon Lynette,
Ligon, Alison D.,
Mcdaniels, Whitfield,
Nelson, Terry A.,
Ward, Jervette R.,
Wynn, Monica Flippin,
TeilnehmendeR:
Adelabu, Detris Honora.
Davis, Cynthia.
Harris, Sheena.
Jefferson-James, LaToya.
Jones, Sharon Lynette.
Ligon, Alison D.
McDaniels, Preselfannie E. Whitfield.
Nelson, Terry A.
Ward, Jervette R.
Wynn, Monica Flippin.
HerausgeberIn:
Ward, Jervette R.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Black Women: From Public Arena to Reality TV
  • 2. Selective Reuptake: Perpetuating Misleading Cultural Identities in the Reality Television World
  • 3. Striving to Dress the Part: Examining the Absence of Black Women in Different Iterations of Say Yes to the Dress
  • 4. The Semiotics of Fashion and Urban Success in The Real Housewives of Atlanta
  • 5. Homes without Walls, Families without Boundaries: How Family Participation in Reality Television Affects Children's Development
  • 6. Where Is Clair Huxtable When You Need Her? The Desperate Search for Positive Media Images of African American Women in the Age of Reality TV
  • 7. Questions of Quality and Class: Perceptions of Hierarchy in African American Family-Focused Reality TV Shows
  • 8. Contemplating Basketball Wives: A Critique of Racism, Sexism, and Income-Level Disparity
  • 9. Exploiting and Capitalizing on Unique Black Femininity: An Entrepreneurial Perspective
  • 10. Reunion Chapter: A Conversation among Contributors
  • Appendix: Reality TV Shows That
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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