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Scripting the Black Masculine Body: Identity, Discourse, and Racial Politics in Popular Media Hardcover - 2006

by Ronald L. Jackson II


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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.

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DuBois asks, "How does it feel to be a problem?"

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  • Title Scripting the Black Masculine Body: Identity, Discourse, and Racial Politics in Popular Media
  • Author Ronald L. Jackson II
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 179
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Date January 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780791466254 / 0791466256
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.22 x 0.65 in (23.67 x 15.80 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, African Americans - Race identity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005002385
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.388

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Citations

  • Choice, 07/01/2006, Page 1976

About the author

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.

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