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English

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2018

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Duke University Press

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2018

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16 juillet 2018

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9781478002239

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

13 Mo

From the antics of Flavor Flav on Flavor of Love to the brazen behavior of the women on Love & Hip Hop, so-called negative images of African Americans are a recurrent mainstay of contemporary American media representations. In Double Negative Racquel J. Gates examines the generative potential of such images, showing how some of the most disreputable representations of black people in popular media can strategically pose questions about blackness, black culture, and American society in ways that more respectable ones cannot. Rather than falling back on claims that negative portrayals hinder black progress, Gates demonstrates how reality shows such as Basketball Wives, comedians like Katt Williams, and movies like Coming to America play on "negative" images to take up questions of assimilation and upward mobility, provide a respite from the demands of respectability, and explore subversive ideas. By using negativity as a framework to illustrate these texts' social and political work as they reverberate across black culture, Gates opens up new lines of inquiry for black cultural studies.

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Publié par

Duke University Press

Date de parution

16 juillet 2018

EAN13

9781478002239

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

13 Mo

DOUBLE NEGATIVE

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DOUBLE NEGATIVE

THe BlacK IMage aND POpular Culture / RACQUEL J. GATES

Duke Unîversîty Press / Durham and London / 2018

©2018 duke university press A rîghts reserved Prînted în the Unîted States o Amerîca on acîd-ree paper∞ Cover desîgned by Heather Hensey Interîor desîgned by Courtney Leîgh Baker Typeset în Whîtman by Westchester Pubîshîng Servîces

Lîbrary o Congress Cataogîng-în-Pubîcatîon Data Names: Gates, Racque J., [date] author. Tîte: Doube negatîve : the back îmage and popuar cuture / Racque J. Gates. Descrîptîon: Durham : Duke Unîversîty Press, 2018. | Incudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. Identîﬁers:lccn2017059815 (prînt) |lccn2017061591 (ebook) isbn9781478002239 (ebook) isbn9781478000419 (hardcover : ak. paper) isbn9781478000549 (pbk. : ak. paper) Subjects:lcsh: Arîcan Amerîcans în mass medîa. | Arîcan Amerîcans în popuar cuture. | Arîcan Amerîcans and mass medîa. | Race în mass medîa. | Arîcan Amerîcans—Race îdentîty. Cassîﬁcatîon:lcc p94.5.a372 (ebook) |lcc p94.5.a372u554 2018 (prînt) |ddc305.896/073—dc23 lcrecord avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/2017059815

To Luke and Soomon,

The two o you înspîre me to bebetter în a thîngs, în a ways.

Mommy oves you.

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contents

Acknowedgments / îx

introduction N E G AT I V I T Y A N D T H E B L A C K P O P U L A R I M A G E1 /

1. E D D I E M U R P H Y,T O A M E R I C AC O M I N G ,A N D F O R M A L N E G AT I V I T Y35 /

2. R E L AT I O N A L N E G AT I V I T Y The Seout Fîms o the 1990s / 81

3. T H E C I R C U M S TA N T I A L N E G AT I V I T YO F H A L L E B E R R Y / 114

4.T H E E M B R A C I N G R AT C H E T Reaîty Teevîsîon and Strategîc Negatîvîty / 142

Notes / 191

conclusion EMPIRE A Fase Negatîve?182 /

Bîbîography / 211

Index / 219

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acknowledgments

As someone who watches the Academy Awards wîth a eve o passîon that most peope reserve or events îke the Super Bow or a papa mass, I have oten antasîzed about the kînd o acceptance speech that I woud make î gîven the opportunîty. Thereore, I am deîghted to have the chance to pubîcy recognîze the many peope who have supported thîs project, and who have supported me, throughout îts deveopment. I coud not îmagîne a more ﬁttîng home or thîs book than Duke Unî-versîty Press. When aspîrîng sînger Erîca Mena ﬁrst met entertaînment manager Yandy Smîth onLove & Hîp Hop, she earnesty tod Smîth, “I want to be on your roster.” Whîe I was tempted to quote thîs bît o dîaogue to my edîtor, Ken Wîssoker, durîng our ﬁrst meetîng, I erred on the sîde o cautîon. However, I can now reey admît that I have aspîred to be on Ken’s roster sînce I ﬁrst started thînkîng about what I wanted thîs book to be. My heart-et thanks go to Ken or hîs enthusîasm or my book and or hîs steadast support. Ken understood what I wanted to do wîth thîs project even beore I was perecty cear on ît, and he pushed me to go bîgger and boder.Doube Negatîveîs an înﬁnîtey better book due to hîs guîdance. I am îmmensey grateu or Eîzabeth Aut’s eary encouragement and or a o her hep, begînnîng wîth the proposa stage and throughout a aspects o the pubî-catîon process. Fînay, two anonymous readers provîded theîr thoughtu comments on the manuscrîpt, and I am thanku to them or theîr perspec-tîves, însîghts, and crîtîcîsms. Thîs project began în graduate schoo, and whîe ît has shîted away rom that earîer orm, I am stî îndebted to my proessors at Northwestern Unî-versîty who heped me to deveop these îdeas and how I engage wîth them. Jacqueîne Stewart, E. Patrîck Johnson, Lynn Spîge, Jefrey Sconce, Mîmî Whîte, and Harvey Young provîded me wîth the best possîbe traînîng în

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