Audience, agency and identity in Black popular culture [electronic resource] / Shawan M. Worsley.
Series: Studies in African American history and culturePublication details: New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: xvi, 142 p. : illISBN:- 9780203866573
- African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 20th century
- African-American arts -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Race identity
- Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States
- Hip-hop -- Social aspects -- United States
- Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Race, racism and Black popular culture -- Making the past accountable : The wind done gone and stereotypes of Black women -- Audience reception through the lens of a $10 million dollar lawsuit -- Unholy narratives and shameless acts : Kara Walker's side-long glance -- Racist visual images? : museum comment books and viewer response -- Troubling Blackness : The source magazine and the hip-hop nation -- The narrative disrupted : reading letters, rewriting identity -- Conclusion : reframing debates and analyses of controversial Black culture.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.