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Book SynopsisAfricana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture. Likewise, the intellectual dexterity of Africana Studies as an interdisciplinary body of knowledge postures alternative ways of probing Africana phenomena. This volume provides a categorical lens matrix of Africana Studies to locate race and communication in place, space, and time. Thus, it provides readers with a compilation of literary, historical, philosophical, and communicative essays that attempt to describe and evaluate the Africana experience from a centered perspective.
Trade ReviewThe new book by James. L. Conyers, Jr. on Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media speaks to the diverse and multileveled experiences of African Americans in social media. This is a timely and fascinating book that will be useful in numerous classes on black communication, the sociology of communication, and race and social media. -- Molefi Kete Asante, author of The History of Africa
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Seattle: Dr. King’s Living Laboratory Bruce E. Johansen Chapter 2: #BlackLivesMatter on Twittter: A Social Network Analysis of Ferguson and Its Progeny Jeremy Harris Lipschultz Chapter 3: Whose Order in the Court? Court Television through Feminist Lenses Siobhan E. Smith Chapter 4: Even Playing Field: The Role of Race in the Media's Analysis and Coverage of Black NFL Quarterbacks Tristan Jones and Rockell Brown Chapter 5: Televised Progress?: Politics of Televised Representation and Black Creative Control Calvin Monroe Chapter 6: It’s Handled? Moving Beyond Olivia—Apologists to a Critical Understanding of Scandal Akil Houston and Aretina Hamilton Chapter 7: Race and Reflexivity: An Afrocentric Analysis of Communication in America James L. Conyers, Jr. Chapter 8: Mammy, Angry Black Lady, Down Ass Bitch and Beyond: Representations of Black Women in Reality Television Rockell Brown Chapter 9: Confessions of a Video Vixen: An Intersectional Approach to Black Sexuality and Desire Amber Johnson Chapter 10: Their Eyes Were Watching Django: The Misrepresentation of the Black Female in Django Unchained Gabrielle Shepard Chapter 11: Challenges Faced by African American Adult Students: Within Higher Education TaNeisha Page Chapter 12: (Black) Feminism Online: The Political Uses of Social Media and The Implications for Africana Studies Valethia Watkins About the Contributors
