{"product_id":"are-you-entertained-9781478005179","title":"Are You Entertained","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of essays, interviews, visual art, and artist statements on topics ranging from music and dance to Black Twitter and the NBA's dress code, the contributors consider what culture and Blackness mean in the twenty-first century's digital consumer economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAre You Entertained?\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtfully constructed collection of scholarly work on blackness and subjectivity and their constant tensions with popular culture and mass media. Simone C. Drake and Dwan K. Henderson do a superb job of weaving together these shards of insightful criticism and analysis into a tapestry of fascinating commentary by some of the most dynamic voices in the field.” -- John Jennings, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of African American studies as well as to literature and sociology and to the overall study of performance, culture, media, and Blackness. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.\" -- T. N. Allen * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAre you Entertained?\u003c\/i\u003e is an immensely generative model and guide for doing sharp and powerful work in Black studies. It makes a case for why Black cultural studies matter by pinpointing the liberatory potential of Black popular culture in and for our current lives.” -- Elliott H. Powell * Ethnic and Racial Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  1\u003cbr\u003e I. Performing Blackness\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Mutts Like Me\": Mixed-Race Jokes and Post-Racial Rejection in the Obama Era \/ Ralina L. Joseph  29\u003cbr\u003e 2. Black Radio: Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, and Janelle Monáe \/ Emily J. Lordi  44\u003cbr\u003e 3. Camping and Vamping across Borders: Locating Cabaret Singers in the Black Cultural Spectrum \/ Vincent Stephens  58\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Art of Black Popular Culture \/ H. Ike Okafor-Newsum  77\u003cbr\u003e 5. Interview \/ Lisa B. Thompson  91\u003cbr\u003e II. Politicizing Blackness\u003cbr\u003e 6. Refashioning Political Cartoons: Comics of Jackie Ormes 1938–1958 \/ Kelly Jo Fulkerson-Dikuua  101\u003cbr\u003e 7. Queer Kinship and Worldmaking in Black Queer Web Series: Drama Queenz and No Shade \/ Eric Darnell Pritchard  118\u003cbr\u003e 8. Styling and Profiling: Ballers, Blackness, and the Sartorial Politics of the NBA \/ David J. Leonard  134\u003cbr\u003e 9. Interview \/ Tracy Sharpley-Whiting  153\u003cbr\u003e III. Owning Blackness\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Subaltern Is Signifyin(g): Black Twitter as a Site of Resistance \/ Sheneese Thompson  161\u003cbr\u003e 11. Authentic Black Cool?: Branding and Trademarks in Contemporary African American Culture \/ Richard Schur  175\u003cbr\u003e 12. Black Culture without Black People: Hip-Hop Dance beyond Appropriation Discourse \/ Imani Kai Johnson  191\u003cbr\u003e 13. At the Corner of Chaos and Divine: Black Ritual Theater, Performance, and Politics \/ Nina Angela Mercer  207\u003cbr\u003e 14. Interview \/ Mark Anthony Neal  229\u003cbr\u003e IV. Loving Blackness\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Booty Don't Lie: Pleasure, Agency, and Resistance in Black Popular Dance \/ Takiyah Nur Amin  237\u003cbr\u003e 16. He Said Nothing: Sonic Space and the Production of Quietude in Barry Jenkins's \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Simone C. Drake  252\u003cbr\u003e 17. Black Women Readers and the Uses of Urban Fiction \/ Kinohi Nishikawa  268\u003cbr\u003e 18. Interview \/ Patricia Hill Collins  288\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 301\u003cbr\u003e Index  307","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408977109335,"sku":"9781478005179","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478005179.jpg?v=1730504937","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/are-you-entertained-9781478005179","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}