{"product_id":"real-sister-stereotypes-respectability-and-black-women-in-reality-tv-9780813575070","title":"Real Sister Stereotypes Respectability and Black Women in Reality TV","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book of scholarship devoted to the issue of how black women are depicted on reality television, \u003cem\u003eReal Sister \u003c\/em\u003eoffers an even-handed consideration of the genre. The book's ten contributors - black female scholars from a variety of disciplines - provide a wide range of perspectives, while considering everything from \u003cem\u003eBasketball Wives \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eSay Yes to the Dress\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every now and then a publication arrives that's right on time, and\u003ci\u003e Real Sister \u003c\/i\u003eis the read of the season … Cue the book club debates!\" -- #1 in Patrik's Picks * Essence Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReal Sister\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to existing scholarship by establishing links between depictions of black women in television and a longer-running history of representations of black women in literature and popular culture tropes.\" -- Leigh H. Edwards * author of The Triumph of Reality TV: The Revolution in American Television *\u003cbr\u003e\"A frank meditation on the images of black women in television’s most dominant form, \u003ci\u003eReal Sister\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the ways in which the ambivalent pleasures derived from reality TV’s obligatory train wrecks implicate black women as both victim and entrepreneur.\" -- Darnell Hunt * editor of Channeling Blackness *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction     The Real Scandal: Portrayals of Black Women in Reality TV\u003cbr\u003e Jervette R. Ward\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1         Black Women: From Public Arena to Reality TV\u003cbr\u003e Sheena Harris\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2         Selective Reuptake: Perpetuating Misleading Cultural Identities in the Reality Television World\u003cbr\u003e LaToya Jefferson-James\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3         Striving to Dress the Part: Examining the Absence of Black Women in Different Iterations of \u003ci\u003eSay Yes to the Dress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alison D. Ligon\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4         The Semiotics of Fashion and Urban Success in \u003ci\u003eThe Real Housewives of Atlanta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cynthia Davis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5         A Home without Walls, A Family without Boundaries: How Family Participation in Reality Television Impacts Children’s Development\u003cbr\u003e Detris Honora Adelabu\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6         Where Is Clair Huxtable When You Need Her?: The Desperate Search for Positive Media Images of African American Women in the Age of Reality TV\u003cbr\u003e Monica Flippin-Wynn\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7         Questions of Quality and Class: Perceptions of Hierarchy in African American Family–Focused Reality TV Shows\u003cbr\u003e Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniel\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8         Contemplating \u003ci\u003eBasketball Wives\u003c\/i\u003e: A Critique of Racism, Sexism, and Income-Level Disparity\u003cbr\u003e Sharon Lynette Jones\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9         Exploiting and Capitalizing on Unique Black Femininity: An Entrepreneurial Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Terry A. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10       Reunion Chapter: A Conversation among Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Jervette R. Ward\u003cbr\u003e Appendix        Reality TV Shows That Prominently Feature Black Women\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742328258903,"sku":"9780813575070","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813575070.jpg?v=1758384301","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/real-sister-stereotypes-respectability-and-black-women-in-reality-tv-9780813575070","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}