Black Women On-Screen as Future Texts: A New Look at Black Pop Culture Representations

Unless, of course, you're Madea, who can do all that we regular black women cannot. [...]Perry pricks our sensibilities and raises our ire. Since like me, I bet you are tired of expecting the same of black women on-screen and constantly not getting it.

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Published in:Cinema journal 2014-07, Vol.53 (4), p.150-157
Main Author: Cartier, Nina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American arts
African American culture
African Americans
Analysis
Artistic Representation (Imitation)
Black people
Critical theory
Ideology
IN FOCUS: African American Caucus
Minaj, Nicki
Motion picture industry
Nelson, Alondra
Patriarchies
Perry, Tyler
Political representation
Popular culture
Portrayals
Reading
Reading strategies
Sapphire
Social aspects
Subjectivity
Trajectories
Washington, Kerry
Women
Women, Black
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Summary:Unless, of course, you're Madea, who can do all that we regular black women cannot. [...]Perry pricks our sensibilities and raises our ire. Since like me, I bet you are tired of expecting the same of black women on-screen and constantly not getting it.
ISSN:0009-7101
1527-2087
2578-4900
1527-2087
DOI:10.1353/cj.2014.0050