Black Women in Reality Television Docusoaps: A New Form of Representation or Depictions as Usual?

by Adria Y. Goldman, Damion Waymer

Overview

Black Women in Reality Television Docusoaps explores representations of Black women in one of the most powerful, popular forms of reality television - the docusoap. The authors discuss the types of images shown, potential readings of such portrayals, and the implication of these reality television docusoap presentations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433127786
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	05/28/2015
Series:	Black Studies and Critical Thinking , #45
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	137
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Adria Y. Goldman, PhD (Howard University), is Assistant Professor of Communication at Gordon State College. Her recent publications include the co-authored journal article «Identifying Ugliness, Defining Beauty: A Focus Group Analysis of and Reaction to Ugly Betty.» She is also one of the editors of Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues.
Damion Waymer, PhD (Purdue University), is Associate Provost for Special Initiatives at the University of Cincinnati. He is the 2013 recipient of the PRIDE Award from the Public Relations Division of the National Communication Association for his contributions to public relations education, and he has published more than forty journal articles and scholarly book chapters on communication and issues of diversity and public relations.

Table of Contents

Contents: Black Women’s Mediated Depictions – Docu-Soaping Black Women – Does Majority or Minority Cast Status Matter? – Reclaiming Sexuality – Black Motherhood – Physical Appearance – She Has Her Own (Money) – Girl Fight – Who Is She Repping? – Why Are Viewers Calling for Boycotts?

Editorial Reviews

«Goldman and Waymer provide a path for others to understand the complications associated with the process of social construction of reality in general, and Black women, specifically. Their book provides a clear, concise research study which could be used as one of the main texts in a Black Studies or Gender Studies course.»

(Amy Muckleroy Carwile, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Volume 94, Issue 4/2017)

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