Black women’s work in television has been, since the beginning, a negotiation. Black Women and the Changing Television Landscape explores the steps black women, as actors, directors, and producers, have taken to improve representations of black people on the small screen. Beginning with The Beulah Show, Anderson articulates the interrelationship between US culture and the televisual, demonstrating the conditions under which black women particularly, and black people generally, exist in popular culture.
By:
Dr. Lisa M. Anderson (Arizona State University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501393631
ISBN 10: 1501393634
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 13 July 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"List of Figures Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction: An Ambivalent Relationship with Television 1. Fighting the Stereotypes, 1948-52: The Beulah Show and Its Actors 2. Julia, The ""Black Lady"" of 1960s Television 3. Not Such ""Good Times"": The Limits of Black Actors' Influence 4. Creating a ""Different World"" in Television: Black Women Showrunners in the 1990s 5. Twenty-First Century Black Womanhood Conclusion: Negotiating Hollywood Bibliography Index"
Lisa M. Anderson is an associate professor of women and gender studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, USA. She is the author of Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama (2008) and Mammies No More: The Changing Image of Black Women on Stage and Screen (1998). Her research interests include Black feminist speculative fiction and black queer and trans representations.
Reviews for Black Women and the Changing Television Landscape
This vital book offers an essential and engaging account of Black Women and the Changing Television Landscape. Focusing on a wide range of TV shows, industry experiences, and moments in history, Lisa M. Anderson carefully considers Black women's ambivalent relationship with television, and their negotiation of Hollywood. * Francesca Sobande, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University, UK *
