21ST CENTURY AFRICANA MEDIA STUDIES READER

ISBN: 9781516515912 Géneros: JFSL Sinópsis: 21st Century Africana Media Studies Reader provides students with an interdisciplinary look at AfricanAmerican media from a variety of perspectives through a selection of carefully selected readings This unique approach helps students develop a holistic understanding of modern AfricanAmerican media as well as the knowledge and tools necessary for critical media analysis The text is divided into three sections issues of representation textual analysis and cultural criticism and intersectional analysis of gender race and class The book includes insightful readings from influential authors like bell hooks Jennifer F Wood Herman S Gray Richard M Perloff Marian Meyers and many others The progression of articles is designed to explore how AfricanAmerican cultural production has transformed shaped and influenced social relations and power dynamics in the United States and beyond The book is designed to both historicize and sharpen critical analysis skills in the subject of mass media and Africana studies  21st Century Africana Media Studies Reader is suitable for courses in media AfricanAmerican studies cultural studies and women and gender studiesAkil Houston earned his MA in international studies MFA in film production and PhD in cultural studies in education from Ohio University He is an associate professor of cultural and media studies at Ohio University His research draws on the fields of AfricologyAfricanAmerican media cinema cultural and gender studies