Representations of Black Womanhood on Television - Being Mara Brock Akil

Being Mara Brock Akil examines the body of work of the showrunner who produced Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane, and Love Is___ . Grounded in Black Feminist Thought, this book analyzes themes that define Black womanhood and examine audience reception and social media interaction.

List of contents

Introduction: Being Mara

Chapter 1: 'Girlfriends - There, Through Thick and Thin!': African American Female Sisterhood and the Quest for Happiness

Chapter 2: Professional Success, Personal Turmoil: The Black Working Woman Image in Girlfriends

Chapter 3: Real, Respectable, or Both: Respectability on Being Mary Jane through the Words of Mara Brock Akil

Chapter 4: 'Girl, You Know I Got You:' The Ideology of Sisterhood on Being Mary Jane

Chapter 5: What Love Is and Is Not: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Chapter 6: Navigating The Game of Life: Women Viewers & The Game

Chapter 7: Social Networks, Television and Black Women: An Analysis of Facebook Representations of Being Mary Jane

Chapter 8: Social TV and Stereotypes: The Social Construction of #BeingMaryJane on Twitter

Chapter 9: @MaraAkil: An Analysis of the Mara's Balance of Life, Family and Production on Instagram

Afterword

About the author

Edited by Shauntae Brown White and Kandace L. Harris - Contributions by Imani M. Cheers; Kandace L. Harris; Tina M. Harris; Natasha R. Howard; Ronald L. Jackson II; Mia Moody-Ramirez; Candace P. Parrish; Lisa M. Paulin; Roslyn M. Satchel; Katie D. Scott;

Product details

• Authors: Shauntae Harris Brown White
• Assisted by: Shauntae Brown White (Editor), Kandace L. Harris (Editor), Harris Kandace L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2021
• EAN: 9781498592680
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9268-0
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people