"In this edition, media scholars return to television and digital spaces (those spaces relying on television structure) to think anew about what engages and captures Black audiences and users and why it matters."
Entitled to the Pedestal(1st Edition) Place, Race, and Progress in White Southern Women's Writing,1920-1945 by Nghana Tamu Lewis Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Iowa Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58729-529-4, ISBN: 1-58729-529-6
"In this searching study, Nghana Lewis offers a close reading of the works and private correspondences, essays, and lectures of five southern white women writers: Julia Peterkin, Gwen Bristow, Caroline Gordon, Willa Cather, and Lillian Smith. At the core of this work is a sophisticated reexamination of the myth of southern white womanhood. Â Â Â Lewis overturns the conventional argument that white women were passive and pedestal-bound. ..."
"Television scholarship has substantially ignored programming aimed at Black audiences despite a few sweeping histories and critiques. In this volume, the first of its kind, contributors examine the televisual diversity, complexity, and cultural imperatives manifest in programming directed at a Black and marginalized audience."Watching While Black" considers its subject from an entirely new angle in an attempt to understand the lives, mo ..."
Entitled to the Pedestal Place, Race, and Progress in White Southern Women's Writing, 1920-1945 by Nghana Tamu Lewis 224 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Iowa Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58729-732-8, ISBN: 1-58729-732-9
"To my dear friends Sika Dagbovie, Miyoshi Brown, Melissa Jean-Baptiste,
Shannon Gregoire, Andrea Dennis, and Jennifer Myers: Thank you for always
reminding me to “Relax! Relate! Release!” Finally, to Gwen, Lou, Agnes, Ciel,
Cyd, Francis, Kay, Fra, Chi, Sash, Brock, Scottie, Chermain, John, Cierra,
Sheridan, Eric, San, and Barbara: Thank you for always loving, supporting, and
inspiring me. I dedicate this book to each of you. The ch ..."
"Television scholarship has substantially ignored programming aimed at Black audiences despite a few sweeping histories and critiques. In this volume, the first of its kind, contributors examine the televisual diversity, complexity, and cultural imperatives manifest in programming directed at a Black and marginalized audience. Watching While Black considers its subject from an entirely new angle in an attempt to understand the ..."