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African Americans and popular culture / edited by Todd Boyd

Westport, Conn. Praeger 2008

3 volumes illustrations 25 cm

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Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008024474.html

The African American influence on popular culture is among the most sweeping and lasting this country has seen. Even amid a history of institutionalized racism, black artists, entertainers, and entrepreneurs forged deep relationships within American popular culture. Pioneers such as Oscar Michaeux, Paul Robeson, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Langston Hughes, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Ella Fitzgerald paved the way for Jackie Robinson, Louis Armstrong, James Baldwin, Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Sidney Poitier, and Bill Cosby, who in turn opened the door for Spike Lee, Dave Chappelle, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. Today, hip-hop is the most powerful element of youth culture; white teenagers outnumber blacks as purchasers of rap music; black-themed movies are regularly successful at the box office, and black writers have been anthologized and canonized right alongside white ones. Though there are still many more miles to travel and much to overcome, this three-volume set considers the multifaceted influence of African Americans on popular culture, and sheds new light on the ways in which African American culture has come to be a fundamental and lasting part of America itself

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

volume 1. Theater, film, and television -- volume 2. Sports -- volume 3. Music and popular art

Volume I: Theater, film, and television. The politics of representation in African American theater and drama / Brandi Wilkins Catanese -- Blacks in early cinema / Daniel Bernardi -- Early African American pioneers in independent cinema: from humor as camouflage to provocation as revelation / Charlene Regester -- Women in film / Ingrid Banks -- Urban cinema / Paula J. Massood -- Contemporary independent filmmakers / Terri Francis -- Television and the Civil Rights era / Aniko Bodroghkozy -- Racism and television / Victoria E. Johnson -- African American stereotypes in prime-time television: an overview, 1948-2007 / Angela M. Nelson -- The black situation comedy / Bambi Haggins -- Mainstream African American cinema: the struggle for black images in Hollywood / Wendy Sung -- Oprah Winfrey / Gladys L. Knight

Volume II: Sports. Black female athletes / Ange-Marie Hancock -- Pavement, prejudice, and perseverance: the integration of African Americans in college basketball / Brandon E. Martin and Dennis A. Kramer II -- A dream deferred: African Americans in baseball / Robert Nowatzki -- Golf / Marvin P. Dawkins and A.C. Tellison Jr. -- African Americans and sports television: symbols and signs, dollars, decay, and dysfunctionality / David J. Leonard -- To be -- or not to be -- like Mike / Sanford Richmond -- "Moving the chains": the evolution of the African American quarterback in professional football / Brandon E. Martin -- African American coaches, the NFL and popular culture: change is the only constant / C. Keith Harrison -- The Olympics / Dave Zirin -- The changing face of tennis / Cecil Harris -- "Giants of the ring": a tribute to the African American athlete in boxing / Brandon E. Martin and Dennis A. Kramer II

Volume III: Music and popular art. Black radio stations and the community / Carmen L. Manning-Miller -- African American sacred music: from folk spirituals to urban gospel / Milmon F. Harrison -- African Americans and rock 'n' roll / Maureen Mahom -- Hip-hop moguls / Christopher Holmes Smith -- The roots and aesthetic foundation of hip-hop culture / Cheryl L. Keyes -- The blues / Don Cusic -- Jazz: an American art form / Ronald C. McCurdy -- Superheroes and comics / M. Keith Booker and Terrence Tucker -- Standup comedy / Leon Rappoport

African Americans in popular culture -- History

Popular culture -- United States -- History

African Americans -- Intellectual life

Noirs américains dans la culture populaire -- Histoire.

Culture populaire -- États-Unis -- Histoire.

Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle.

African Americans in popular culture

African Americans -- Intellectual life

Civilization -- African American influences

Popular culture

United States -- Civilization -- African American influences

États-Unis -- Civilisation -- Influence noire américaine.

Reference works

Reference works

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9780275989231
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9780275989248
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9780275989255
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