Double negative : the Black image and popular culture /
Racquel J. Gates.
- xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-218) and index.
Eddie Murphy, Coming to America, and formal negativity -- Relational negativity : the sellout films of the 1990s -- The circumstantial negativity of Halle Berry -- Embracing the ratchet reality television and strategic negativity.
African Americans in mass media. African Americans in popular culture. African Americans and mass media. Race in mass media. African Americans--Race identity.