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From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality
shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for
their negative representation of African American women as loud,
angry, and violent. Yet even as these programs appear to be
rehashing old stereotypes of black women, the critiques of them are
arguably problematic in their own way, as the notion of
""respectability"" has historically been used to police black
women's behaviors. The first book of scholarship devoted to the
issue of how black women are depicted on reality television, Real
Sister offers an even-handed consideration of the genre. The book's
ten contributors - black female scholars from a variety of
disciplines - provide a wide range of perspectives, while
considering everything from Basketball Wives to Say Yes to the
Dress. As regular viewers of reality television, these scholars are
able to note ways in which the genre presents positive images of
black womanhood, even as they catalog a litany of stereotypes about
race, class, and gender that it tends to reinforce. Rather than
simply dismissing reality television as ""trash"", this collection
takes the genre seriously, as an important touchstone in ongoing
cultural debates about what constitutes ""trashiness"" and
""respectability"". Written in an accessible style that will appeal
to reality TV fans both inside and outside of academia, Real Sister
thus seeks to inspire a more nuanced, thoughtful conversation about
the genre's representations and their effects on the black
community.
From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality
shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for
their negative representation of African American women as loud,
angry, and violent. Yet even as these programs appear to be
rehashing old stereotypes of black women, the critiques of them are
arguably problematic in their own way, as the notion of
""respectability"" has historically been used to police black
women's behaviors. The first book of scholarship devoted to the
issue of how black women are depicted on reality television, Real
Sister offers an even-handed consideration of the genre. The book's
ten contributors - black female scholars from a variety of
disciplines - provide a wide range of perspectives, while
considering everything from Basketball Wives to Say Yes to the
Dress. As regular viewers of reality television, these scholars are
able to note ways in which the genre presents positive images of
black womanhood, even as they catalog a litany of stereotypes about
race, class, and gender that it tends to reinforce. Rather than
simply dismissing reality television as ""trash"", this collection
takes the genre seriously, as an important touchstone in ongoing
cultural debates about what constitutes ""trashiness"" and
""respectability"". Written in an accessible style that will appeal
to reality TV fans both inside and outside of academia, Real Sister
thus seeks to inspire a more nuanced, thoughtful conversation about
the genre's representations and their effects on the black
community.
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