Reviews for Scripting the Black Masculine Body: Identity, Discourse, and Racial Politics in Popular Media

The average rating for Scripting the Black Masculine Body: Identity, Discourse, and Racial Politics in Popular Media based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-04 00:00:00 Laufer Mikhail Style is political. This is a statement made by author Lisa Jones, and epitomizes her stance in the book. A collection of essays published originally in the Village Voice, this book was a big deal for me when I first read it in my early twenties, as it articulated a language that echoed the one in my head- where pop culture, style, and politics are all interrelated and that learning to read media and the ideas signified there are sussed out and interrogated. What does the way that Mariah Carey is marketed mean to the larger mass consciousness that we all participate in, especially in terms of our ideas about race, gender, and sexuality? If questions like that turn you on, this is a good, easy book to begin exploring those ideas further.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-07-21 00:00:00 Rocco Siffredi lisa jones never fails to amaze. i read this originally as a college student, and reread it again many years later. if i cannot be like lisa jones, i at least want friends like her. what a phenomenal writer, activist, and woman...!