Interpreting Tyler Perry : perspectives on race, class, gender, and sexuality / edited by Jamel Santa Cruze Bell and Ronald L. Jackson II.
"Tyler Perry has become a significant figure in media due to his undeniable box office success led by his character Madea and popular TV sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns. Perry built a multimedia empire based largely on his popularity among African American viewers and has become a pr...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART I Representing Black Authenticity and Cultural Production; 2 Bootlegging Tyler Perry/Tyler Perry as Bootlegger A Critical Meditation on Madea's Family Reunion; 3 Tyler Perry and the Mantan Manifesto Critical Race Theory and the Permanence of Cinematic Anti-Blackness; 4 If the Fat Suit Fits Fat-Suit Minstrelsy in Black Comedy Films; 5 Cool Drag Black Masculinity in Big Mama Disguise; 6 Perry versus Cosby, a Different Perspective Examining the Influence of Black Media on Black Group Consciousness.
- 7 Tyler Perry and the Cultural Industries New Model of Cultural Production or a Re-Versioning of the OldPART II Representing Class, Religion, and Spirituality; 8 Life in Black and White Cautionary Tales of Internalizing Cultural Norms of Race, Class, and Gender in The Family that Preys; 9 Adapting Tyler Perry Madea Goes to Jail; 10 Why Did I Get Married-to Her? Women's Place in Middle-Class Marriage; 11 "Let The Church Say, 'Amen!'" Tyler Perry's Treatment of the African American Church and Pastor in I Can Do Bad All by Myself.
- 12 The Future of the Past Religion and Womanhood in the Films of Tyler Perry, Eloyce Gist, and Spencer Williams, Jr. PART III Representing Gender and Sexuality; 13 Black Feminist Reflections on the Power and Politics of Representation in Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls; 14 The African American Woman on Film The Tyler Perry Image; 15 Black Women, Thou Art Produced! A Womanist Critique of Tyler Perry's Gosperella Productions; 16 Prolific Stereotypes of Black Men and Images of Black Masculinity in Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman.
- 17 (Mis)Representations of Black Sexuality Madea versus MaDukes18 Getting it "Right?" African American Women Reading Tyler Perry's Films; PART IV Representing Black Love, Romance, and Family; 19 Passing as a Woman(ist)? A Look at Black Women's Narratives in Tyler Perry's Films; 20 Representin' the Ladies A Negotiated Response to Tyler Perry's Portrayals of African American Female Characters; 21 Remodeling the Black Family in Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself; 22 Archetypes of Regression Depictions and Reflections of Black and Familial Culture in Tyler Perry's Family Reunion.