Full Description
Black women's work in television has been, since the beginning, a negotiation. Black Women and the Changing Television Landscape explores the steps black women, as actors, directors, and producers, have taken to improve representations of black people on the small screen. Beginning with The Beulah Show, Anderson articulates the interrelationship between US culture and the televisual, demonstrating the conditions under which black women particularly, and black people generally, exist in popular culture.
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Introduction: An Ambivalent Relationship with Television
1. Fighting the Stereotypes, 1948-52: The Beulah Show and Its Actors
2. Julia, The "Black Lady" of 1960s Television
3. Not Such "Good Times": The Limits of Black Actors' Influence
4. Creating a "Different World" in Television: Black Women Showrunners in the 1990s
5. Twenty-First Century Black Womanhood
Conclusion: Negotiating Hollywood
Bibliography
Index
