Review of Racquel Gates' Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture
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Tyson, André E.
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
- Abstract
- Disparaging portrayals of African Americans in American media outlets have long been a site of much critique and protest. In Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture (2018), Racquel Gates critically analyzes the ways in which African Americans potentially benefit in terms of economic, political, and social gains as a result of these negative images. In exploring the negative African-American images that proliferate contemporary media representations, Gates establishes a theoretical framework to approach and study such images, and calls for a critical analysis of their use. She references films like Boyz n the Hood (1991), Coming to America (1988), and New Jack City (1991); stars like Flavor Flav, Halle Berry, and Katt Williams; and, current reality television shows like Real Housewives of Atlanta (2012–present), Basketball Wives (2010–present), and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (2012–present). Gates proposes that negative images are able to be used to confront issues that impact the black community and American society in ways that more positive images cannot.
- Date of publication
- 2019
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- Resource type
- Article
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- Journal title
- Global Africana Review
- Journal volume
- 3
- Journal issue
- 1
- Page start
- 44
- Page end
- 46
- Language
- English
- Digital collection
- Global Africana Review
- Date uploaded
- March 25, 2019
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