The problematic Tyler Perry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Peter Lang,
[2016]
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| Series: | Black studies & critical thinking ;
v. 83. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: my problem with Perry / Brian C. Johnson
- Audience appreciation. Tyler Perry and William Shakespeare: playwrights who reflect and influence society / Jennifer Forrest
- The political economy of Tyler Perry: replicating industry ideals and exploiting the commodity audience / Leah P. Hunter & Jennifer M. Proffitt
- The church of Tyler Perry: how Perry created a phenomenon / Angela Putman
- Who's your mammy? Tyler Perry and the limits of black spectatorship / Stephanie A. Allen
- Gender (mis)representations. Playing with gender, queering lines: should we be mad at Madea? / Jessica l. Knouse
- Tyler Perry as Madea: homophobia gets a pass when it's a man in a dress / Gene Kelly
- (In)visible messages: patriarchy in Tyler Perry's Madea films / Shavonne Shorter and Shanna Smith
- Knight in shining blackness: examining performances of black masculinity in Tyler Perry films / Kimberly Chandler
- Steroeotypicality. Diary of a despondent female: an analysis of female characters in Tyler Perry's movies / Christal Johnson
- Tyler Perry's I can be misrepresented all by myself?? / Tanya Merriman & Auburn Ellis
- Specific works. A volatile cocktail of stereotypes: black feminist reflections on Tyler Perry's For better or worse / Evette Dionne Brown
- The Tyler that preys: is Mr. Perry creating new or recycling old black images / Frederick W. Gooding, Jr
- Signifying practices: representations of black masculinity and womanhood in Tyler Perry's temptation: confessions of a marriage counselor / Tammie Jenkins.