Contested Images: Women of Color in Popular Culture

Description

Contested Images: Women of Color in Popular Culture is a collection of 17 essays that analyze representations in popular culture of African American| Asian American| Latina| and Native American women. The anthology is divided into four parts: film images| beauty images| music| and television. The articles share two intellectual traditions: the authors| all women of color| use an intersectionality perspective in their analysis of popular culture and the representation of women of color| and they identify popular culture as a site of conflict and contestation. Instructors will find this collection to be a convenient textbook for women s studies; media studies; race| class| and gender courses; ethnic studies; and more.”