{"product_id":"double-negative-the-black-image-and-popular-culture-9781478000549","title":"Double Negative: The Black Image and Popular Culture","description":"From the antics of Flavor Flav on \u003ci\u003eFlavor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e to the brazen behavior of the women on \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Hip Hop\u003c\/i\u003e, so-called negative images of African Americans are a recurrent mainstay of contemporary American media representations. In \u003ci\u003eDouble Negative\u003c\/i\u003e Racquel J. Gates examines the generative potential of such images, showing how some of the most disreputable representations of black people in popular media can strategically pose questions about blackness, black culture, and American society in ways that more respectable ones cannot. Rather than falling back on claims that negative portrayals hinder black progress, Gates demonstrates how reality shows such as \u003ci\u003eBasketball Wives\u003c\/i\u003e, comedians like Katt Williams, and movies like \u003ci\u003eComing to America\u003c\/i\u003e play on \"negative\" images to take up questions of assimilation and upward mobility, provide a respite from the demands of respectability, and explore subversive ideas. By using negativity as a framework to illustrate these texts' social and political work as they reverberate across black culture, Gates opens up new lines of inquiry for black cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRacquel J. Gates is Assistant Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515352027410,"sku":"9781478000549","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4288ed69-556b-41c6-86f8-e969941f6d15.jpg?v=1731003419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/double-negative-the-black-image-and-popular-culture-9781478000549","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}