Black Women's Portrayals on Reality Television (eBook)

Donnetrice C. Allison is associate professor of communication studies and Africana studies at Stockton University.

High Tea, Church Hats, Pastor Wives, and Friendships: A critical race feminism analysis of Black women in Preachers of L.A. by Elizabeth Whittington CooperThe God in Me: Faith, Reality TV, and Black Women by Chetachi A. EgwuFrom 90s Girl to Hip-Hop Wife: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Tiny as Black Mother in Reality Television by Ryessia Jones, Johnny Jones & Siobhan E. SmithAre Black Women Loud?: Neoliberal and Postfeminist Protagonists in OWN’s Televisual Sphere by Mia E. Briceño & Evene EstwickCan’t Have It All: An Analysis Of Black Motherhood On Reality Television by Allison M. Alford, Madeline M. Maxwell, Ryessia D. Jones & Angelica, N. MorrisIs She Strong or Just a b!@*#? Discussions of Black Women’s Anger in the Reality Show Bad Girls Club by Adria Y. GoldmanThe “Tyra Tyrade”: Reinforcing the Sapphire Through Online Parody by Tracey Owens Patton & Julie Snyder-YulyA Critical Analysis of Black Womanhood in NBC’s The Apprentice by Donyale R. Padgett & Donnetrice C. AllisonDehumanized and Empowered? Black Women, Reality Television, and Love and Hip Hop Atlanta by Patrick Bennett and Rachel Alicia GriffinThe “Down Ass Bitch” in the Reality Television Show Love and Hip Hop: The Image of the Enduring Black Woman and Her unwavering support of the Black Man by Antwanisha Alameen-ShaversReal Housewives or Real Lies? New Constructions of “Housewives” on The Real Housewives of Atlanta by Shavonne ShorterConclusion: Discussion and Implications by Donnetrice C. Allison