Research Catalog

Title

From Madea to media mogul : theorizing Tyler Perry / edited by TreaAndrea M. Russworm, Samantha N. Sheppard, and Karen M. Bowdre ; foreword by Eric Pierson.

Publication

• Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Russworm, TreaAndrea M.
• Sheppard, Samantha N.
• Bowdre, Karen M.

Description

xxxiv, 255 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"For over a decade Tyler Perry has been a lightning rod for both criticism and praise. To some he is most widely known for his drag performances as Madea, a self-proclaimed "mad black woman, " not afraid to brandish a gun or a scalding pot of grits. But to others who watch the film industry, he is the businessman who by age thirty-six had sold more than $100 million in tickets, $30 million in videos, $20 million in merchandise, and was producing 300 projects each year viewed by 35,000 every week. Is the commercially successful African American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, and producer "malt liquor for the masses, " an "embarrassment to the race, " or is he a genius who has directed the most culturally significant American melodramas since Douglas Sirk? Are his films and television shows even melodramas, or are they conservative Christian diatribes, cheeky camp, or social satires? Do Perry's flattened narratives and character tropes irresponsibly collapse important social discourses into one-dimensional tales that affirm the notion of a "post-racial" society? This volume makes the argument that Tyler Perry must be understood as a figure at the nexus of converging factors, cultural events, and historical traditions. The essays challenge value-judgment criticism and offer new insights on the industrial and formal qualities of Perry's work"--

Subjects

• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
• Perry, Tyler > Criticism and interpretation
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

Sc E 16-1475

ISBN

• 9781496807045
• 1496807049

LCCN

2015048409

OCLC

930257157

Title

From Madea to media mogul : theorizing Tyler Perry / edited by TreaAndrea M. Russworm, Samantha N. Sheppard, and Karen M. Bowdre ; foreword by Eric Pierson.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Russworm, TreaAndrea M., editor.

Sheppard, Samantha N., editor.

Bowdre, Karen M., editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 16-1475