Research Catalog

Title

White lies and allies in contemporary Black media / Emily Ruth Rutter.

Author

Rutter, Emily Ruth

Publication

• New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Description

vii, 189 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"This book considers the ways in which Black directors, screenwriters, and showrunners contend with the figure of the would-be White ally in contemporary film and television. White Lies and Allies in Contemporary Black Media examines the ways in which prominent figures such as Issa Rae, Spike Lee, Justin Simien, Jordan Peele, and Donald Glover centralize complex Black protagonists in their work while also training a Black gaze on would-be White allies. Emily R. Rutter highlights how these Black creators represent both performative White allyship and the potential for true White antiracist allyship, while also examining the reasons why Black creators utilize the white ally trope in the wider context of the film and television industries. During an era in which concerns with White liberal complicity in anti-Black racism are of paramount importance, Rutter explores how these films and televisions shows, and their creators, contribute to the wider project of dismantling internal, interpersonal, ideological, and institutional White hegemony. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Film and Media Studies, Television Studies, American Studies, African American Studies, and Popular Culture"--

Subject

• African Americans in the motion picture industry
• White people in motion pictures
• White people on television
• African American motion picture producers and directors
• African American television producers and directors
• Racism in motion pictures
• Racism on television
• Racism
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ally betrayal: the performance of White wokeness in Jordan Peele's Get out -- "Skin in the game": Black empowerment and White antiracist identity development in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman -- Black gazes and White women: reconfiguring the female foursome formula in Issa Rae's Insecure and Spike Lee's She's gotta have it -- Ally satire and accountability in Justin Simien's Dear White people -- Conclusion "Eating the other" in Donald Glover's Atlanta.

Call Number

Sc E 23-572

ISBN

• 9781032271743
• 1032271744
• 9781032273884
• 1032273887
• 9781003292470 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2022036903

OCLC

1334411708

Author

Rutter, Emily Ruth, author.

Title

White lies and allies in contemporary Black media / Emily Ruth Rutter.

Publisher

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 23-572