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Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture Kindle Edition

by Shayne Lee (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
Why is there no 'pro-sex' contingency in black feminist scholarship? Why do so few African-American scholars expound on issues celebrating female sexual pleasure? Perhaps the answers to these questions reside within a discursive matrix of sexual repression commonly referred to as the politics of respectability, and its rein on black sexual politics. In Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture, sociologist Shayne Lee steers black sexual politics toward a more sex-positive trajectory. Introducing feminist analysis to a conceptual mZnage ^ trois of scripting theory, media representation, and black sexual politics, Lee considers the ways in which the feminist quest for social and sexual equality can delve into popular culture to see the production of subversive scripts for female sexuality and erotic agency. Whereas most feminist scholarship underscores how sexual representations of black women in media are exploitative and problematic, Lee portrays black female celebrities like Janet Jackson, BeyoncZ, Karrine Steffans, Zane, Tyra Banks, Juanita Bynum, Sheryl Underwood and many more as feminists of sorts who afford women access to cultural tools to renegotiate sexual identity and celebrate sexual agency and empowerment. Erotic Revolutionaries navigates the uncharted spaces where social constructionism, third-wave feminism, and black popular culture collide to locate a new site for sexuality studies that is theoretically innovative, politically subversive, and stylistically chic.
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  1. ISBN-13
    978-0761852292
  2. Publisher
    Hamilton Books
  3. Publication date
    August 4, 2010
  4. Language
    English
  5. File size
    510 KB
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This project seeks to provide middle-class black women (and all other black women) a safe, though public, space in which to assert a sexual independence that is free from the trappings of black respectability. Lee challenges us to take the very same snippets from music videos, films, and magazines that are typically defined as unrespectable and exploitive and see them as “nuggets of empowerment.” ― Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

This book is a notable contribution to the field. ― Elevate Difference

About the Author

Shayne Lee received a PhD in sociology from Northwestern University and is now associate professor of sociology and African Diaspora studies at Tulane University. Lee is also the author of T.D. Jakes: America's New Preacher and co-author of Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace, both published by New York University Press.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0044KLOMA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hamilton Books (August 4, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 4, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 510 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 167 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 076185228X
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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  • Carol Siegel
    5.0 out of 5 stars So You Think You Know . . .
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2010
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    So, you think you know hip-hop? Sexuality studies? African American popular culture? Read this book and learn. I regularly teach graduate classes on representations of sexuality and gender. I have written two books on these topics as related to pop culture, one including a section focused on African-American women in hip-hop, and I thought I was somewhat of an expert. I love the work of many contemporary African American writers, artists, film makers, musicians, singers, and comics. My favorite living theorist in gender/sexuality studies is bell hooks, who helped me see that feminism was not just for middle-class white women. But there is so much wonderful material here that I was unaware of that I am just stunned. This is an incredibly great resource, and I can't say enough about how essential it is for feminist scholars working in gender/sexuality studies. But it's also a fun book that non-professional readers can enjoy. I love the focus on pleasure as a means to empowerment. Lee has a generous spirit and a delightful ability to disclose what is most useful to feminism throughout African American popular culture. This book will cheer and inspire any woman who has any good feelings about her sexuality -- or wants to have them.
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  • sam
    5.0 out of 5 stars A powerhouse book for understanding the new language of popular culture
    Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
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    Erotic Revolutionaries pulls back the curtain on a tough subject. In popular culture, the sexuality of the black woman is hidden in plain sight. In other words, while we notice Janet Jackson and Beyonce, what they bring to the table is far more powerful than we realize and Shayne makes his points so that you will start to pay attention. It was uncomfortable read for me as a woman, but the author made me appreciate these social and sexual statements for what they were; a repositioning of sexual power and a form of feminist communication (How well are you listening?). It is an extraordinary mental twist and I don’t think your feminist library will be complete without this well researched book (he can back it up). It is a relief to have a view of the black woman on the table. Whether or not you agree with it, it will make you think twice about what you think you know now. Wow. I don't think I will ever look at a black woman the same way again. Not for the fainthearted - this one hits a nerve.
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  • Lisa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021
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    This is the perfect mixture of understanding historical context of the 1st and third waves of Black womanism with the self pleasure and empowerment of third wave feminism.
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  • Crystal Ellis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed and Conversational
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2020
    Loved this book and the individual stories of the Black women highlighted within! I personally related so much to Jill Scott's work and her embodiment of Eroticism that I didn't know was possible as a young girl.
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  • simon p green
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2015
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    FANTASTIC BOOK
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