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Black Popular Culture and Social Justice: Beyond the Culture

Black Popular Culture and Social Justice: Beyond the Culture

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This volume explores how Black popular culture engages with social justice, highlighting anti-Black racism. It examines music, comic books, literature, film, television, and public art to understand their role in shaping attitudes and fighting oppression. The book offers insights into the use of Black popular culture as an agent for change, appealing to students and scholars of race and media, popular culture, gender studies, sociology, political science, and social justice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 21 February 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


Black popular culture is a powerful tool for engaging, reflecting, and parsing social justice, transcending its mere entertainment value. In this comprehensive volume, the authors delve into the intricate ways in which Black popular culture engages with social justice, with a particular focus on addressing anti-Black racism.

By moving beyond the mere identification and categorization of cultural forms, the authors seek to understand the profound impact of Black popular culture on shaping attitudes and combating oppression. The book explores the ways in which artists, scholars, and activists have leveraged this culture as a catalyst for change, engaging in discussions, promoting, and supporting social justice on a wide range of issues, including criminal justice reform, racism, sexism, LGBTQIA rights, voting rights, and human rights.

Through a rigorous examination of various cultural expressions, Black Popular Culture and Social Justice offers unique insights into the use of Black popular culture as an agent for social transformation. It provides valuable perspectives for students and scholars engaged in the study of race and media, popular culture, gender studies, sociology, political science, and social justice.

This timely and insightful book will undoubtedly contribute to our understanding of the complex interplay between culture, society, and social justice, and its potential for fostering positive change.

Weight: 621g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032306643

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