1st Edition

The Media War on Black Male Youth in Urban Education

By Darius Prier Copyright 2017
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

News media, film, and the music industry have become powerful sources of misrepresentation of Black male life in the social imagination of white society. The pedagogy of popular culture has important implications for educators and youth advocates who desire to challenge the myths and distortions that ultimately harm youth. This volume raises awareness of the media war on Black male youth in... Read more

1. Matters of Black Life in Media 2. Racial Formations in the Criminalization of Masculinity in Black Popular Culture 3. Django Unchained Meets Solomon Northup in American Film 4. Translating and De-constructing "Blackness" of Urban Youth Culture in News Media 5. Dying to Be "Niggas" in a "Post-Racial" Obama Era 6. Prophetic Criticism of Youth Voice between Media, Academy, and Community

Biography

Darius Prier is Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations and Leadership at Duquesne University, USA.