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Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Productions

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  1. LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
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  2. Tamura A. Lomax
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  3. Carol B. Duncan
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Part of the book series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice (BRWT)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Manigault-Bryant Lomax, Duncan
      Pages 1-13

  3. Filmography

    1. Filmography

      • LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, Tamura A. Lomax, Carol B. Duncan
      Pages 15-24

  4. Theology, Spirituality, and Black Popular Religious Imaginations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Tyler Perry Reads Scripture

      • Nyasha Junior
      Pages 27-40

    3. Signifying Love and Embodied Relationality: Toward a Womanist Theological Anthropology

      • Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
      Pages 41-56

    4. Jesus Will Fix It, After While: The Purpose and Role of Gospel Music in Tyler Perry Productions

      • Lisa M. Allen-McLaurin
      Pages 57-72

    5. Screening God

      • Andrea C. White
      Pages 73-88

  6. The Politics of Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Pause, Auntie Momma! Reading Religion in Tyler Perry’s Fat Drag

      • LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
      Pages 165-186

    3. Madea vs. Medea: Agape and the Militarist or Murderous Maternal

      • Joy James
      Pages 187-200
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About this book

Tyler Perry has made over half a billion dollars through the development of storylines about black women, black communities and black religion. Yet, a text that responds to his efforts from the perspective of these groups does not exist.

About the authors

Lisa Allen, Interdenominational Theological Center, USA Brittney Cooper, Rutgers, USA Joy James, Williams College, USA Nyasha Junior, Howard University, USA Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, Shaw University, USA Robert J. Patterson, Georgetown University, USA Whitney Peoples, Emory University, USA T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Vanderbilt University, USA Yolande M. S. Tomlinson, Emory University, USA Emilie M. Townes, Vanderbilt University, USA Andrea C. White, Emory University, USA Terrion L. Williamson, Michigan State University, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry’s Productions

  • Editors: LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, Tamura A. Lomax, Carol B. Duncan

  • Series Title: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137429568

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant, Tamura A. Lomax, and Carol B. Duncan 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-42955-1Published: 02 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49187-2Published: 02 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-42956-8Published: 02 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2945-6975

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-6983

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 277

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Feminism, African American Culture

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