Far-ranging and bold, Buy Black reveals what attitudes inform a contemporary Black sensibility based in representation and consumerism. It also traces the parameters of Black symbolic power, mapping the sites where intraracial ideals of blackness, womanhood, beauty, play, and sexuality meet and mix in consumer and popular culture.
|List of Figures viiAcknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Making of Black Womanhood 1
1. Theorizing Black Women's Cultural Influence through Consumption 17
2. From Riots to Style: The History of Black Barbie 47
3. From Bootstraps to Glass Slippers: Black Women's Uplift in Disney's Princess Canon 79
4. A Black Barbie's Moment: Nicki Minaj and the Struggle for Cultural Dominance 111
Coda: The Stakes of Twenty-First-Century Black Creativity 143
Notes 153
Bibliography 165
Index 181|"The book's clear, accessible prose and pop culture subject matter will appeal to both lay readers and scholars who want to explore Black joy, creativity, and entrepreneurship in American culture. . . . Recommended." —Choice
"A compelling analysis of the role American Black women have played in consumerism and popular culture, focusing on the 1960s to now. " —Business Insider
"Important and accessible, Dr. Halliday's latest book expertly examines Black women as cultural producers and consumers and their subsequent, undeniable influence on popular culture. " —Ms. Magazine
|Aria S. Halliday is an assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and Program in African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky.
