Insecure, Awkward, and #winning : Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Works of Issa Rae

Goldman, Adria Y. (EDT); Jenkins, Joanna L. (EDT); Nicholson, Andre (EDT); Sanders-senu, Laronda (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1433176688 / ISBN 13: 9781433176685

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Insecure, Awkward, and #winning : Intersectionality of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Works of Issa Rae
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433176688
• ISBN 13: 9781433176685
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is the first project dedicated exclusively to Issa Rae and her works. Her work offers a fertile space where contemporary issues intersect, encouraging audiences to discuss meaning and impact within their own lives, society, and cultural identities.

About the Author

Adria Y. Goldman (Ph.D., Howard University) is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Mary Washington, co-author of Black Women in Reality Television Docusoaps: Media Depictions and Reflections, and co-editor of "I Gotta Testify: Kanye West, Hip Hop, and the Church" and Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues.

Joanna L. Jenkins (Ph.D., Howard University) is the Associate Dean of Moore College. She is the author of Black Women and Advertising Ethics: A Womanist Perspective, The Convergence Crisis, and a Ted Talk titled "Reimaging the Advertising Revolution."

Andre Nicholson (Ph.D., Howard University) is Associate Professor of Communication at Middle Georgia State University. He has been awarded two grants from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. He was elected to be a Governor's Teaching Fellow for the 2020-2021 academic school year.

LaRonda Sanders-Senu (Ph.D., University of Tennessee) is Associate Professor of English at Middle Georgia State University. She is the author of a review of Africa in the American Imagination: Popular Culture, Radicalized Identities, and African Visual Culture by Carol Magee. She was a USG Learning Scholar Nominee in 2018.