The Problematic Tyler Perry (Hardcover)

Contents: Brian C. Johnson: My Problem with Perry ? Jennifer Forrest: Tyler Perry and William Shakespeare: Playwrights Who Reflect and Influence Society ? Leah P. Hunter/Jennifer M. Proffitt: The Political Economy of Tyler Perry: Replicating Industry Ideals and Exploiting the Commodity Audience ? Angela Putman: The Church of Tyler Perry: How Perry Created a Phenomenon ? Stephanie A. Allen: Who’s Your Mammy? Tyler Perry and the Limits of Black Spectatorship ? Jessica L. Knouse: Playing with Gender, Queering Lines: Should We Be Mad at Madea? ? Gene Kelly: Tyler Perry as Madea: Homophobia Gets a Pass When It’s a Man in a Dress ? Shanna L. Smith/Shavonne R. Shorter: (In)Visible Messages: Patriarchy in Tyler Perry’s Madea Films ? Kimberly J. Chandler: Knight in Shining Blackness: Examining Performances of Black Masculinity in Tyler Perry Films ? Christal R. S. Johnson: Diary of a Despondent Female: An Analysis of Female Characters in Tyler Perry’s Movies ? Auburn E. Ellis/Tanya Merriman: I Can Be Misrepresented All By Myself ? Evette Dionne Brown: A Volatile Cocktail of Stereotypes: Black Feminist Reflections on Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse ? Frederick W. Gooding, Jr.: The Tyler That Preys: Is Tyler Perry Creating New or Recycling Old Black Images? ? Tammie Jenkins: Signifying Practices: Representations of Black Masculinity and Womanhood in Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013).