Are You Entertained? Black Popular Culture in the Twenty-First Century

"Are You Entertained? is a thoughtfully constructed collection of scholarly work on blackness and subjectivity and their constant tensions with popular culture and mass media. Simone C. Drake and Dwan K. Henderson do a superb job of weaving together these shards of insightful criticism and analysis into a tapestry of fascinating commentary by some of the most dynamic voices in the field." - John Jennings, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside "The book is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of African American studies as well as to literature and sociology and to the overall study of performance, culture, media, and Blackness. Recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals." - T. N. Allen (Choice) "Are you Entertained? is an immensely generative model and guide for doing sharp and powerful work in Black studies. It makes a case for why Black cultural studies matter by pinpointing the liberatory potential of Black popular culture in and for our current lives." - Elliott H. Powell (Ethnic and Racial Studies)