Consuming and performing Black manhood : the Post Hip-Hop Generation and the consumption of popular media and cultural products

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dc.contributor.advisorWatkins, S. Craig (Samuel Craig)en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMoore, Leonard N.en
dc.creatorWilliams, Adam Clarken
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-10T16:48:13Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:24:16Z
dc.date.available2012-02-10T16:48:13Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:24:16Z
dc.date.issued2011-12en
dc.date.submittedDecember 2011en
dc.date.updated2012-02-10T16:48:38Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThirty-three young Black men of the Post-Hip Hop Generation (ages 18-25) in Austin, TX, participated in a qualitative study centering on questions investigating Black manhood, media use, and the consumption of popular cultural products. Further, the researcher examined representations of Black men throughout music videos, films, and MySpace profiles. The purpose of this study was to enhance our knowledge about how Black manhood is being defined, conceptualized, and expressed by young Black men, and how significant media and cultural consumption plays a role in their lives. This study probes six questions: RQ1: How do young Black males interpret the images and messages about Black men from mainstream media? RQ2: What types of cultural products are being consumed by young Black men? Why do they consume them? RQ3: How do young Black males define Black manhood? RQ4: Do these cultural products influence the ways that young Black men define/express Black manhood? If so, how? Focus group sessions were conducted throughout the study, which were video recorded and transcribed. Transcriptions were then imported into a qualitative software program known as Atlas.ti, where statements related to the purpose of the study were coded and analyzed. These coded statements were then compared to observations made by the researcher from the examined media representations.en
dc.description.departmentRadio-Television-Filmen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4432en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4432en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectBlacknessen
dc.subjectManhooden
dc.subjectIdentityen
dc.subjectCultural productsen
dc.subjectMasculinityen
dc.subjectCulture industryen
dc.subjectRespectabilityen
dc.subjectRepresentationen
dc.subjectCoolen
dc.subjectSwagen
dc.subjectStatusen
dc.subjectConspicuous consumptionen
dc.subjectContemporary mediaen
dc.subjectMediaen
dc.subjectHip Hopen
dc.subjectPost Hip-Hop Generationen
dc.subjectBlack youthen
dc.subjectYoung Black malesen
dc.subjectBlack popular cultureen
dc.subjectBlack youth and mediaen
dc.titleConsuming and performing Black manhood : the Post Hip-Hop Generation and the consumption of popular media and cultural productsen
dc.title.alternativePost Hip-Hop Generation and the consumption of popular media and cultural productsen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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