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Download or read book Contemporary Multi-media and the Construction of Black Masculinity written by Lauren Stephanie Clark and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Re)presentations of Black men in America multi-media (i.e. newspapers, film, and television programs) are still tarnished by the stereotypical archetypes ascribed to Black masculinity. With the first American blockbuster The Birth of a Nation (1915), racist literary tropes became stereotypical archetypes on the silver screen. As technology advanced from the written word to silent films from Technicolor to Hi Definition (HD) these archetypical stereotypes were also updated but at their core racism and discrimination were still prevalent. Since Black men and Black masculinity are such multi-faceted subjects it is impossible to (and would be a great injustice) to summarize this information within these few pages. But to ensure that the selected modes of multi-media are thoroughly addressed, a sociological approach was implemented. With this methodology, various scholars such as Arjun Appadurai, Donald Bogle, and many more were used to address this complex subject from multiple facets. As the reader will see, the representations of Black men in American multi-media are still reliant upon stereotypical archetypes despite the progression of race relations in the United States. Since multi-media outlets are a prevalent entity in American society it is paramount that these outlets are more selective of the messages being transmitted about Black men.