Scan barcode
crystal_reading's review against another edition
5.0
Review copy via Netgalley.
Full review at Rich in Color http://richincolor.com/2019/05/spotlight-on-dr-ebony-elizabeth-thomas/
Full review at Rich in Color http://richincolor.com/2019/05/spotlight-on-dr-ebony-elizabeth-thomas/
clockworkp's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Está muy bien documentado y tiene puntos muy interesantes sobre la cultura popular y la raza.
Sin embargo es totalmente un texto académico y fue demasiado rebuscado para mí. No creo que sea para que todos los públicos lo entiendan, pero era lo que yo esperaba de la lectura. Es demasiado ideológico y complejo. Siendo sincera, si no creyera que el tema es MUY importante le daría 3 estrellas.
Está muy bien documentado y tiene puntos muy interesantes sobre la cultura popular y la raza.
Sin embargo es totalmente un texto académico y fue demasiado rebuscado para mí. No creo que sea para que todos los públicos lo entiendan, pero era lo que yo esperaba de la lectura. Es demasiado ideológico y complejo. Siendo sincera, si no creyera que el tema es MUY importante le daría 3 estrellas.
toy_masterpiece's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
⭐🎧Audiobook Listener🎧⭐
This has really changed the way I want to consume media.
As a Black woman who has spent a lot of time in the fanfiction arena, it was so fun to read this take on that community from an the academic perspective of another Black woman who has also spent a lot of time in the fanfiction arena.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas takes you back in time to the height of popularity of each of the franchises (Hunger Games, Merlin, The Vampire Diaries) and provides real sources for the way people reacted to the Black women in each. She analyzes them and really brings to light how a lack of diversity in the media, especially children's media, is dangerous.
The reason I say that this book has change how I want to consume media is that I have to be intentional about seeing people like me in that media. Even as I am older, representation is important in all stages of life and it is alienating when I realize the salient reason that I consistently don't relate to my IRL community or the characters in the media I consume is a difference in my race and my upbringing. While stories like the Vampire Diaries and Merlin or, more currently, Bridgerton and Percy Jackson, are favorites of mine, I also owe it to myself to consume media in which people who look like me (Black, woman, queer, disabled, etc.) are the main characters.
This book, then, marks my first foray into that mission.
This has really changed the way I want to consume media.
As a Black woman who has spent a lot of time in the fanfiction arena, it was so fun to read this take on that community from an the academic perspective of another Black woman who has also spent a lot of time in the fanfiction arena.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas takes you back in time to the height of popularity of each of the franchises (Hunger Games, Merlin, The Vampire Diaries) and provides real sources for the way people reacted to the Black women in each. She analyzes them and really brings to light how a lack of diversity in the media, especially children's media, is dangerous.
The reason I say that this book has change how I want to consume media is that I have to be intentional about seeing people like me in that media. Even as I am older, representation is important in all stages of life and it is alienating when I realize the salient reason that I consistently don't relate to my IRL community or the characters in the media I consume is a difference in my race and my upbringing. While stories like the Vampire Diaries and Merlin or, more currently, Bridgerton and Percy Jackson, are favorites of mine, I also owe it to myself to consume media in which people who look like me (Black, woman, queer, disabled, etc.) are the main characters.
This book, then, marks my first foray into that mission.
amandadglaze's review against another edition
4.0
As a book nerd raised in the 90s, Harry Potter was my childhood. I went to the midnight release parties for the books and the movies and have read them multiple times. And then went on to love fantasy series such as divergent, and the hunger games books as a young adult. As a child, I did not see the importance and how much impact seeing characters of color would have had on my adolescent self. This book shows how much of a gap there is in children’s literature in highlights main characters of color as well as the authors that write them. Also it’s really dope that the author of this novel is from Detroit and is a professor at U of M-two connections that I have (except I was merely a student at Umich!)
kaliaddy's review against another edition
4.0
Covers a lot of ground about fantasy and race. I always read fantasy (and sci-fi) books looking for characters similar to myself. I say all the time “we exist in the future”. The Hunger Games entry was especially good because I remember the small mindedness of some readers who, despite the distinct wording on the page, failed to realize the Rue was black. Then they proceeded to have a whole meltdown when casting for the movie was announced. The attention to detail in the essays/chapters is really good and the research seems sound. A welcome addition that offers some interesting food for thought. More importantly, the author points towards a future that breaks the cycle of centering the fantastic around whiteness. There is hope for being seen.
icarusnike's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stjärnor. Väldigt intressant bok som absolut kan läsas för alla bra punkter den hade när det kommer till hur man behandlar båda karaktärer berättelser och läsares perspektiv på dessa karaktärer