Dr. Demetria Shabazz

Race and gender in television and film; media culture and critical theory; film and post-colonial discourse; history of film and television; gender discourse and Zydeco music.

Education

Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2005
M.A., University of Alabama, 2000
B.A., University of Houston, 1995

Background

Author of "Birth Through Conflict: TV Responds to the Politics of Race in 1968"; "“Wilson 'Boozoo' Anthony Chavis: Zydeco Musician"; "Beulah to Clair Huxtable: Depictions of Black Women and Mothering on American TV."

Current research addresses gender discourse in American regional music; African and Asian women filmmakers; counter-hegemonic representations in film and television; black women and performance in film and television.

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Curriculum Vita