Sacred Sisterhoods

<div>The dramatic expansion of Black women into creative positions in television and film production since the 1990s has introduced a previously invisible range of themes in Black women's lives to wide audiences. In Imani M. Cheers's richly interdisciplinary <i>Sacred Sisterhoods</i> contributors offer an overdue analysis and elevation of Black women's creative authority in popular culture: its history successes influence and future possibilities. Focusing on the theme of Black women's friendship star voices from across academia journalism the arts and activism offer critical-cultural commentary and personal reflections on the evolution of Black women directors writers producers and showrunners from the 1930s through 2023.<br> <br> Creative visionaries from Debbie Allen to Quinta Brunson along with shows and films from <i>Living Single</i> to <i>Hidden Figures</i>-and many others-receive their due in these rigorous lively and accessible essays. Spotlighting the nuances and normalcy of Black women's sacred sisterhoods contributors reveal the indelible mark modern Black consciousness and creative control leave on our popular culture every day in an anthology that will be essential to scholars and students of contemporary media race and gender as well as to general readers.<br> <br> Contributors:<br> Imani M. Cheers Monique A. Gamble Marquita Gammage Kandace Harris Crystal L. Holmes Makeba Lavan Rondrea Danielle Mathis Miriam J. Petty-Adams De Anna Reese Randi Richardson Beretta E. Smith-Shomade Andrene M. Taylor Kristen Warner and Shauntae Brown White</div>