Watch This!: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism

by Jonathan L. Walton

Book Overview

An analysis of African American televangelists as cultural icons

Through their constant television broadcasts, mass video distributions, and printed publications, African American religious broadcasters have a seemingly ubiquitous presence in popular culture. They are on par with popular entertainers and athletes in the African American community as cultural icons even as they are criticized by others for taking advantage of the devout...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814794521
• ISBN13: 9780814794524
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"