TYLER PERRY'S AMERICA

 

INSIDE HIS FILMS

 

 

Tyler Perry is the most successful African-American filmmaker of his generation, garnering both accolades and controversies with each new film. In Tyler Perry’s America, Shayne Lee digs into eleven of Perry’s highest-grossing films to explore key themes of race, gender, class, and religion, and, ultimately, to discuss what Perry’s films reveal about contemporary African-American life.

 

Author: Shayne Lee

 

Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield