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CONTESTED IMAGES: WOMEN OF COLOR IN POPULAR CULTURE IS A COLLECTION OF 17 ESSAYS THAT ANALYZE REPRESENTATIONS IN POPULAR CULTURE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, LATINA, AND NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN. THE ANTHOLOGY IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS: FILM IMAGES, BEAUTY IMAGES, MUSIC, AND TELEVISION. THE ARTICLES SHARE TWO INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS: THE AUTHORS, PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN OF COLOR, USE AN INTERSECTIONALITY PERSPECTIVE IN THEIR ANALYSIS OF POPULAR CULTURE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN OF COLOR, AND THEY IDENTIFY POPULAR CULTURE AS A SITE OF CONFLICT AND CONTESTATION. INSTRUCTORS WILL FIND THIS COLLECTION TO BE A CONVENIENT TEXTBOOK FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES; MEDIA STUDIES; RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER COURSES; ETHNIC STUDIES; AND MORE.