Africa in the American imagination : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture /

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In the American world, the presence of African culture is sometimes fully embodied and sometimes leaves only a trace. Africa in the American Imagination: Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture explores this presence, examining Mattel's world of Barbie, the 1996 Sport...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Magee, Carol L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Subjects:
Sports illustrated
Popular culture > United States.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Identité.
identity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Africa in popular culture
Civilization > African influences
Popular culture
Massenkultur
Afrikabild
United States > Civilization > African influences.
Africa > In popular culture.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture
  • Race-ing fantasy: the Sports illustrated swimsuit issue in South Africa
  • "It's sort of like National geographic meets Sports illustrated"
  • Fashioning identities: Kente, nostalgia, and the world of Barbie
  • It's a small, white world
  • Africa in Florida: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
  • Refrain: Africa in the American imagination.

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