On racial icons : blackness and the public imagination /

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Explores visual culture and race in the United States, focusing in particular on the significance of photography to document black public life. Examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fleetwood, Nicole R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:Pinpoints (Series)
Temas:
Since 1975
African Americans in mass media.
African American celebrities.
African Americans > Race identity.
Black people > Race identity.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1975-
Art and race.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Visual communication > United States.
Photography > Social aspects > United States.
Noirs américains dans les médias.
Célébrités noires américaines.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 1975-
Art et race.
Médias > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Communication visuelle > États-Unis.
Photographie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
Photography > Social aspects
African Americans > Social conditions.
Mass media > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Visual communication.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "I am Trayvon Martin": the boy who became an icon
  • Democracy's promise: The black political leader as icon
  • Giving face: Diana Ross and the black celebrity as icon
  • The black athlete: Racial precarity and the American sports icon
  • Coda.

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