On racial icons, blackness and the public imagination, Nicole R. Fleetwood
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- African Americans + Race identity
- African Americans in mass media
- Art and race
- Mass media + Social aspects -- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- African American celebrities
- Black people + Race identity
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 1975-
- Photography + Social aspects -- United States
- Visual communication -- United States
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On racial icons, blackness and the public imagination, Nicole R. Fleetwood
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-128)
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
On racial icons
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Nicole R. Fleetwood
Series statement
Pinpoints: complex topics, concise explanations, [2]
Sub title
blackness and the public imagination
Summary
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 gauge of a collective racial wound
Table of contents
"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
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On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination
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