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Author Teresa, Carrie, author.

Title Looking at the stars : black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America / Carrie Teresa.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2019.
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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Untangling discourses of representation in black press celebrity reporting -- Early crossover black celebrities and the onus of collective representation -- Black celebrities uplift the race -- Shaping "dreams into reality": the mythologizing of black celebrities -- The marginalization of black female celebrities as race representatives -- National heroes, foreign villains, and un-hyphenated Americans -- Journalistic commemoration and the construction of a "felt" past -- The politics of black press celebrity journalism -- Afterword: the enduring role of the entertainer-activist in an uncertain media landscape.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject African American press -- History.
African American press.
History.
African American celebrities -- Press coverage.
African American celebrities.
Press coverage.
African American newspapers -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
African American newspapers.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Teresa, Carrie. Looking at the stars. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2019 9780803299924 (DLC) 2018036128 (OCoLC)1056202796
ISBN 9781496215475 (electronic book)
1496215478 (electronic book)
9781496215468 (electronic book)
149621546X (electronic book)
9781496215451 (electronic book)
1496215451 (electronic book)
9780803299924 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0803299923

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