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1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Pinpoints: complex topics, concise explanations ; [2]
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Pinpoints (Series)
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
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"What meaning does the American public attach to images of key black political, social, and cultural figures? Considering photography's role as a means of documenting historical progress, what is the representational currency of these images? How do racial icons 'signify'? Nicole R. Fleetwood's answers to these questions will change the way you think about the next photograph that you see depicting a racial event, black celebrity, or public figure. In On Racial Icons, Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis. Offering an overview of photography's ability to capture shifting race relations, Fleetwood spotlights in each chapter a different set of iconic images in key sectors of public life. She considers flash points of racialized violence in photographs of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till; the political, aesthetic, and cultural shifts marked by the rise of pop stars such as Diana Ross; and the power and precarity of such black sports icons as Serena Williams and LeBron James; and she does not miss Barack Obama and his family along the way"--Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans in mass media.
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African Americans in mass media. |
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African American celebrities.
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African American celebrities. |
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Race identity. |
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Black people -- Race identity.
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Black people -- Race identity. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1975- |
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Art and race.
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Art and race. |
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Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Visual communication -- United States.
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Visual communication. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Photography -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Photography -- Social aspects. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1975 |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Blackness and the public imagination |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Fleetwood, Nicole R. On racial icons. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015] 9780813565156 (OCoLC)893709675 |
| ISBN |
9780813565132 (electronic book) |
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0813565138 (electronic book) |
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9780813565156 (paperback) |
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0813565154 (paperback) |
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