03234nam 2200745 a 450 991045682200332120200520144314.01-4529-4615-90-8166-7659-3(CKB)2550000000040151(EBL)730142(OCoLC)741492677(SSID)ssj0000520865(PQKBManifestationID)11335849(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520865(PQKBWorkID)10517249(PQKB)10289568(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177959(MiAaPQ)EBC730142(MdBmJHUP)muse29871(Au-PeEL)EBL730142(CaPaEBR)ebr10482234(CaONFJC)MIL525590(EXLCZ)99255000000004015120110114d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican pietàs[electronic resource] visions of race, death, and the maternal /Ruby C. TapiaMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20111 online resource (240 p.)Critical American studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-5311-9 0-8166-5310-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1.Maternal Visions, Racial Seeing: Theories of the Photographic in Barthes's Camera Lucida -- 2.Commemorating Whiteness: The Ghost of Diana in the U.S. Popular Press -- 3.Beloved Therapies: Oprah and the Hollywood Production of Maternal Horror -- 4.Prodigal (Non)Citizens: Teen Pregnancy and Public Health at the Border -- 5.Breeding Patriotism: The Widows of 9/11 and the Prime-time Wombs of National Memory.In ""American Pietas,"" Ruby C. Tapia reveals how visual representations of racialized motherhood shape and reflect national citizenship. By means of a sustained engagement with Roland Barthes's suturing of race, death, and the maternal in ""Camera Lucida,"" Tapia contends that the contradictory essence of the photograph is both as a signifier of death and a guarantor of resurrection. Tapia explores the implications of this argument for racialized productions of death and the maternal in the context of specific cultural moments: the commemoration of Princess Diana in U.S. magazines; the intertCritical American studies series.Motherhood in popular cultureUnited StatesDeath in popular cultureUnited StatesEthnicityUnited StatesPietàMothers in artDeath in artRace in artElectronic books.Motherhood in popular cultureDeath in popular cultureEthnicityPietà.Mothers in art.Death in art.Race in art.306.874/30973Tapia Ruby C897867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456822003321American pietàs2005947UNINA