03833nam 2200613Ia 450 991046345980332120200520144314.01-84150-762-8(CKB)2670000000341245(EBL)1133310(OCoLC)830167302(SSID)ssj0000913328(PQKBManifestationID)11454231(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000913328(PQKBWorkID)11022764(PQKB)10370061(MiAaPQ)EBC1133310(Au-PeEL)EBL1133310(CaPaEBR)ebr10667133(CaONFJC)MIL884608(EXLCZ)99267000000034124520130314d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConFiguring America[electronic resource] iconic figures, visuality, and the American identity /edited by Klaus Rieser, Michael Fuchs, and Michael PhillipsBristol, UK ;Chicago Intellect20131 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-635-4 Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Theorizing Iconic Figures; PART I: Icons and the Struggle over Meaning; Chapter 1: 'Just Like You', But Not Like Us: Staging National Belonging, MultiracialFemininity, and Collective Memory in the American Girl Family; Chapter 2: Behind the Brown Mask: Joe Louis' Face and the Construction of Racial Mythologies; Chapter 3: LeBron James and the Web of Discourse: Iconic Sports Figures andSemantic Struggles; PART II: Appropriating Iconic Figures; Chapter 4: O Superman: The Many Faces of the Man of SteelChapter 5: Thirty Are Better Than One: Marilyn Monroe and the Performance of AmericannessChapter 6: Queering Cowboys, Queering Futurity: The Re/Construction of American Cowboy Masculinity; Chapter 7: Iconizing Radical Change: How Gary Cooper Led Poland to Freedom; PART III: The Mutability and Abstraction of Iconic Figures; Chapter 8: The Embodiment of a Nation: The Iconicity of Uncle Sam and the Construction of a Conflicted National Identity; Chapter 9: Lois Lane: The Making of a Girl ReporterChapter 10: War in Four Colors: The Battle between Superman and Captain America for America's Hearts and Minds during World War IIChapter 11: Myth and Materiality: The Duality of Grace Kelly; Chapter 12: 'Its Own Special Attraction': Meditations on Martyrdom and the Iconicity of Civil Rights Widows; Contributors; Index; Back CoverConFiguring America brings together a series of incisive essays that analyse a wide range of such figures: those who embody America's tendency to produce celebrities and iconic personalities with global reach. Drawing on theoretical insights from a variety of fields-including cultural iconography, visual culture, star studies, and history-a diverse group of international contributors sheds light on how these figures and their media representations construct America's image beyond its borders. An important addition to an expanding field, ConFiguring America will deepen readers' understanding ofArts and societyPopular cultureUnited StatesNational characteristics, AmericanElectronic books.Arts and society.Popular cultureNational characteristics, American.973.099Rieser Klaus976083Fuchs Michael500160Phillips Michael323125MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463459803321ConFiguring America2222865UNINA