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200 00$aConFiguring America$b[electronic resource] $eiconic figures, visuality, and the American identity /$fedited by Klaus Rieser, Michael Fuchs, and Michael Phillips
210   $aBristol, UK ;$aChicago $cIntellect$d2013
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327   $aCover; 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 Steel
327   $aChapter 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 Reporter
327   $aChapter 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 Cover
330   $aConFiguring 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 of
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