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Autore: | Cashmore Ellis |
Titolo: | Beyond Black : celebrity and race in Obama's America / / Ellis Cashmore |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (169 pages) : digital file(s) |
Disciplina: | 323.1196073 |
Soggetto topico: | African American celebrities |
Black people - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Civilization |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Chapter 1. Introduction - "I sell entertainment" --chapter 2. Sideshows and carnival barkers --chapter 3. Obama believes in Obama --chapter 4. If Oprah can make it, what does it say about me? --chapter 5. A black family that TV hadn't seen before --chapter 6. Please be black, Michael |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Beyond Black is Ellis Cashmore's compelling appraisal of the impact of black celebrities on the cultural landscape of contemporary America. In recent years a new variety of African American celebrity has emerged: acquisitive, ambitious, flamboyantly successful and individualistic - more interested in channelling their energy into career development than into the political struggles that animated some of their predecessors. Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey were early examples; current A-listers include Beyoncé and Tiger Woods. The most valuable product these celebrities sell, according to Cashmore, is a particular conception of America: as a nation where racism has been - if not banished - rendered insignificant. Jargon-free but with scholarly attention to theory, evidence and logic, this is a riveting account of contemporary American society, from the minstrel shows of the nineteenth century, through the Hollywood film industry of the 1930s, to today's hip-hop culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Beyond Black |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996209975403316 |
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