ConFiguring America [[electronic resource] ] : iconic figures, visuality, and the American identity / / edited by Klaus Rieser, Michael Fuchs, and Michael Phillips |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.099 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RieserKlaus
FuchsMichael PhillipsMichael |
Soggetto topico |
Arts and society
Popular culture - United States National characteristics, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84150-762-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Steel
Chapter 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 Chapter 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463459803321 |
Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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ConFiguring America [[electronic resource] ] : iconic figures, visuality, and the American identity / / edited by Klaus Rieser, Michael Fuchs, and Michael Phillips |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.099 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RieserKlaus
FuchsMichael PhillipsMichael |
Soggetto topico |
Arts and society
Popular culture - United States National characteristics, American |
ISBN | 1-84150-762-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Steel
Chapter 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 Chapter 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786255903321 |
Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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ConFiguring America : iconic figures, visuality, and the American identity / / edited by Klaus Rieser, Michael Fuchs, and Michael Phillips |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.099 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RieserKlaus
FuchsMichael PhillipsMichael |
Soggetto topico |
Arts and society
Popular culture - United States National characteristics, American |
ISBN | 1-84150-762-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Steel
Chapter 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 Chapter 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821484903321 |
Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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