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  1. On racial icons
    blackness and the public imagination
    Author: Fleetwood, Nicole R.
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Rutgers Univ. Press, New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.]

    Explores visual culture and race in the United States, focusing in particular on the significance of photography to document black public life. Examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Explores visual culture and race in the United States, focusing in particular on the significance of photography to document black public life. Examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a gauge of a collective racial wound "What meaning does the American public attach to images of key black political, social, and cultural figures? Considering photography's role as a means of documenting historical progress, what is the representational currency of these images? How do racial icons 'signify'? Nicole R. Fleetwood's answers to these questions will change the way you think about the next photograph that you see depicting a racial event, black celebrity, or public figure. In On Racial Icons, Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis. Offering an overview of photography's ability to capture shifting race relations, Fleetwood spotlights in each chapter a different set of iconic images in key sectors of public life. She considers flash points of racialized violence in photographs of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till; the political, aesthetic, and cultural shifts marked by the rise of pop stars such as Diana Ross; and the power and precarity of such black sports icons as Serena Williams and LeBron James; and she does not miss Barack Obama and his family along the way."--Publisher description

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780813565156; 0813565154
    RVK Categories: DO 9000 ; DU 2500 ; MS 3530 ; MS 3600 ; MS 7300
    Series: Pinpoints: complex topics, concise explanations
    Subjects: African American celebrities; African Americans; Blacks; African Americans; Art and race; Mass media; Visual communication; Photography; African Americans in mass media
    Scope: xii, 128 S., Ill., 22 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references

    Introduction"I am Trayvon Martin": the boy who became an icon -- Democracy's promise: The black political leader as icon -- Giving face: Diana Ross and the black celebrity as icon -- The black athlete: Racial precarity and the American sports icon -- Coda.
  2. On racial icons
    blackness and the public imagination
    Author: Fleetwood, Nicole R.
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Rutgers Univ. Press, New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.]

    Explores visual culture and race in the United States, focusing in particular on the significance of photography to document black public life. Examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    1 A 944936
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    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
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    a soz 512 7ga/357
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    Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    AMK:NB:430:Fle::2015
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    Explores visual culture and race in the United States, focusing in particular on the significance of photography to document black public life. Examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a gauge of a collective racial wound "What meaning does the American public attach to images of key black political, social, and cultural figures? Considering photography's role as a means of documenting historical progress, what is the representational currency of these images? How do racial icons 'signify'? Nicole R. Fleetwood's answers to these questions will change the way you think about the next photograph that you see depicting a racial event, black celebrity, or public figure. In On Racial Icons, Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis. Offering an overview of photography's ability to capture shifting race relations, Fleetwood spotlights in each chapter a different set of iconic images in key sectors of public life. She considers flash points of racialized violence in photographs of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till; the political, aesthetic, and cultural shifts marked by the rise of pop stars such as Diana Ross; and the power and precarity of such black sports icons as Serena Williams and LeBron James; and she does not miss Barack Obama and his family along the way."--Publisher description

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780813565156; 0813565154
    RVK Categories: DO 9000 ; DU 2500 ; MS 3530 ; MS 3600 ; MS 7300
    Series: Pinpoints: complex topics, concise explanations
    Subjects: African American celebrities; African Americans; Blacks; African Americans; Art and race; Mass media; Visual communication; Photography; African Americans in mass media
    Scope: xii, 128 S., Ill., 22 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references

    Introduction"I am Trayvon Martin": the boy who became an icon -- Democracy's promise: The black political leader as icon -- Giving face: Diana Ross and the black celebrity as icon -- The black athlete: Racial precarity and the American sports icon -- Coda.