Looking at the stars : black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America /
Teresa, Carrie,
Looking at the stars : black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America / Carrie Teresa. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Untangling discourses of representation in black press celebrity reporting -- Early crossover black celebrities and the onus of collective representation -- Black celebrities uplift the race -- Shaping "dreams into reality": the mythologizing of black celebrities -- The marginalization of black female celebrities as race representatives -- National heroes, foreign villains, and un-hyphenated Americans -- Journalistic commemoration and the construction of a "felt" past -- The politics of black press celebrity journalism -- Afterword: the enduring role of the entertainer-activist in an uncertain media landscape.
9781496215475 9781496215468 9781496215451
African American press--History.
African American celebrities--Press coverage.
African American newspapers--Political aspects--History--20th century.
Electronic Books.
PN4882 / .L665 2019
Looking at the stars : black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America / Carrie Teresa. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Untangling discourses of representation in black press celebrity reporting -- Early crossover black celebrities and the onus of collective representation -- Black celebrities uplift the race -- Shaping "dreams into reality": the mythologizing of black celebrities -- The marginalization of black female celebrities as race representatives -- National heroes, foreign villains, and un-hyphenated Americans -- Journalistic commemoration and the construction of a "felt" past -- The politics of black press celebrity journalism -- Afterword: the enduring role of the entertainer-activist in an uncertain media landscape.
9781496215475 9781496215468 9781496215451
African American press--History.
African American celebrities--Press coverage.
African American newspapers--Political aspects--History--20th century.
Electronic Books.
PN4882 / .L665 2019