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Looking at the stars : black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America / Carrie Teresa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781496215475
  • 9781496215468
  • 9781496215451
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN4882 .L665 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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